Buckeye state, his home state. Kasichs national spokesman, trent duffy, with us live on what he says is the exact path for governor kasich to take from michigan all the way to the white house. The republican frontrunner nowhere to be found in michigan, donald trump campaigning in North Carolina ahead of next tuesdays primaries. Moments ago the billionaire businessman launched new attacks on senators marco rubio and ted cruz, calling the florida senator a, quote, scoundrel, and claiming that cruz is a liar who comes in, quote, bible high. Our Political Panel tells us how the strategy will play out in michigan, mississippi, florida, ohio and, of course, the rest of the upcoming primary states. Wall street watching the race very patiently here. The Dow Jones Industrial average just slightly above the flatline here, up nine measly points. Dow 17,014 right now. Plus, Holding Apple and maybe your apple products ransom. Charlie gasparino on the major ceo on wall street whos under fire and under big heat right now. And Peyton Mannings goodbye tears. Were less than an hour to the closing bell, lets start the countdown. Liz breaking news as the markets try to extend the fourday rally, asian stocks at two month highs paired with a 6 gain in beatendown commodities in the last six trading days have the markets still unable to figure out what it thinks of that. I use measly, its a teeny point, but that would clock five days in a row of gains making it the longest winning streak since last october. Weve got the s p, nasdaq and dow transports lower with the russell barely high her, the Dow Jones Industrials up two. Energy is leading the gains. Dont leave coal for dead. The big jumper is coal giant consol energy, one of the biggest movers on the index. Wheres the weakness . We are seeing some Consumer Staples that are lagging today, specifically household products. Some of the biggest losers are rubbermaid and kimberlyclark although last i checked we all still need, at least i hope, to brush our teeth every morning. Overrated. Liz austin says brushing teeth is overrated. Great. To the battle for the next big juicy delegate prize in the president ial race, michigan voters head to the polls tomorrow. How rich a state is it . Well, 147 delegates are at stake for the democrats and 59 are up for grabs for the gop side of the race. Governor john kasich live right now in grosse point woods. Will his strategy work . It might. At least according to a new arg poll. What does it show . American Research Group shows that kasich is leading trump 33 to 31 in the state of michigan. But theres some confusing and conflicting numbers here pause a monomoth university because a monmouth poll shows trump is in the lead, governor kasich in third place. We bring in blake burman on the ground, weve got dueling polls here. Either way, whats kasichs plan . Reporter well, theres the political x theres the message, liz. John case cantic earlier today was talking about how he wants to gain some momentum here out of michigan, what momentum exactly is, well see tomorrow whether thats a win as one poll might suggest though it might be an outlier or if its a strong second or third. From here he wants to go on and win ohio. Many people view that as a must. But hes also been talking up illinois and pennsylvania, though i would add those are winnertakeall states, so finishing second or third does nothing. Youve got to win those states. As far as the message goes, we are here in grosse point woods at a private high school. Kasich, as weve with heard for weeks now, is basically trying to argue that he is the adult in the room standing of the last four president ial candidates on the republican side. At this high school, he began probably the first 10, 12 minutes of his speech speaking to those who cannot vote, many of the high school students, kind of giving them a part counselor part president ial candidate pep talk, and he brought that around as to why he will not go negative in this race. The key to life, to success in life is finding your purpose and doing it. And sometimes it doesnt even have to be a big purpose. Sometimes its standing in between the person thats being bullied and saying, stop it. That changes the world, do you know that . And for all the adults that are here, you notice that im not engaging in the negative or the personal attacks, and i dont intend to. [applause] reporter so thats the plan there for kasich, liz; or stay basically out of the mud, try to get through michigan and then its on to ohio. Back to you. Liz oh, yeah. You know, interestingly, that has been his way the whole way. No mud slinging, not getting down and dirty, simply being the grownup in this race. Blake, thank you very much. That is the view from the gop side at this hour. When it comes to the democrats, the candidates are Holding Nothing back in their fight for michigan. Last night, did you see this . Vermont senator Bernie Sanders let loose on Hillary Clinton while debating jobs and the economy. If you are talking about the wall street bailout where some of your friends destroyed this economy you know excuse me, im talking. [cheers and applause] if youre going to talk, tell the whole story, senator sanders. Let me tell my story, you tell yours. I will. Liz let us bring in democratic strategist Richard Goodstein along with brad blakeman. Things are getting testy, richard, and im wondering as we look toward what happens next, the flint question also came up, and you know its going to come up tonight during the town hall that fox news is going to have with both of those candidates. Look, anybody who watches a democratic debate and who watched this last Republican Debate has to kind of cringe at the exchanges among republicans. And if, you know, between con man and unhinged and all the things being said there and hand size versus, you know, this is my story, this is yours, its pretty tepid stuff going on between hillary and bernie. And, frankly, its on substance. I mean, i think democrats actually look at that debate and say, honestly, thank you, Bernie Sanders, this is something we probably should have. Its going to make hillary a better candidate. The fact of the matter is if the polls are true in michigan, she stands the chance for a goodsized win. Every single primary is proportional, the republicans go winnertakeall starