Transcripts For CNBC Squawk Box 20140821

To rescue americans being held by isis. Pentagon officials saying forces stormed a terrorist compound only to find the host aemgs werent there. Were going to have a live report from our nbc colleagues covering this in just a bit. Carl icahn is at it again. The activist investors revealing a nearly 89 stake in hertz, the rental car company. Icahn says he will pressure the company over pricing issues and operational failure and he may even seek a board seat. Shares of hertz plummeted over the last few days after the company withdrew its full year forecast. They are up slightly in after hours trading. As of yesterday, some hedge funds talked about potentially trying to replace current ceo mark viscora, as well. But this seems to be bit of a low hang fruit at this point. As of the last quarter. Late 2013 is when he originally took that stake. We know hertz and we like mark. But it is low hanging free fruit, i guess. The high on the tock is 31. 61, its alltime high. And its at 30. 33 and the low is 1973. So its action weird. But it sells 15 on the day. Im not saying it doesnt. Thats the first one i saw and i was like, it just doesnt look like its been at times that tough. Also in that time period, we completed the mergers and it was a long time coming. Hedge funds like that, but they couldnt really deliver on that merger. And we just saw what happened. Maybe it made some of the you know, came back. Its less than uber, though, if you can believe that. Amazing. Oh, yeah, as far as icahn goes, when he buys in, i think he has no idea about the mechanism of the biotech drugs. Inclone, did he know that was going to work . Motorola, did you know how to go . When do you think that i think he understands this. Dont you think . When is the last time hes been in a rental car . I even understand this. They get a discount, they rent it out. I have to say, ive rented many a rental hertz car this summer. I dont understand how the rental company cannot be sailing through the idance. The experience that i have. I go there, the car is there totally red, if youre a hertz one customer, my name is there. I get it. But when i turn it in no, i do not. Youre the one i own two cars. Lease. But then when i take it back, seriously, you pull in, theres a person there. They look at a couple of things and they hand you something and youre done. Theyve got it down. The stock doesnt look bad to me. It doesnt look that bad to me. Look at the longer term chart. But when you look at it this way lets see it. One week . Up over one week its 4. 5 . Im trying to see some trouble there. But ive got much bigger trouble with 17 billion here, a shakedown. Some of this is about getting money back to shareholders. The buyback. It will be interesting to see when icahn got in. You do see that it was at lower levels in the june july period and has bounced up from this. There is another icahn investment in the news this morning. Thats Dollar General. Dollar general has made its own buy. Saying during the june meeting, you never told Dollar General that there were discussions with another buyer. Levine, the ceo of the combine Family Dollar dollar tree. Can you blake the ceo for wanting to keep their jobs in this scenario . Psychologically, you cant blame them. But in in particular instance, if there was a better bid on the table, clearly he wanted the gig. Custodians of shareholder value. Thats the job. Optimistic for shareholders. But you would argue traditionally and even in his case, there were enough Campaign Things build in that he was going to get paid either way. When are we doing the junior banker thick. You have a guy thats been very concerned about wage growth. And, you know, youd like a minute monthly. Then i see these bankers. They can help the economy. But in my mind, i dont think you would think that this is a positive when junior bankers are making more money. Its not like mcdonalds workers making money. This is bad. That money that theyre getting couldve gone to the people that actually need it. If i have a thought on this, which i will tell you at 6 30. I cant wait for that. I saw the glum look on your face with these guys. Its basically move money around, theyre going to be keeping more. I have a view. It will surprise you. Ooh, thats a tease. Your view at 6 30. Hes a big tease, as you will see. Meanwhile, another corporate victim of a cyber attack. 51 of its stores have reached agreements. A ooups company says theyre not aware of any front. They say it happened in january and august. There are a lot of people who went through u. P. S. Store between january and august. Are you a fedex ex or u. P. S. Guy . Fedex. I like u. P. S. But if i had a choice, one way or the other is the guys are cuter at upstairs. I mean, theyve got brown and the purple and green. Not the guys at u. P. S. , but have you seen them . Yeah. We have a hotty that comes to my building. Ill just say that. He has since been reasunni se assigned. Are you going to tell fred smith that you have this recover. This should be on the men of u. P. S. After the men of squawk box. This mornings developing story, details of the record shattering 17 billion bank of america settlement, kate kelly has been following every twist and turn and shes here this morning to walk us through it. Good morning. Good morning, andrew. Bank of america expected to disclose a settlement with the department of justice of nearly 17 billion over charge eggs that have misled investors about the quality of levels and the issuing and pamging of mortgages to certain buyers. Within the last ten months, jpmorgan paid 13 billion and citigroup paid 7 billion. The same logic worked here, but not until after months of negotiations between tony west and lawyers for bofa. Late last jump, the attorney general eric holder called the banks brian moynihan. The eventual results, a cash penalty of some 9. 6 billion in cash and another 7 billion of so in consumer release office. Much of that will be forfeited ref knew rather than cash and may be tax deductible. But the 9. 6 billion will not be. Todays deal should bring bofa closer to its liabilities with the amount of this settlement roughly 80 billion in regular or regulatory payouts. Its a victory for the Justice Department, which many say has been too slow to punish arrant banks for the financial crisis among other things. Countrywide being a prime example here and where theyll ever consider such moves against when the liability has been clearly drawn. Two questions. One is what did bofa do wrong . Not in terms of the merits of what theyve been accused of in this case, but 234 terms of the negotiations for them to end up with a south side 17 billion fine relative to theyre not good big. So maybe the negotiation was at fault. I was told by if much more than 17, moynahan would need to worry about his job. But its still a heavy phrase. Is there any indication that these types of numbers, 17 billion, 13 billion, the 7 billion that citi played that it somehow play kays the American Consumer . Youre talking about the individual issue. Is there any sense that, you know, the moms and dads out there who are watching this with saying to themselves, oh, they got liz. Yeah, and theres a little by of i dont think they go how much money theyre having to pay as legal disputes is part of that as well as theyre having to address the wrongs in the mortgage market. Unemployment is only recently getting down to more healthy levels. It doesnt feel good. Tell us where the mozilo is going to go. That hasnt been heard yet. This sounds like it would be parallel to the s. E. C. Suit which was settled in 2010. How much did he pay he paid 67. 5 million. But remember, this is a man who earned 500 million. When you think about what bofa pasd for these companies, they paid 2. 5 billion for countrywide in to 308. 50 million for merrill does there ever need to be a big bank deal ever again after what weve seen . Well, i dont know. We were having this discussion with Steve Liesman out at jackson hole and said some of the folks are talking on the sidelines about this. Its a real concern. I dont know what this add men administration or the Justice Department is thinking that aspect of it through. Can we ever attempt another clandestine rescue in a foreign country at this point . Right. I dont think we can probably do that now that weve detailed exactly what we tried to do. They will probably have this right now. This is not thinking about a lot of things. Well, here is one point that optics at this point, either, right . Are we worried about optics . Well, thats yeah. I said this was my last collection. You had to like the speech, right . That was one of the most strident speeches hes made about overseas, right . You would know, but i wouldnt. Can i just make one point . At what the halloween, maybe. And youre in orange today. I think thats a good look at times. No . Can i make one more point about the financial crisis, though . It was six years ago. Okay. I just what can you possibly say now that hadnt been said . I think theres a distinction to be made between jp morgue yapss purchase of wamu and citiba citibanks purchase of worldwide versus bear stearns and was a true bailout. But it means both companies did their civic duty. They would be disinclined to help out the next time someone comes and asks me. Right. Im just saying all night in the bathroom, can you please bail me out here . I say no. Kelly, thank you for joining us. Talking techs this morning, there is a tale of two stocks. Lets start with hewlett packard, joe. Shares falling after hours despite revenues. Earnings were in line. Then we have to talk about apple. Apple shares broke 100 for the First Time Since that stock split and they also hit an alltime high. Good morning to you. Help in the whp piece. They cleared on the revenue side, but the prots, they cant get it together. I think the work at hp is continuing to be a work in progress. Personal Computer Systems are very strong. They have to get over to the areas that create the highest margin, which is Enterprise Growth and software and kind of get away from the desktop. And until they do that, youll see these benign top line and bottom line growth numbers, which is basically what we saw in this quarter. You say until they do that. Do you think theyre on course to do that . It doesnt sound like extra the teejicily thats the way theyre moving. They still have a long way to go to kind of get there, but if they want to do more than just be a Free Cash Flow generator, right, and a stock purchaser and a dividend distributor and grow, theyre going to have to get into expanding, for example, software more than 3 of revenue, which is what it is right now. You can buy a share of hp or share of apple right now, what would you do . Well, we own both stocks. We have two kind of strategies. One is kind of a growth strategy, a core strategy, and we have a dividend strategy. We typically divide the hp shares in a dividend strategy. We own both in both strategies. And where are you on apple now . Is 1100 too much, too little . We talked about there always is a run up in this stock ahead of big announcements. We imagine we will be getting bun of those in a couple of weeks in early september. What kind of product are we actually going to see . Well, we still like the stock in toerms of the new product that tim cook is saying hes got, a whole new product category. Everybody knows, is it the watch, is it the itv . Does that have to help in northwest. Obviously, theres a larger key size without having a whole new question category. The stocks are, what, 15 tins times earnings looking at maybe 111 trade growth. You dont have that much downside on your multiples. But to answer your question, were still buying the stock. Dan, were going to leave the conversation there. We should tell our viewers this morning that our own david faber is sitting down with meg whitman today. Squawk on the street and you do not want to miss that. She loves him. Did that wonderful documentary, one of the first documentaries done on this network. Walmart is the one. Add we head to break and then theres a walmart, too. Check out the shares of sears, clothing numbers coming in from that company, reported a much wider than expected loss. Revenue coming in below estimates. Ceo edly lampert saying Second Quarter performance was unacceptable. Still to come, chinas manufacturing versus, the story of the chinese economy is so big that weve asked our colleagues from squawk box asia for help. Wow. Wow. And i saw susan in makeup. The i get star struck whether i see people that i watch on tv. Yeah, squawk in asia. Susan lee will join us when we return. S. Dsl myth 1. It can help your business save money. False. The truth is when you compare our Fastest Internet to the fastest dsl from the phone company, comcast business gives you more for your money. Why pay more for less . Call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. And find out more about our twoyear price guarantee. Comcast business. Built for business. Welcome back to squawk box. The firm saying a proposed rules for currency will have far flung consequences. The chinese bitcoin players arguing the u. S. Rules are too broad and should only apply to businesses with meaningful connection connections to the region. Who can claim the title of squawk box anchor and we are fortunate to be joined by one of those few. Shes the coanchor of squawk box asia and, susan, im sorry because i started right away by asking you about bernie lowe, what is he like in person, is he really as funny and as nice in person as he is on air. What can you tell me about him . We all sort of we know him. We love him. We love him. Hes fun to work with. Actually, they call him the joe kernen of asia. They do . Yeah. They call me the bernie lo of america. But his hair isnt at good. And i can vouch for that right now. But i can refer him to the right people. Never been on squawk box . This is my first time. Does it get any bigger . Now im switching to where this is the big no. Go ahead. Are you going to tell andrew about bitcoin or were just going to talk about whether china is going to zero growth at this point . Well, actually, china is back. Are you sure . Decree. We need china. You do need china. Its going to grow at 7. 5 this year. I think thats consensus. And you have so much firepower. Theyre spending it, but in targeted measures because they dont want to happen. Asset bubbles happen once again. We saw last year. It would be nice if they were continuing to like our debt at 2 . Is that they do. They own over, what, 2 trillion . They dont need to were about that . No. They need to stay diversified. And i think they like holding that carrot over at the u. S. So as weve been watching less than less growth than weve seen previously, has some of the dislocates and bubbles that weve been worried about, whether its been, you know is that being rated . The credit bubble was the big one that everyone was talking about, we saw lending contract. Thats right. It was at half the rate that the market had expected. So we let the air out a little bit . Yeah. We let the steam out a little bit. We saw that with the pmi numbers last night, we had a threemonth low with hsbc flash numbers. That was kind of expecting given the declining activity that you saw in the previous numbers and also is everybody really anxious we call the shadow banking giant in china . A little anxious. When i talked to some investors, they say take a look at what china is doing now compared to the u. S. In 2008. We dont have a credit event in china. What i worry most about the the thing that scares me most about china, and i hear two things, and that is that social media, 1. 2 billion people now know how the rest of the world operates in terms of private property and free press and the ability to demonstrate and push back against the government. They seem to understand that, you know, if there is total chaos, that wouldnt be good, either. So they sort of go along with the party. When did they actually say look, were not moving fast enough here. We need more of what everybody to deal with. They call this a capitalist economy. By i youve been in the finest hotels in all these places, too, right . Hes actually had a butler at most of these hotels. Not true. So you think that they the Consumer Society from the export society, thats going to be possible . Yeah. So when i ask people, what do you think about the communist party . Can they survive another 50 years . China historians, political watchers, they say the number one goal for the communist part right now is to stay in power. Whether its going after corrupt officials, to look better in the eyes of the 1. 3 billion population, theyre going to do everything they can to stay in control. The one economic event that im watching in this quarter is the alibaba ipo. Is there alibaba fever in china . Its expected theres going to be a lot of wealth coming into the economy because of that deal. Are investors rushing to get a piece of that . I think its going to be split across the region for the institutional investor. Theres as much stock as the american investors. Theres a lot of controversy there, thinking this is a chinese company, why cant we buy in as much as American Consumers . Yes, you know, there is a lot of talk about alibaba. They set up pick up locations in long song starting yesterday. You come and pick it up at these certain locations. Kind of like amazon lockers . Yes. Did you go to the New York Times . Right . We did a global conference in hong kong. And then i helped host thats what i was going to ask you. Bernie, did you irritate bernie as much as did you guys get into it that much . I did not. You ir stated him. No. He watches. So he didnt get no . Did you see the interaction of this . Unfortunately i missed it, but i can tell you that all my female friends in hong kong showed up for andrews book event. Wow. Yeah. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Shes laughing. Yeah, i get it. Thats funny. That is good. Susan, thank you for joining us this morning. Can i on a sign up note, can i just say to joe that he is welcome to come to hong kong any time and we are going to go clubbing. Whats what im talking about. Maybe we can do the same thing you guys did for andrew, which is play the highlight reel of him trying to pronounce all the name of the guests in asia. We could do that with the guests here in the United States or the guy coming up from cinevus. Thank you. Im coming. I will some day. Well see you there. Meanwhile, when we come back on squawk box, the bank is starting to hike salaries of junior employees by at least 20 . But first as we head to break, a look at yesterdays winners and losers at the market. A. Top the list, coal. Good morning and welcome back to squawk box. Bare naked ladies. I love that. Save that to band. Save that for the yearend review. Im joe kernen along with it doesnt count when you cut the sound bite. You can do whatever you want now. Weve got it. Bare naked ladies concert in college. Does that help . The band . The band. Yeah, that counts. Thats good. Im joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin and kayla tousche sitting in for the vacationing becky quick. Making headlines, jpmorgan, bank of america, Goldman Sachs are reportedly planning to hike salaries of junior employees by at least 20 . At goldman, the first year pay would be at about 85,000 and thats before collecting bonuses. Good or bad for the world . Fine for the world. And its fine for these young men and women who work unfortunately for them 24 hours a day and on an hourly basis you will not be impressed. So there. Im happy. Im happy that youre coming around. Im glad. I just dont know. I have to ask. If there were another industry that were losing talent to another very specific industry, they werent getting as many applications, the quality of applicants wasnt as good, wouldnt this be the competitive way to reattract them . Regardless of whether this is finance or another industry. I want everyone to do better. I do. Im just trying to get him on the same page. I mean, it seems like its good for consumer spending, its good for tax revenues, its good for i want to raise everyone up to the high end. I dont want to bring everyone down to make it equal. At the lowest level, bringing that up is very good. Whats that . At the lowest level is actually the most important because thats when they actually then spend the cash and goes back into the economy. All right. Uns we get this, you dont necessarily want to bring you dont want to bring everyone down. Im not trying to bring everybody down, not everybody, just you. You do. It will be interesting to see if this works, though, because theyve been trying to help with their hours, as well, and the mentoring program. Not as many people want to go into this. They want to go out and work for a company you would understand. We had kevin ruth on this program and talking about how there were more people applying to teach in america than to work on wall street. Moving on, joe. Oh, me again. Market today will be focusing on the fed heads in jackson hole. Data housing. Here to gis an early read on the trading day, don lufskin and here on set, dan larue. Don, do you send everyone a lot of i get more mail from you in my and you have a lot of important stuff to say. I read it. Thank you. Youre very welcome. I already know what youre going to say. You know our viewers probably do not. So when is the first rate hike coming, in your view . I think its coming in april. For goodness sakes, janet yellen at her first Fomc Press Conference back in mid march, some Enterprise Reporter asked her, how long is the period when youll start raising Interest Rates from zero . And she blurtd out six months. That sounds like next april to me, so lets take her at her word. Why make it any more complicated . We had someone the other day saying late 2016 or early 2017. The economy might hit a rough patch. Do you think . No. God created the word might on make Statement Like that true. Anytime a fed official speaks, its to admit that the labor market is improving at a much more rapid rate than they ever anticipated. So this is on. But the key to understanding the yellen doctrine is she is coming in at a period when approximately were ready to come off zero, but she wants to emphasis, dont obsess with zero as a number. Its just another number. Doctrine is even when were not at zero, shes going to keep rates lower than they would be under circumstances essentially forever. Shes bought into the secular stagnation area. She believes it needs to be easy even when the fed is back at its maximum mandate. Thats quite a statement for a fed chair. Lets take her at her word. Weve got don and dan. Dan, there have been people that ever come on and said as soon as the fed starts raising rates, a lot of times it might not be totally wrong. Half the position is to get out complete completely. Other people have said many times in the past low levels, rising Interest Rates has meant good things for the stock market because theyre rooid rising for a good reason. Look at the banks. Theyve underperformed because of the you know, the slope of the yield curve currently right now. Its been difficult for bank earnings. That should be a positive if you get steepening from that. I agree that if Interest Rates begin to rise, its because its rooted in better earnings, better Overall Economic environment. Last quarter earnings were very good within the small cap space we particularly track closely. Technology earnings are up 16 . Industrial earnings were up 9 . So its a very, very good quarter. For the first time, im hearing that reinforcement phase within the economy that things are looking better, ceos are looking like they want to spend a little bit more. Just overall, the confidence factor just seems better. Maybely because i think the revenue line was better than most people expected. So we can do well, youre not an economist. Will you get to 3 eventually . Do it for a couple of years time. Don, do you think that . I think thats just for openers. Were five years into an expansion thats not an expansion. We had the biggest reception in our lives and followed by the weakness in expansion. I think were getting to the point where we can finally get that big surge that you normally get when a Business Cycle stands. Were just going to get it five years late. So i think were going to have a couple of years here where yield growth has four handles, five handles, maybe even better. Talk about a black swan. Nobody expects that. I think its in the cards. So you would say that the after effects of this financial crisis was worse than the the preeffects of 1978, 79, 830, 8is, you think it was the worst period because of what . I can give you other figures that show you in our lifetime that was worse. Well, all i know do you remember . Were you in the Business Economic xangz, weve come back to full employment in about a year and a half. Were at five years and were not there yet. This is a very slow expansion. Some people think thats selfinflicted from the way we handled what, both before, during and after the crisis. No doubt. But the point is, its five years after, weve learned by doing. Its trial and error. Weve gotten to the point where the economy has repaired itself to where it can finally achieve liftoff. All you need to do is look at the trend right decline in unemployment. Weve got a world right now where in term of shortterm unemployment, everyone person can get a job instantly and were now making major process in reabsorbing the Record Number of longterm unemployment. So you cannot deny, looking at the numbers, the acceleration is happening five years into the Business Cycle. Normally you would say its mature. But you would say its just beginning. Weve got to go, but you expect the Participation Rate to go back up again some day. I sure do. Really . By the bottom. What do you say . Within tech, i like ultimate stuff where its a based Company Similar to siebold systems. Within the energy space, barracks group. The i think were entering an m a super cycle is right now. I got in this business exactly 40 years ago. Do you own greenhouse . Yeah, we do. I say just curious if you think theres i like lazard because they have the emerging market asset business which is now almost 200 million in management. I started when the tenyear treasury was almost 10 . Every time the market hits a jitter, my phone rings off the hook from the media about is this the beginning of the 5 , 10 , 20 correction everybody is looking for. No one is asking w457d when bond yields start to do what don says theyre going to do. I think theres a whole generation of bond issues that have never seen a bear market. The Pension Funds have never seen that before. Would you buy stock in dealbook if you were able to . I dont know a thing about dealbook. The founder of dealbook is the acquisitions part of the new you would. Never heard of it. You wont be back. Anyway, thank you. Theres a lifetime to be on squawk. Coming up, gold flaring. When the natural gas released in the oil drilling process cant be captured. Guess what . Its burned off. Morgan brennen is g going to jo us from north dakota. More on the states plan to crack down on this practice. Were back in just a moment. I got to be pretty good at managing my symptoms, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. When i finally told my doctor, he said my crohns was not under control. He said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohns disease. And that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. And many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. If youre still just managing your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, remission is possible. Welcome back to squawk box. North dakota is booming with production surpassi ining 1 mil barrels a day. Morgan brennen joins us now from in north dakota. Shes got a lot more on this story. Good morning. Good morning. This is natural gas and some collection of oil wells here in the ray area just about 40 miles outside of wilson north dakota. There are thousands of these flares on fire across the bakken. Theres so many, in fact, astronaut ves captured images of this flaring from outer space. Why are we seeing this . We see 11,000 wells focus on crude oil, which is more valuable and can be transferred different ways. But the gas that comes out requires pipelines. Theyre at full capacity so they have to burn off this natural gas. Its sparking chas action suits as an estimated 100 million worth of gas is wasted each month. Many of these flares are on Residents Properties like tom wheeler whose hay field im standing in right now. Tom is not taking part in this regular paycheck or drilling in his property. But he hates to see this resource wasted. Its a waste. There has to be better ways to do it. Were easy to get along with. Dont lie to us. Were not asking for the moon. We just want to be treated fairley. So last month, north dakota passed new flaring standards by october. At least 74 of gas generated at existing wells must be captured. The industry is already close to that. This will continue to increase to 90 by 2020. Keep in mind, that 10 flare rate is still 10 times bigger than other states like texas and alaska. Regulators here say that any wells that dont adhere to these new standards are going to be curtailed and the most at risk are wells that dont have any kind of infrastructure in place as many as 1500 wells. But there is a company that has a potential solution to all of this. Were going to tell you more about that and their technology in the next hour of squawk box, andrew. Excellent. An important story. An amazing image. Thats a stunning shot. And we will very dangerous. Its very warm, too. I believe it. Thank you, morgan. Well see you a little bit later on. When we come back we bring you all kinds of Economic Indicators on squawk box. But up next, the indicator that matters most to youngsters. 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Ive been on this earth nine years, ive never seen anything like it. The new amazon fire phone, with a full year of prime included. Exclusively on at t. Welcome back to squawk box. The tooth fairy is cutting back. A survey from visa finding that night time visitors leaving 8 less this year than she did in 2013. The average left for every tooth, you want to guess . You can see it. 3. 40. 3. 40. Of those surveys, dads reported higher giving figures than moms. I think thats true. The dads always give more than moms. You asked me yesterday, you know i can see the teleprompter that youre reading. I am aware of that. So hes you cant ask me to guess. Youre making me seem smart. How much do you give . Im embarrassed to say. I dont give i am receiving the stuff. Because as you will see as you get a little bit older the permanent teeth start falling out. So i have one quick question do you get more for a crown . Because it costs more to get more back on. Im a parent will little 4yearold almost 4yearold guys. We havent had this experience yet. For the baby teeth yet. How do i make sure i can get the money under the pillow while theyre sleeping . My guys wake up like every if you go in their room . Theyre not heavy sleepers at all . They are youre going to have to yank them and move them out of the way. Do it before they go to bed. My dad used to pretend to be an alter ego, tina the tooth fairy would bring me long scripted letters. Id bring them into the school and tell them the tooth fairy is tina. Tina was like my idol. What did tina look like . She had a short, blonde haircut. She looked a little like morgan brennan. She worked for converse sneakers and a big tutu. Yeah. I miss tina. Theres a lot of things bouncing around and none of them are suitable at this point to actually say. I will just tell you that, the tooth fairy turned into hercules. Going whatever his name is the rock. Played the tooth fairy. He is now playing hercules. So that is an actor. That is a range. Is it not . That is range. Tooth fairy. Its one range. Its one range. Anyway, a major lederhosen making its first u. S. Store in a brewery in cincinnati. The company is the official supplier of the lederhosen, from the munich oktoberfest. It says it wanted to show americans in their words, that you can wear lederhosen with chuck taylors. You dont have to wear the sis penders. And this is a huge deal in the queen city, oktoberfest. You know thats my hometown. And andrew said hes been there. No to the one in germany, right . Yeah. Coming up bank of americas record 17 billion settlement with the Justice Department. In india we have 400 Million People who dont have electricity and i just figured that its time i do something about it. What were doing right now, along with ibm, is to actually transfer data through a satellite from our wind farms directly onto the cloud. 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The Housing Market picking up steam but with cash buyers flooding the market, and refinancing stalled the real estate recovery may be in jeopardy. Builders and lenders weigh in. And the Barclays Center wants to bring democrats to brooklyn. The owner of the new arena laying out his plan to bring the Democratic National convention to new york for the very First Time Since 1992. The second hour of squawk box starts right now. Good morning. And welcome back to squawk box on cnbc. Im joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin and Kayla Tausche sitting in for the vacationing becky quick. Wall street is waking up this morning to details of bank of americas record settlement. Kate kelly joins us with the full story. It was on, it was off. They were going to do it. Then it was too much. Then this was the number they were talking about all along though, wasnt it . No well, midpoint of what the spread. I thought they said no to 17, its too much. I think b of a was offering 14 and doj wanted 20. What would the midpoint be . Well, 17. Exactly. You work fast. How did you come up that was my original asserti assertion. Im just defending it. So they came up with 17 . Yeah. Where does it go . 9. 6 is a cash penalty and about 7 goes to consumer relief. So, yeah, were waiting this morning for the public announcement for this landmark deal between the Justice Department and bofa. Theyre settling charges that theyre accused of engaging in fraud and selling of mortgages in the runup to the financial crisis. The total is about 17 billion. 9. 6 of that in penalty payments and another 7 billion or so in consumer relief. Details of exactly where that consumer relief money will go, as well as the penalty in in terms of federal, state, and individuals are expected by 9 00. When justice holds a press conference in washington with attorney general eric holder. Just back from ferguson, missouri, of course, and bofa is likely to issue a Detailed Press release, im told as well before the bell. Shares are up minimally in anticipation of the deal which has been telegraphed now for about two weeks but wasnt finalized until the overnight hours. Whether this clears up what has been a significant overhang for the stock is another question. Bofa is the Second Largest Bank in the nation in terms of deposits. And two of the companies it bought during the financial crisis, countrywide and Merrill Lynch, have now generated close to 80 billion in legal costs. Thats with todays anticipated announcement. The penalty portion of the settlement alone amounts to more than the bank has generated in profit during the past four quarters combined. Still, with much of the mortgage putback litigation now behind it, and todays deal tying up a number of pending investigations by state and u. S. Authorities over the mortgage packaging and sales issues, bank of america should be eliminating much of the uncertainty that has dogged it in recent years over yet to be resolved litigation, guys. So, probably its a win for them. And in general, the residential mortgagebacked securities, fraud, working group that justice had set up just a couple years ago that was sort of the, the precursor to the tens of billions of dollars in settlements, do we think that this is the last one at this point . I well, ill put some caveats on that. Yes, i think its the last major head line civil settlement. Weve now tied up jpmorgan, bank of america, and citigroup. There are some other negotiations afoot. But the numbers will be nowhere near like this for other banks. That said, a jpmorgan for instance, the u. S. Attorney in california, who is involved in helping to prepare that settlement, still has a criminal aspect of his case, thats under investigation, and you know, weve been told could lead to criminal charges. There are also u. S. Attorneys involved in this one, notably paul fishman from new jersey who will be at todays press conference, among others. They dont rule out the possibility of future criminal cases. But certainly, this would seem to tie up a lot for them. Okay. Kate, thank you for this. Stay where you are. Joining us to talk more about the massive bofa settlement, former chairman and ceo of wells fargo. Good morning to you, dick. Good morning. You look at the numbers, 17 billion. Is this justice or is this politics . Its definitely politics. It has nothing to do with justice or restitution to innocent victims. In fact, more of the money is going to the coffers of the states, and the various departments than is going to the victims. Its a pattern that continues. Its really no surprise, however, if, indeed, jpmorgan should pay 12 billion or 13 billion for the sins of bear stearns and washington mutual, certainly Merrill Lynch and countrywide did two or three times the volume of those two companies. So, they certainly should pay more. But, this is just simply a political stance, and theater that has been going on for five years of bashing financial institutions. Again neither jpmorgan or its employees, or bank of america or its employees, did anything wrong here. They just bought companies that did wrong. Well, dick, let me ask you a question about that and therefore, they did a lot of political value by having press releases and press conferences. Dick, to the extent that there were wrongful or illegal acts that took place at the institutions that jpmorgan and bank of america acquired, who should pay for that . Well, lets just legally, you have all the rights to go back against the buyer. But, but why are we charging stockholders, instead of going after the people who did wrong. Corporations dont engage in criminal behavior. They dont take advantage of innocent people. People do. And the reason theyre going after corporations is because they can. And because, dick they arent going against the individuals because it takes a long time to do so. Theres no political value in in winning a case five years from now. You want to win something a couple months before an election. How would you describe a 17 billion fine then . I mean where do you think a number like that comes from . Is there any metric that gets you there . No. It just happens to be a lot of money that people can agree to. Well, no doubt the numbers will be divided up among state and federal authorities, then there will be the consumer relief measures. Dick, i just wanted to maybe push back on one thing you said which is the majority of this isnt going to troubled individuals, homeowners. I mean, i think 7. 6 appears to be going in that direction. And then of the 9, fipically what weve seen with the recent cases and well get more details this morning at 9 00 a. M. I think is that its actually a minority of that that goes to justice for sort of general government purposes. Other portions of it go to states who may engage in their own consumer relief measures. And help modify loans, principle forgiveness, what have you. Educating the public. So this could be a win, i think, for the consumer whos been hurt. Well, you can say that. But, if we want to deter criminal behavior, you have to arrest and try and convict and put people in prison. Stockholders are not the reason why we have problems. Its people we have problems. And we dont do anything about that because theres no politicalville u in doing so. Did you call this extortion . Yes. Thats what it is. Elaborate on that, though. You believe that the government is extorting the banks . Yes. I because they can. They are when you listen to the press conference. They wont talk about countrywide and Merrill Lynch. Theyll talk about bank of america has to be held accountable. No employee of bank of america, no stockholder of bank of america, no executive of bank of america, did these criminal things. But, dick, no one except for the attorneys that have all of the facts and the documents in this case in their hands, none of us know exactly what evidence may or may not have been there against certain individuals. We cant rewrite history. These are the settlements that have been inked. But with this with these proceeds essentially that the governments received how do you think they should be treated . Because ive heard analogies that these are akin to local police writing more tickets for revenue purposes. I mean the fact that the government has been making tens of billions of dollars, should there be an escrow fund . Should there be an Inspector General . If this is how the governments going to go about it, how should they be treating it . Well, you know, all those things were important questions, but theyre almost irrelevant. The motivation here is not to find guilty parties and punish them. The motivation is political. And until we change the motivation of why we are doing things, were going to have the same solutions here. Do you think go ahead and investigate all this. But why should we need to investigate it. Shouldnt the motivation here to be finding guilty weathers, and if they broke the law, they should be put in jail. Well, dick, are there guilty parties to be found . Well, of course there are. We havent found any guilty parties yet. Right . Well, on the note of holding individuals responsible, though, im just curious. Were starting to see some investigations of subprime auto loans. And auto loanbacked securities. I dont know where thats going to go ultimately, but, are we seeing a possible example of a case where the system is not necessarily better . Were still seeing dishonesty when it comes to the terms under which loans are provided, or packaged and sold to investors. Do you think the systems better than it was before the financial crisis . Well, if no ones been indicted, theyre still out there. Theyre probably still working in the mortgage business. Theyre still probably in the Investment Banking business. So, of course. And theyll probably do it again, because theres no penalty for an individual to behave irresponsibly, why wouldnt you think that theyll continue to do so. Dick, we had a report yesterday and we talked about it earlier this morning, about a potential case against angelo ms. Leo, civil crowd case, do you believe that he did wrong in this instance . Well, i dont know whether angelo did wrong or not. Theres no question that countrywide did wrong. I mean everyone knew it. They were taking mortgage reps from wells fargo and saying, you will be able to make Mortgage Loans that wells fargo wont allow you to make. So come on over here, and theyre all on commission, and hundreds of them did. Now who is responsible for that . I dont know. But someone in countrywide, not someone, a lot of people in countrywide, knew that they were doing irresponsible, and unlawful things, and none, to my knowledge, have been punished for doing so. Okay. Dick, were going to leave the conversation there. Always provocative thoughts. We appreciate your time this morning. Thank you. Talk to you soon. The other breaking story at this hour an american doctor treated for ebola at an atlanta hospital has been released. Kent brantly contracted the disease or the deadly virus while treating victims in liberia. He was treated with the experimental drug zmapp. Emory will hold a press conference this morning because hes doing much better. Real quickly. Yes, sir. Im really addressing this to you, but you were both here yesterday. You know how there are times when you write like your thing on tuesday about taxes are much lower for corporate and i always ask you who is your effective tax rates. Do you have an editor that plants these . And you say you come up with i come up with this stuff in my own head. Do you remember yesterday both of you wanted to talk uber and i said this is the richest thing ive ever seen, to see David Plouffe going to make millions at uber. Right. After being an anti free market, anti right. The journal didnt watch so heres one of the lead story oped pieces. Plouffe for free markets. Obama strategist discovers suddenly the virtues of capitalism, and says we couldnt have said it better. Its nice to see the man who helped elect the most antifree market president since Richard Nixon now extolling the wonders of business competition. But when i tried to talk about it yesterday, you both looked at me like i was speaking some Foreign Language and had no idea the connection between those two things. And you see im not crazy. Im not crazy. Anyway, go ahead. As you said, ive written crazy things. So just because its in the newspaper no im just telling you. Do you know david yesterday i told you i get all this stuff from barack. What did it say, it said thanks, joe. Joe, this that and now im convinced he doesnt watch. Now. After reading that yesterday, if hes still thanking me he is not watching as much as i thought he was. Joe gets some form letters. How do you know its a form letter . It says joe on it and it says from barack obama. And it says thanks joe. Because someone donated 5 michelle sends me stuff all the time. Plouffe sends me stuff. So i see his thinking and it just seemed weird to be joining the private sector to make millions. I didnt disagree with you. But my take was more that uber as a company has become a political lightning rod. The gop wants to support it and standing behind it as well writing their own opeds in the Chicago Tribune about it and now plouffe is going to uber, certainly seems like thats the company that people want to be seen supporting because its so popular. 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Saying the performance was unacceptable and steps are being taken to address the companys problems. Some people might say that the management of sears, he really hasnt been a ceo. Because it hasnt really gotten that there was always value in the real estate but the operations of the company, in the last how i mean time flies. Hes been there a long time now, hasnt he . How long has it been now . Over a decade . Im thinking i remember but is there a human being alive that could have turned around sears . Or mart . That was a great idea. How can i make it better . How about buying kmart. Its always great when a ceo is an accidental ceo, right . Yeah. When they either own so much debt that they become the figurehead. We have a guest that we need to get to. I thought we were going to okay, talk to you later andrew. We are honing in, were going to hone it on two key facets of the housing industry, mortgage lending and hope construction. Joining us now to talk more about rates in lending is chairman and ceo of lending tree and gives us the pulse of Home Builders and roger craig is president and ceo of ab homes. Just to keep it the news, you know, about what we were just talking about with bank of america there are people that say these huge settlements, dog, that they actually make theyre counterproductive for the government because they make lenders even more reluctant to open up the coughers to lenders. Is that any truth to that, doug . I think there is a lot of truth about it. The biggest fear that lenders have had is that they sell loans off to fannie mae and freddie mac and no matter what any time a loan defaults a lender the government basically comes back and says, you know, digs threw the file and tries to find some issue with it and says oh, you have to buy that back. So because of that, until very recently, youve had lenders that were underwriting even narrower than the fannie mae and freddie mac guidelines because theyre afraid of these loan buybacks. Its almost like you bought insurance but you get cancer and the Insurance Company says sorry that doesnt work. Doug, dont you think that so many times there are good intentions here . Doug do you think the government or this administration or justice or whomever, do you think they want to hurt the housing industry . And therefore dont consider the consequences . Is it purely political to slap the wrists of bank of america . We never know we dont know if anyone spends the money in a wise way and certainly takes away from shareholders. Whats the upside to doing this . Nobody does anything intentionally to hurt the housing industry. The housing industry is doing fine. Its coming back. The private sector is working. I think you have people inside of organizations and countrywide was the riskiest of lenders and unfortunately bank of america bought the company and there you go. The good news is youve got alternative lending platforms that are sprouting up all over the place that are filling the void that the banks arent actually doing. Turning to you, roger, we you just heard housing is better, things are going a little bit better. But its never going as well as we hope. It seems like. And what are the negative Things Holding us back from reaching, you know, an optimal level in housing, roger . Yeah, good morning, joe. I think when you look at whats going on in just the labor market, thats the biggest part right now. I think job growth certainly has been something that has kept the housing slower. And certainly the foreclosures that came on the market, a lot of investors were in the market, as well, and i think that kept people out of it but right now its more about jobs. Its about wage growth, as well. And those that can qualify for mortgages do. And can buy a house. And were seeing really a mixed bag across the country. There are different markets that are responding differently. You know, you look at the texas markets for instance. Doing very well in housing. And thats because the job growth is there. In other markets were seeing much slower. But overall for ab homes were in the phoenix market, were in florida, the carolinas, were seeing good, good traffic in our communities there right now. But the buyers are relatively slower to pull the trigger to purchase a home. We hear its multifamily, and you know we hear a lot of people are renting, but you know, are we back to at least a more realistic level where Home Ownership should be . Not everyone should own a home, probably. If it was 90 Home Ownership wed probably have another crash because not everyone really should own a home. Did we learn our lesson . Yeah, i think we did learn the lesson. Coming through the downturn, in the late 2,000s, you know, we did see the, you know, the people that probably shouldnt own a home, and i think we realize that. And making sure today the underwriting standards are much stricter. And you know, certainly thats the difference in the market today. All right, gentlemen. We appreciate it. In a nutshell well keep it short. Thank you, doug. Doug and roger thank you very much. All right were going to go to break. But real quickly, you still didnt you figured out one of them. You know id talk about that Gwyneth Paltrow article because she mentioned her exhusband with or i guess theyre not divorced yet but for the bucket chool edge. For the bucket challenge. Yes. And youve done some imaginary coupling with gwyneth and thats okay. I mean i think, shes got her own her matt lauer thing and stuff like that. Theres nothing, everybody can do that. 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Coming up, shes throwing the party of the summer in the beautiful mountains of jackson hole. Its such an exclusive gathering that some of the worlds most powerful central bankers are calling in favors to get an invitation. Dont worry, Kansas City Fed president Esther George is offering you an allaccess pass. Her conversation with Steve Liesman, right after the break. Were back in a moment. F the bus might have a song that he has in his headf the bus but he just cant get out. With the technology of cloud, we change all that. I can sing something into my device, up to the cloud it goes, back down it comes, sounding better. We break down the walls of creation and we give music creation for the masses. Unlock the creativity in anyone. With the ibm cloud. The ibm cloud is the cloud for business. Some breaking news this morning. The american doctor treated for ebola has now been released from the hospital. Kent brantly was given zmapp a trial drug and flown to the United States this month. He was released from atlantas emiry University Hospital this morning. Brantly contracted ebola treating victims of the deadly virus in liberia. Lets get to jackson hole, wyoming. Central bankers gathering there for the annual symposium. Steve liesman is there joining us for a special interview and maybe an update on if he did catch anything really large yesterday. Steve . Yeah, joe, no bad fishing yesterday, lots of rain, couldnt get out. Always hopeful. Kansas city is the host of the conference, and Esther George, the president of the Kansas City Fed, sat down with us for a pretty rare interview. I began by asking her whether she thought the markets were too complacent about how long it will be until the fed raises Interest Rates. Theres a lot of complacency right now. If you look at the market path for Interest Rates relative, for example, to the median, the fomcs projections, you will see that those have been far apart. And i think that thats a risk that will require us to communicate, as we continue to discuss. Let me get to one area here. Can you explain how you balanced the risks in your mind . There are those out there who say the economy and the markets absolutely have to live on zero Interest Rates, and it could all come tumbling down if you raise rates. On the other hand the excess that are creating some of the problems created by keeping rates too low for too long. Could you explain how you balance those risks in your mind the way you come out . Well, i think the economy is already showing signs. So as we look ahead, does the economy look like its able to sustain this . I think it signals a very important Decision Point for the committee, to say, we will have to move at some point. I dont want us to be behind the curve. And beginning to normalize Interest Rates. If you look at some of the policy benchmarks that policymakers can use, they would suggest that its time to be having that conversation. So you dont think youre behind the curve yet . Well see. When you see the economy getting as close as we are to full employment, to stable inflation, it would suggest to me that the time has come to do that. Its a process, though. Were beginning the discussion about normalization. Were finishing the asset purchase program, so it will be a process to work through this systematically. So now i have to ask the most direct question of all which is the markets look for a rate hike on average in the summer of 2015. Should they be thinking about something earlier . I think the market should always be looking at how the economy is unholding. Because i doubt that the committee will be picking a date, or able to say that. So, as the Committee Talks about how the economy is unfolding, it will be doing its best to communicate clearly. About its reaction to that. And i hope markets are listening to that, as well as looking at the data. Guys, ill be back at 8 30another piece of this interview where george is going to talk about her concern about bubbles in markets, and i also asked her about stan druckenmillers critique of the federal reserve. Well get her point of view on that. Joe . Thats cool, steve. You know, this if you ever get the chance, if you are asked to be on the fed at some point, steve, you got to do it. Because the amount of just credibility, and just importance it gives to a person is amazing. Like i heard you were going to talk i dont even know Esther George. I heard you were going to have an interview, i was like oh, my god he has an interview with esther. From now on Esther George is going to be Esther George from the fed. And i saw her and she seems like a smart, nice you just get a huge rep from that dont you . Its amazing. We say their names so much. And they meet behind closed doors and they decide whats going to happen to the entire world, and i mean it really does give you a lot of, you can use that for the rest of your life. You mean as opposed to joe kernen of cnbc . As opposed to a talk show host . Who has no credibility at all is what you mean . But shes i wouldnt say that whats that . Shes been in the fed system for a long time. She was the chief operating system of the Kansas City Fed and shes continued this tradition of operating out of kansas city. Whats interesting is when you talk to her as opposed to reading the headlines, her points of view make a whole lot more sense and im glad she was able to sit bounce hence why you had to change into a suit instead of making the fleece continue working overtime. I tried to show her a little respect as opposed to my feelings towards you guys. I figure this polo will be fine. First of all so kansas city has been lets just find out once is kansas city actually a city, though . Does that in your qualifies. It does . Qualifies. Oh, you learned your lesson. I learned my lesson. All right. Anyway, thank you, steve. The thing see you at 8 30. You cant figure what im laughing about in Huffington Post. Theres one of the headlines is a momentous, momentous endorsement of obamacare. Yes. So i find this guy Jason Linkedin who i would sue him for taking the name linkedin, number one. But anyone, this is momentous and i said oh, my god. Who is it . A leading republican. Is it the majority minority leader . Is it someone in or is it a hospital chain . Is it. No, its actually a democrat, a senator who actually voted for the bill at one point, who is now admitting that he voted for it, even though hes up for reelecti reelection. Its never been done before. Never happened before. This is senator mark prior, and he didnt give a rousing endorsement. He basically said well i did vote for the bill which im not going to home but it made it so that preexisting conditions so that you wouldnt be able to disallow insurance and he didnt even call it obamacare. But he kind of admitted that he voted for it and hes in a reelection up for reelection in november. So at Huffington Post, that qualifies for a momentous which shows you, after all this time, where this bill still is in the minds hearts and minds of the American Public at this point. I just think its classic that Huffington Post would call that a momentous endorsement from a guy who voted for it who is a democrat. You see what im saying . His last name is lincolns. No its linkedin. Jason linkedin, isnt it . Lincolns. Up next democrats could be storming the barclays no response. I will not act as a foil on this particular you just did. Completely. Just by sitting here . Storming the barclays but that is momentous. To find a guy that admitted that he voted for it . 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First of all, thank you for being here. Go thank you, andrew. Handicap it here for us. Who are you playing against, and how does this work . Well, basically i think people think that were playing primarily against philadelphia. The other places columbus is one, phoenix is another, and i dont even remember the other one. Take us behind the scenes. What happens over the next sort of 12 months as everybody sort of campaigns. How does the Campaign Work . Well it started first by visiting Barclays Center last week. We had 12 or 15 people from the dnc. They came, they toured brooklyn. They toured manhattan. They came over the Barclays Center and they loved it. I think they were you woulded and wooed. Next thing that happens is they visit the other cities. And then theres a process which nobodys that clear about, exactly who decides. Is it going to be the prospective candidate possibly . Is it the president . Is it a dnc . My guess its a little bit of everybody. And then probably by deuce, january theyll make a decision. And the value of the convention coming to both Barclays Center itself, and the area around it. And i assume more around brooklyn than the impact it would have on anywhere in manhattan. I dont know. Is what . Well i dont know of the exact number. Tens of millions of dollars. Its a huge boost for any city but particularly a place like new york where youve got the best restaurants. Weve got the best hotels. So youve got an impact, an Economic Impact that far exceeds any inconvenience or anything like that thats going to happen. Let me ask you a political question. Would you do this for the Republican Party . Absolutely, yes. Im a great american. I may vote democrat, i may vote republican. But this is important for the country. Its important to have it at a place like new york which is the media capital, the center of our country. A lot of ways the center of the world. Its important to have an event like this in a city thats so important. So, whether its the republican or democrat doesnt make any difference. How much harder do you have to sell the dnc on coming to new york, given that new york is not a swing state . Not even close . Well, you know, its not clear that it makes much difference if its a swing state. North carolina, didnt make any difference. In fact, democrats lost. I would argue that being in new york where everyones going to pay attention, and brooklyn. Brooklyn is the hottest place now in the country. Its the coolest place, its way cooler dont tell brooklyn is so complicated. Its got so much in it. I could talk about brooklyn forever. It would still be cool. Its cooler than i am. So its the kind of place where it sells itself. And new york sells itself. And it really is a stage for the world. And its the right place for democrats. Its had its the right place for democrats ill tell you that much. I think it does sort of just, if you want to get the rest of the country sort of not to think that way about and the that its more conclusive. Especially after the last sort of five or six years where we really thought the the democrats are controlled by the far left side, the new york sort of centric side, the coasts i dont know if it makes it feel even more i think really . I dont think, look the United States is diverse. At the end of the day, the old United States is different than the new United States. It is. The new United States is just a different place than when i grew up. It is diverse. We have a lot of respect for diversity and that is brooklyn. The issue of liberal, not liberal, its all about people. And brooklyn is the place. Everyone comes to visit here. One out of every seven americans if you were going to try to get the most popular Major League Baseball team and to go to the rest of the country to try to sell the most popular Major League Baseball team do you know how hard it would be the yankees loved here but theyre everyones villain. They come into town Everyone Wants to see their team try to beat the yankees. Talk about the dodgers now. Brooklyn dodgers. Thats the brooklyn dodgers. Everybody talk about brooklyn dodgers. All over the world. I see new york plates all the time. When i was growing up you saw new york plates and you just pulled over because the people were going to run you right off the road. I grew up in the midwest. Youre right about the yankees. But think brooklyn dodgers. Youve got something to sell here, im not buying it. Ill tell you the most exciting thing and what i was i would give you kudos forever for taking the chance on putting up and the success must be worth ten times what you the thing thats an amazing. So are the nets and so think about philadelphia. Philadelphia, w. C. Fields said once i spent a year in philadelphia, i think it was a sunday. So that says it all. Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa. I knew id get you. You really are getting me now. What do you think of comcast these days . You think im going to let you disphiladelphia right now . The city of brotherly love . Hes doing a little trash talk. Hes throwing it right back. Where do they throw snow balls at santa claus . Philadelphia. Boos. Weve got to one second. While we have you, rather talk about real estate. Absolutely. Is brooklyn overdone . Would you spend a dollar in brooklyn i mean is brooklyn already peaked out and now everyones going to queens . No. Let me tell you something the city of new york will grow a Million People in the next 15, 20 years. And thats whats going to happen. And so all of our boroughs, brooklyn, queens, manhattan, staten island, were all growing. Theres still room in brooklyn. Brooklyn real estate is going up and up. As is queens. The whole city is really on fire in the real estate area. Most Business Executives hate the mayor. I know this is a hard question for you because you have to work with him. Strong words. You think im going to the mayor is great. I supported the mayor very early on. The mayor is very, very good. Look on the housing area hes got it completely. 200,000 housing units. He was correct about prek. The substantive things hes done is quite good. Whether its vision zero about traffic accidents. Wrong about the sandinistas. You know what . If you love i dont even know what the sandinistas are. They dont remember. I know. Did you love mayor bloomberg. I like mayor bloomberg. Its impossible to love both, right . No. My goodness no. They were both great for the city. We had a great mayor in mayor bloomberg. You really didnt mean that. Youre channeling me. Im just trying to suggest that once is supposed to be the antithesis of the other. I think its mean what youre saying. Yeah. You know you have to look what people do. You have to look what people do. Our mayor has done a very good job so far. Seriously, i just back to the barclays and what its done just for basketball. I mean, now the clippers. You see hasry bought the bucs for like thats worth over a billion dollars already. It is. Brooklyn has breathed life into the nets and also putting that there suddenly brooklyn is the hottest place. It is the hottest place. Its made a big difference. Im glad to be part of it. I dont know what your investment is worth now. Im sure you are glad, right . Right . It doesnt hurt. Youre an Investment Program probably so can you get those floor seats for like me and andrew if we i think as a guest. Have you done that yet . I cannot accept anything like that, as you would know. We cant accept anything like that. But youre an onair editor so you can, right . That was years ago. Well have an official ruling. Youre pals with j. C. , right . The answer is i know jayz very well. They staying together . Of course ive got to ask. He may know. Very positive. The answers are theyre both wonderful people and theyre going to stay to the. Thats my prediction. You turn the gray lady into the most tabloid is that what they teach you at that place . This tabloid stuff you keep i learn it from the best. Do you do you hate the mayor . Do you hate him . I didnt say did he hate him . I said there are Business People who have very sort of adversarial views i dont know. Im with you brotherly love. Listen. My stepson went to school in philadelphia. And it is a great city. When do you think the dnc will make a decision . December, january. That long . Yeah. All right. Republicans they took cleveland . I was just in cleveland and they were very excited by it. Ohio is a state you need to win. Yeah, made me feel good. Great to see you. Thank you. When we come back the farm economy. Agriculture, farmers are up to their ears in corn. Mean time, cattle ranchers keep stepping in it as prices continue to fall. Find out what it means for you at checkout at the Grocery Store. Up next ranchers versus drillers. Morgan brennan is looking at the bakken boom and she joins us with a preview. Morgan . Take a look at this natural gas flare. So much natural gas is being flared off here in the bakken that experts say its enough to power 1 million homes per year. Well tell you what companies are doing to try and cut down on that waste in the next few minutes. If youre an avid viewer of squawk box last years massive stock market gains or the quiet august rally, thats not news to you. But most americans cant say the same. A Gallup Survey finds only one in nine people call themselves savvy about investing. And more than a third of those polled thought the market only increased 10 in 2013. The s p, of course, was up 32 . During that year. The survey sample audience was investors with at least 10,000 in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or retirement programs. A full 20 of respondents thought the market was flat last year. Hmm. 32 is good. We need three straight 30s. Thats what we had in the 90s. Ive been begging for that since the mid 90s. Please let it happen again. Were a third of the way there. Almost there. Got to have a good fall. We told you earlier this morning about flaring. Thats the burning off of natural gas when theres more supply than the pipeline can handle. But thats not to say its the only option for dealing with that excess. Drillers in the bakken are getting creative to cut down on the controversial practice. Morgan brennan joins us again from north dakota. Morgan, over to you. Hi. Thanks, kayla. This is the Biggest Issue in the bakken right now. This natural gas flaring. And as more crowd Oil Production is coming online and with it natural gas, its overwhelming the infrastructure. We just dont have enough infrastructure to keep pace with that production. The Pipeline Network for natural gas some rating at full capacity, and with new flaring rules going into effect this fall, drillers are really scrambling to come up with shortterm solutions until more pipeline can be laid. So take statoil. The Norwegian Company is the sixth largest player in the bakken and its partnered with General Electric and a canadian Gas Logistics Company Called ferris for what theyre calling the last mile fuelling solution. Instead of flaring natural gas its collecting and minimally processing that gas, and its stripping out the natural gas liquids like probane and butane and selling those off separately then the remaining gas is compromised and stored in a large box that can then be transported by truck to a nearby statoil rig where it then helps power operations and cuts down on diesel costs. It reduces costs here by burning the cheaper natural gas, and we reduce emissions by burning the cleaner burning natural gas instead of diesel. Soiths a winwin. Reporter statoil plans to power all six of its rigs and its fueltime fracking fleet using this tech by this Time Next Year and its cutting down on flaring and cutting down on the fuelling costs. As for ge the company says its talking with the bakkens biggest drillers to use the same techs. The age of gas is here. Theres cheap supply of gas available. And were looking at opportunities to expand that horizon. And to really service the market on a broad perspective. So ge believes that this technology could ultimately fuel cars and help power homes, but in the mean time we went and visited statoils pilot location where this technology is being used yesterday. When they turned all the units off a big 25 foot natural gas flare popped up, and when they turned the units back on that died back down so it certainly seems like something that could cut down on flaring in the mean time. Guys back to you. Great. Its quite a shock, morgan. It was even dooler when it was dark. But still looks good. We appreciate it. Thank you. Coming up, what happens on the farm hits your wallet. As we know. At the checkout, a closer look at the farm economy when we return and later, i think gopro for football helmets. One company is making the pitch for inhelmet cameras to help coaches and players and maybe even broadcasters. 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And the ice bucket challenge has come to squawk box. I now pass the challenge on to Andrew Ross Sorkin at cnbc now its my turn to take the icy splash and nominate some bigtime Corporate Media moguls as the final hour of squawk box begins right now. Welcome back to squawk box here on cnbc, first in business worldwide, im joe kernen along with Andrew Ross Sorkin, and Kayla Tausche is in for becky. Shes outside right now filling up did you see the bucket were using . Yep. Its a big bucket. Wow. I im going to eventually im going to eventually dump on him. That sounds redundant. Dump on andrew. With the bucket . Youve been waiting to do this forever. But you get to do it every day. I cant believe someone volunteered me for doing this. Its a challenge for als awareness. Mark bart linney issued the challenge. Andrews going to make his nominations later this hour. Futures are indicated higher today. Is that not the fed helping out . It may be the fed melting up. Breaking news to bring you right now, though. Just crossing the wires literally moments ago, Family Dollars board announcing that its board of director has now officially rejected the proposed offer from Dollar General. They say that theyre doing that based on antitrust issues. You might remember we broke the story earlier this week, Dollar General had offered 78. 50 a share. That compared to the 74. 50 that had been agreed to earlier with dollar tree. The board of Family Dollar saying that they are against the deal worried about the antitrust issues. They actually then come out swinging, the ceo of the company, saying i would also like to note that Dollar Generals letter sent late last night contained blatant mischaracterizations and did nothing to address the antitrust issues in Dollar Generals proposal. We should also note, we talked about this before, nelson peltz has a huge stake in Family Dollar. Has a board seat through ed garden, cofounder and part of trian, and they say that they are on board with this particular transaction, the lower the deal at a lower price, dollar tree, and so, here we are, its sort of, you know, just quick sort of side Share Analysis here the tough part is if you come out as Family Dollar and say theres an antitrust problem, its hard then to accept a deal at a higher price. Right . Because youre signaling to the not at this price. At this price we wont take it. But at a higher price we might. Its unclear where it goes from here. That is the news. They are rejecting that bid for now. We should take a quick look at that stock. Youre looking at Family Dollar now at 79. 81. It says unchanged. Is that still right . It might be halted. Could be halted. We will continue to monitor this. That is kind of a scorched earth policy, right . I mean does it make you think they really dont want to accept an eventual offer . The other piece of it which weve talked about earlier is that the ceo of Family Dollar, howard levine, does get a role in this other in this combined company. Which would not necessarily not even not necessarily, which would not probably be the case if Dollar General were the buyer. And it is true, we should note, that Dollar General is a Much Bigger Company than dollar tree. You put them together, and there are a lot of antitrust lawyers that do say that you would have to divest pieces of that business. So it is not completely an irrational view. So you saw our anchor from the far east say that she grew up watching squawk box. Yes. You know that i dont really like hearing that. But with miklaszewski who were going to toss to right now, i can say it to him. So that shows you how long this guy has been around. One of the originals at cnn, actually, nbc love that hes on today developing story were learning more today about a failed u. S. Commando mission to rescue american in syria by isis. And nbcs Jim Miklaszewski joins us now from washington. Mik, how you doing . Im doing well, joe, thanks. I need to talk to you at the end of this. Okay. To pick your brain about the whole thing. Because have you ever seen anything like this . Am i wrong to think this is kind of strange that the way this came out . The information about this attempted hostage rescue . Indeed it is. It appeared to be a well engineered and executed mass leak, and apparently by the white house. But i can tell you, there was serious concern for the safety of those hostages when last july there was intelligence that james foley, that journalist who was executed on camera, and other hostages, were in danger. So the u. S. Launched this mission, Delta Force Commandos lowered from stealth helicopters, at a site in syria, quickly engaged the enemy, they killed an unknown number of isis terrorists. But then found the hostages were not there. They were there apparently, and had been moved a short time before that. The Delta Force Commandos left immediately. In a fierce firefight, only one of the commandos suffered a slight wound. A helicopter pilot, to his hand. And that was it. But it was it was a well thought out, well planned, well intentioned mission that unfortunately in the end, joe, failed. So the questions that i had. When it first came out, jim, i thought i understood it. Okay were trying to do all we could. This didnt blindside us yesterday. We were certainly worried about these guys. And we tried to get them out. And to me that looked like a calculated political move to let us know that that was true. But then i started thinking after watching i think bolton, the former u. N. Guy was on and i watched him, and he talked about the notion of doing this, and the downside, and the reasons not to outline all the details of Something Like this. Because next time they know we might be doing this. Whoever leaked the information of where these guys were supposedly being held now their life is probably at risk. It failed, so it emboldens isis to say look at these losers. They had no idea there are so many reasons not to do it. And the only reason to do it was purely a political calculation to try to say we were trying to help these guys out. I can tell you, joe, that military officials were talking to, several of them are really concerned about the fact that this was leaked out. The pentagon during this entire time was in total lockdown. I actually had to storm in to a twostars office, and he had his pants off. He was in the middle of changing into his sieve veries. Thats how quickly everything was moving last night. But i can tell you the concern about this is that the way that mission was executed, the feeling was, that isis had no idea that the u. S. Had the intelligence that the hostages were there. As far as isis was concerned, this was just a u. S. Military attack on their fighters. That is one of the deepest concerns that now there probably is no hope of ever launching a Successful Rescue Mission for those hostages. Were, that was the point that was being made. That, leave well enough alone. You get in. You get out. No one knows about it. No one takes any satisfaction that it failed. I mean you remember we remember the helicopters in iran, that was just that was like the low point of the whole experience with the hostages in iran, was the failed mission. It looked like we were totally impotent or the gang that couldnt shoot straight. I dont know. Very odd the Decision Making process, mik. I think people in this building share that concern. All right. Thanks for coming on today, jim. Good to see you. You bet. Okay, well the fed is in jackson hole talking inflation and wages this morning were looking at the real economy. Checking out the things that affect our everyday lives and trying to make some sense of what it is the fed is concerned about. Earlier it was ontheground view of housing now its food corn prices and they are plummeting while beef is at record highs. So whats this all mean for the prices from the farm to your dinner table . Cnbcs jane wells brings us more on that story. Jane . Andrew, theres a real disconnect. And heres what has yet to happen. Corn has fallen. Its really collapsed into the mid 3 range. So that is no longer an excuse for high meat prices. And yet high meat prices continue. Ground beef prices at the retail level are up 15 in a year to 3. 90 a pound. Sirloin up 12 . Theres a lot of sirloin right there. I know the herd got a lot smaller because of the drought and i know it takes about a year to get a cow to market. But Profit Margins should have ranchers rebuilding back up supply and these prices should be dropping. They are not. Feeder cattle, cows coming off the range into feed lots are now over 200100 weight. Thats over 2 a pound. That has got to come back down, especially since summer barbecue season ends, you can see it dropped a little bit. Then theres the pig. Suffering from a deadly virus killing off newborns. Pork prices up 20 . Exports growing, despite the sticker shock. However the virus has abated in the summer heat for now. And feed is so cheap that lean hog futures have been coming back down. But you are not yet benefiting at the Grocery Store. Im going to go to the Farm Progress show in iowa next week where were going to hear just how big the bumper crop of corn is going to be this fall and whether farmers will hold back and store their own grain until prices get better. Finally, the drought in california, really hitting fresh produce. Lettuce prices up 25 . At retail. Lemons up 20 . But check out the prices for these. Watermelons and pumpkins, grown into shapes. Theyre not carved. Theyre grown with special molds. Theyre selling them to retailers, including some whole foods and urban fair in canada for 100 wholesale. Wholesale and unlike some square melons from japan, these are edible. Its simple if you know how to do it. But the learning curve obviously is very steep. Theres a lot of things that have to be done. That if you dont do it just doesnt work. Theres, you know, ive tried 27 different varieties to get the right variety to make it work. It is the craziest thing ive ever seen. He says it took him over four years and 400,000 to figure it out. He expects to be in the black this year. Guys these are retailing for 200. People are buying this stuff. Back to you. Wow. Unbelievable. All right, jane, with all things either livestock or pot or farm, theres only certain things that shell even agree to do for us. Exactly. And chocolate. And bacon. Yeah. And chocolate bacon. Or bacon chocolate that weve seen as well. With coffee. Lets bring in some men with some real farm experience who also know the commodities market. Jerry gulke covers commodities and currently farms more than 500 acres of corn and soybean crops in northern illinois. And on beef we have bob mccann the president of the National Cattlemans Beef Association which represents all the major Cattle Producers. Beef processors, and packers. He joins us live from his working cattle farm in texas. Where are we now, guys . And beef has come down a little bit. I know how much it was before. But historically, how how much off the alltime highs, jerry or bob . Weve seen a drop in feeder battle, live cattle and hogs as well, because much of this is Market Perception with the low prices of gain that youre going to see meat supply goes up and thats total meat supplies. The poultry guys want to take advantage of this and most of the analysts suspect the hog guy will, too, because theres a lot of money that can be made with 3. 50 corn versus very little money made at 7. 50. Maybe weve bottomed out the supply limitation in livestock. Jerry youve got a kunch of cutups on the board of the cme Group Marking cow sounds. Tell them to be quiet. Thats not funny. Oh, is that coming from where you are, bob . Yeah, thats here on our ranch in texas. Oh. All right i thought those cutups down at the cme. This years going to be great overall for grain prices, isnt it, in terms of the supplys going to be really good, bob, and that should help everything . Well, its a classic example of supply and demand. In the Cattle Market right now. Cattle producers are enjoying record high prices. At the same time, weve got a very low inventory of cattle numbers. The lowest weve had since at about 50 years. So, that combined with the increased demand that were seeing domestically, and globally, has created some high prices at the meat market. So, bob but that also yes . No, continue your thought. Well that also sends a signal to Cattle Producers across the country, as long as we get some beneficial rains, throughout the country, i think the signal is our Cattle Producers want to expand. I think everybodys got it in the back of their mind and many, many Cattle Producers have already started expansion. I think theyre probably expecting to see this herd in the next year and a half expand probably close to 2 million cows. And that will certainly take some pressure off. So, bob but you know, again, i will say its dependent on the weather. Were seeing a lot of Companies Start raising prices, chipotle being just one of them. Im wondering, you remember Companies Like tyson foods and jbs. How much of that rise in prices can these companies effectively pass along to the consumer thats showing up at the Grocery Store and looking at the price tag on a pound of meat . Are you asking me . Were very worried for bob. Yeah. We were really concerned that the high prices were going to turn people off, and back towards other proteins. But we havent seen that yet. People seem to be willing to pay the prices, and from what were seeing, and our polls show that you know 80 of all beef consumers are saying theyre going to continue to eat beef, and maybe this year, and maybe more. We think prices will probably subside a little bit. Theyre forecasting maybe a 3 to 4 increase in 2014. Which weve already seen some of that. And so, you know, if we can kind of get this cow herd up a little bit it will be good. But of course, i will say that it takes two to three years, in production stage, from the time a calf is born to the time it goes to the consumer. So, you know, its not a real slow process. Its going to be tight for a little while. All right, thanks, gentlemen. Appreciate it. Jerry and bob. A couple of those sounds were fake. Did you hear a couple of those . It was so obvious that was coming from the other i think its real. Did you want to ask about kale futures or tofu quinoa . Yeah, do you eat any beef at all at angus. Whos he . Coming up, were going to kick the tires of the used car market for dealers, its far more profitable. But how long will it last . Were going to head to the mayhem auction for a rare look at the business of making money on used cars. [ male announcer ] during the cadillac summers best event, lease this 2014 ats for around 299 a month. Hurry in this exceptional offer ends soon. Here at fidelity, we give you the most Free Research reports, customizable charts, powerful screening tools, and guaranteed 1second trades. And at the center of it all is a surprisingly low price just 7. 95. 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Good morning, andrew. This is an interesting day to be here. Aside from the rain thats moving through here right now we are going to see about 3500 vehicles bought and sold here today. The auction is going to start up in a little bit. Theyre getting some of the cars behind me ready for that auction. This market, the used Vehicle Market, has been red hot over the last six years. In fact, take a look at the change in wholesale prices when it comes to used vehicles. You go back to 2008, 2009, you had used vehicle on the wholesale Market Selling for about 9,000. In july, they were selling for just over 12,000. The used Vehicle Market is red hot. And its Getting Better Profit Margins than ever before for the users dealers. In fact when you look at the used vehicle profit margin last year it was about 2300 on the used market. You can compare that with about 1200 for new vehicles, and thats the reason why dealers are looking for those used vehicles. Theyre also seeing greater demand for certified preowned cars. Those cars that are between one and three years old. Remember, as the industry ramped up production of new vehicles, coming out of the recession, there was a surge of those vehicles that were built. Many of those are now coming off lease and they are in demand. We have so many cars coming back off of lease, so many offlease vehicles. You have to remember four or five years ago people really, really couldnt get credit. They cant lease a car. They couldnt buy a car. That eased up, when we see that three or fouryear lag were going to have so many cars coming to the marketplace. And i think people will find better deals and that will fuel a strong preowned car market. I believe for the next four or five years. Quickly as you take a look at the used car dealers carmax has been having a heck of a run. Sonic Just Announced its going to be coming up with a used vehicle showroom. An independent showroom, as has the Asbury Automotive group. Theres a lot of people who like to say well the used market is not sexy. But you know what . This is where the money is made. Were going to be here all day long and when the auctions start up, thats when youll want to watch because the action is a lot of fun watching how theyre bidding on these used cars. Thanks so much, phil. Well be right there with you. Isnt it preowned, phil . Arent you on board, man . Its preowned. Yes, joe. It is preowned. Its not used. Have i got a deal for you. Preowned, man. Come on. Hes got the shtick down. Joe i bought a used car and i tell people i bought a used car. Dont give me this preowned stuff. You sound like youre at some marketing class. I just am politically correct. I thought all those things. Anyway. On the other side of this break our thanks to phil, not all ice bucket challenges go smoothly. Youve got to see them to believe them. Some ice bucket epic fails. Oh, gosh. 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These girls were enjoying a day at the lake until they decided to do the ice bucket challenge and one of them decided to take a dunk to cool off. She probably could have just poured the ice bucket on her own head. And then look at this. When you dress up like super mario and va bottle of jamison in your hand, you probably deserve to have a glass bowl broken on your head. Here it comes. And then be careful with pets, some animals are not water lovers like this guys cute pup who decides to take off with a construction horse of some sort. You might also want to make sure that you can actually lift the bucket. The idea is to get his on your head. And if you really want to impress your friends you can do what professional hockey player did, hire a helicopter, the hockey player used a chopper, glacier water and dizzying heights all while in a speedy. And this, i was just handed a towel. This is the towel im going to get for a little bit later today. This is all theyre giving me to wipe my brow with when it all goes wrong. Kayla, over to you. And to wipe off that garbage pail full of water. Well see if that works. Its mostly ice. Mostly ice. Yeah, ive been there. Jagged ice. Going to hurt. When we come back, squawk box will be right back with breaking Economic News on jobs. [ male announcer ] since we began, mercedesbenz has pioneered many breakthroughs. Breakthroughs in design. Breakthroughs in safety. In engineering. And technology. And now our latest creation breaks one more barrier. Presenting the cla. Starting at 29,900. Welcome back to squawk box. Breaking news, initial jobless claims, moved down 14, is 14,000 from a slight upward revision down to 298,000. And heres something you dont see every day, continuing claims. Big round number. 2. 50000 million. 2. 5 million. So we want to continue to monitor this, of course, i contend changes in the duration, length of how different states deal with unemployment benefits, of course, have changed the dynamics of this number a bit. Interest rates, hey theyre creeping up. Like a little over one week high at 2. 44. I never thought id live long enough to make 2. 44 a high yield but its a super significant yield. Remember, 2. 44 and change rounded to 2. 45 was the low yield close of the year it occurred in may and then we usurped it several weeks ago. We havent closed above it. Add three basis points so youre going to see a lot of technicians having their stops at 2. 48ish. The market has weekend coming up. We all know tomorrow, fed issu s s jackson hole will take a heightened to the third place. Home sales thats a biggie. Data was on the spongey side. China, bad news is bad news. Chinese do get some things right. Back to you. Rick, thank you for that. Were now going to get over to jackson hole to where the fed heads are gathered along with senior economics reporter Steve Liesman. The head of the fed heads. He joins us with reaction to the jobless claims number, and more of his interview with the Kansas City Fed president. Steve. Thanks, andrew. Just a quick word that jobless claims number is one that economists will say is consistent with overall payroll growth around 200,000. Thats been the consistent trend here. And its definitely shifted a little bit lower. Talked to Esther George, the president of the Kansas City Federal reserve who is the host of this conference this year and the topic of the conference is labor. But i began the second part of the interview talking to her about stan druckenmiller, guest on squawk box, also at delivering alpha this year, whos asked the question, if how can rates be so below normal while the economy is so much closer to normal. I asked about drinken millers critique of the fed. I think its a fair question in this sense. Monetary policy took very aggressive actions during the crisis. During a time of panic, if you will, in the market. If you look at where we are today it looks very difference. And i think the question is at what point should Monetary Policy begin to normalize. And of course thats what the fomc has been talking about. So theres a whole discussion about normalization of rates. Can you explain what that process will look like . Well the minutes outline the nature of the things that the committee has talked about. Talking about how to control the shortterm interest rate. Talking about timing of policies. So there are many factors involved, and a policy which is extraordinary, as the one we have today and that is very much the focus over the last few meetings of the fomcs discussions. Whats your view of labor stock right now in the u. S. Economy . Well, ive been encouraged by the labor markets over the last three years. So we have seen progressive increases. In people getting jobs. Weve seen more broad based improvements in the labor markets this year in particular. Theres a bunch of Research Done by princeton professor alan krueger about this issue that longterm unemployed may not be coming back to the labor market. Whats your view on that . We are beginning to see the longterm unemployed come back as the labor market improves. I think the question for us today is, where are we table to match skills . The minutes came out and suggested that maybe youre making faster progress than expected. Is that your view, as well . It is my sense. You know the economy has disappointed on some fronts. And on other fronts, such as the labor market, its actually shown more progress. So, i think we are beginning to see more broadbased progress. Theres been a lot of concern expressed about possible bubbles created by low Interest Rates. How much concern do you have along that score . Trying to decide when risk hits the point of its peak, or being a bubble is really difficult to do. But what you can do is see when incentives to reach for yield are present. And i think you see that in various parts of the market today. With negative real rates, youre going to see that kind of reach for yield. And i think policymakers have to keep that in front of them as we think about as we think about responding to the current state of things. Esther george is big on the issue of banks and regulation and wants to see more of it. We have a huge lineup coming from jackson hole that you can reveal. We have John Williams at 11 30. Later in the day, Charles Plosser the philly fed president pep and later in the afternoon dennis lockhart, and before that tomorrow morning on squawk box, right around this time, i guess its 8 00 were going to have jim bullard for and extended interview. Four additional fed president s. Wow, steve, thank you for that. We look forward to the interviews tomorrow. There it is again. Jim bull ard, steve. You have jim bullard. There it is again. What did i do . No, with how theres so much import once youre on the fed for awhile. Its like oh, my god you have jim bullard. Everybody goes wow. When youre there for awhile its really good. If you are offered a position, take it, steve. I dont think so. I like my job too much. You do . Then we do, too. Up next a football helmet thats all the rage among nfl and college teams. Maybe that would work if you were worried about all the ice. Because that whole garbage can is filled with ice. It lets coaches see the game from a players perspective. And it could be a Game Changing for leagues and tv broadcasting. The ceo of the Company Behind the technology joins us next. And then later today, dont miss Eric Schneiderman on the Halftime Report today. Hell talk about the governments record 17 million settlement. See that small . With bank of america. 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I guess you dont remember when you pour the water for the als. You dont remember Michael Dukakis why he lost the election . The helmet. I do. But you put it right on without even tell them about this. Because this is a special helmet. The countdown to the nfl i should wear this every day, actually. Countdown is on. For the nfl and College Football season. Preseasons already started about you know. I dont really care that much about that. Check this out. A new helmet with a camera embedded in the design allows you to see exactly what the players see on the field. Its been picked up for use in practices by more than 20 nfl and ncaa teams and the helmetmakers are in an advanced deal talks with two Major Tv Networks for broadcast rights. Joining us now is j. R. Letterman founder of sports innovations. We like it. How much different is it than what were used to with gopro and things like that . Its not comparing apples to apples. You know, one is a camera. Thats a helmet. Its the only helmet in the world today thats got an integrated hd video system. Nocse compliant. Can be worn by any player on the field in full contact, game conditions and practice conditions. Wow. How does the content get used . Is this primarily for people watching at home to get a field level view or something that coaches can use, too . Yeah its dual purpose, right . So weve got the entertainment side which you referred to, which is the broadcast application. We did that in the Arena Football League this year on some broadcasts with Cbs Sports Network and espn2. Where we were able to show replays during the game. And then from the coaching standpoint they get to see what the player sees on the field during practice and have coachable moments with the player after the fact. Is there i assume theres wifi in here . No were in advanced development of the wifi. So it doesnt transmit at the moment. It just records. Then how do you get the information out . I mean how would you theres an sd card in the rear enclosure at the bottom. The button on your right is a power button. You can push that if you want. And then it automatically starts recording. Takes 720 hd video. And how long does the battery last . 2 1 2 hours. So less than probably a normal Football Game. Less than a normal Football Game if its turned on and off and then typically lasts during the practices, practice times, as well. Its expensive. Youve got to drive the price down a little bit. You know, only because of the news cycle do i think that theres potential other places for this. Eventually maybe all Law Enforcement officers should have a camera jurs for so that they behave properly so that people know that everythings, you know, what im referencing. I mean is it possible to drive the price down . Oh, yeah, weve been working with all different avenues. Still too expensive though. Not every let me address that with you for just a moment. Because for one what teams are investing in is the technology. Also, two, we did a very limited production run starting out. So were only talking about 200 helmets that were built. As you know as demand goes up you manufacture more parts. Imagine if you only manufacture 200 iphones what would they cost. All of that is kind of playing together. It hasnt been a point thats, you know, hurts sales in any way with the division i and the nfl teams. Obviously, you know, us and schutt want to make it available at all levels of football. Do you worry players are going to play to the camera . Meaning theres going to be harder, bigger hits. People are always trying to stunt for the camera and now that you know that its right there, and by the way is there audio attached to this . Theres no audio. We left that out for a reason and its been the right choice. The reason people you dont want people trying to stunt to try to hit as hard as possible . No, no, no. Let me address your first question. Ive been traveling across this country xxx. I travel across this country for practices and games and i tell you Football Players hit hard all the time. So the fact that theyre going to have a camera on there, is not going to change that. And its one of the reasons why having protective equipment on the field is so important. Thats the great thing of shuth vision, because its nocse compliant i hadnt thought that through in terms of whats said on the field. We didnt want to create another barrier for the coaches. Coaches are very protective about what gets herd. You see these micd up players on these specials, thats all very controlled, very secure of what gets out. So we didnt want there to be a great play on video that gets squashed because there was audio an audio issue. So you produced 200. How many are in circulation . At 1200, how many can each of these teams aford . We have teams tat have as many as 10. They range from one to 10. You know, its its you know, again, what the teams are investing in is that what it does but how it does it. You know, again, to be able to capture and utilize that technology, and that content from full contact situations, is huge. I just spent two days over at rutgers, where theyre utilizing the helmets with the coach and he was talking about all of the information that he can get, any information that he can get to help him coach elite players is something that he wants. And so its an investment, really, in the coaching and teaching aspects for the schools. You thought about for sports that theyd show for me, every reality show ever made, none of the situations i ask that about every situation that they go through. The cameras on, the fights are fake, everything is fake on every reality andrew you need to ask the most important question. Whats that . Is that water proof . It is water resistant. Not waterproof. You were going to do the als challenge a little bit later. Yeah. If i dump a whole its a garbage can full but its mostly jagged ice and heavy and could cut him. Yeah. Will that be okay . Yeah. I would think will he be okay . We have helmet equipped to do that back in the green room. So were its a huge bucket. Thats a big bucket. And theyre not playing football in ponds any time soon. This is kind of heavy. I just want to say this is a heavy helmet. You put it back on. Now we need to ride around in a tank and youll never be in the marketplace today. Its just under four pounds, and so yeah its one of the lightest ones. I look like a natural. You do. You look like a natural. I dont know. A natural what. No comment on that. Youre giving him an opportunity to give you more of a hard time. Thats what people dont understand ive been watching the last couple of days and im like man, hes relentless. Yeah. Thats why you need thats why i need the helmet. You should wear it every day. This and a little bit of kevlar. Our goal is to have this on the field in the nfl and the ncaa within the next later this season or next year. Its going to change the way the fans experience football and its already changing the way the coaches and players coach it. Jr, thanks for coming by this morning. Thank you. Up next, jim cramer on this mornings market movers. And later, that ice bucket challenge is going to be very cold on andrew. Its going to hurt, too. Wait until you hear who andrew is nominating, though. Thats another squawk moment you cant miss to afford. Before we head to the break jimmy fallon helping one viewer complete his nomination of Lindsay Lohan for that very ice bucket challenge. Take a listen. Here we go im sorry. I didnt want to do it to you. With their electrical vehicles. But you cant take a trip from lisbon to stockholm if you cant recharge along the way. 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We have to figure out why printe printers, i know a core franchise, did not do as well as i would like, and enterprise not as well as i like, personal computers, maybe it goes down. Analysts defending the stock, theres a hospitlot of cash flo. Thats true. What happened is theres great turn around story, and i feel its played out. Well see what david has to say. I just field that the quarter was okay, a lot of the companies in that segment have been doing a little bit better. We were talking about, you know, the Family Dollar stuff too, jim, and theres a appointment that if you immediately, you know, throw the flag on the the antitrust stuff, how do you come back later if you try to get a higher offer, and you, you know, let the genie out of the bottle . Do they want to resist, or yeah, i think they do. Yeah . Its interesting you say that. I thought time warner would do antitrust against fox, and they didnt, but i think thats because time warner ultimately wants to make an acquisition itself. I think its serious. I think this government, this Justice Department takes the issue very, very seriously, so this is a killer. Its just such a good deal for them, but the flag is going to, i think, have real gravity here. You dont have a change of clothes. I think hes showing courage. Where did you go after youre soaking wet . I was cold. Just drove home like that . Yeah, you know, you play it like a man, not a guy wearing a tshirt and golf shirt and shorts or something. Thats what our friends, colleagues did it that way. Throws them under the bus here. I had a really nice V Organization le tie destroyed, a suit, what can i say. The way to be done. A man with courage this morning, told the truth. How do you get valuations . Just like, hey, wow, whatever, write a check. I couldnt believe dick had the courage to come on. That was the most courageous interview. I dont know if people realize how courageous what he said is. Its amazing. I would cut a few bites and run him for eric sniderman. Have the judge run those, see how he responds to those things. Everyone feels like hes the only guy willing to say it. Exactly. Hes a heck of a guy. Yeah, he is. Hes very outspoken. Anyway, as you are. See you. Thanks. Preowned hair. Is that like thats what im going to start. Thats politically correct. Its yours. Right, its mine, but might be preowned. Next, we go for a walk. Its about to get wet and cold and icy. Andrew, look at the size of that thing, for ahs awareness, make nominations. I got the opportunity he has the helmet in the hand. I get the opportunity of pouring the icy cold freezing water on him, no change of clothes, has one square of toilet paper to dry off. Squawk box will be right back. But your erectile dysfunction that could be a question of blood flow. 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First of all, let me look at this because, okay, j. Crew. Okay. Hold on. Youre not you dont have a microphone on. I dont. Im not going to get shocked hopefully. Get ready. Listen, count to three. Looks like youre going to throw it into my face. Start at three and count down. Wow. Pretty good. Pretty good. I think ice in my ear. I have Collateral Damage here. Well, there we are. Cold, was it not . It was very cold. I think this is when you are supposed to officially challenge the other people. Oh, well, my challenge, i made my challenge here. I got the towel. You could poly take back the Brian Roberts at this point. Who do we give it to . Two people to call out quick, warren buffet has been challenged. Hes not done it, and i think we should we dont have any wall street guys on the list. Maybe lloyd should take the challenge. Hes got some dough. Product in your air, never looked more attractive to me when it was slicked down like that. You look good right now. Thank you. I gots in my ear. Thank you. Did that work for you . I just did it right away. Thank you for that. Youre welcome. I appreciate it. Are we done . Back to you. Oh, join us tomorrow, and squawk on the street begins right now. Good morning, welcome to squak on the street, im david faber live from the new york stock exchange, carl is off today. The Justice Department where eric holder is expected to announce bank of america agreed to a nearly 17 billion settlement that would end a probe into Morgan Securities that the bank and its units and, of course, those that acquired in country wide and Merrill Lynch sold. Well go live to holder once he begins remarks. We have a live and exclusive interview with the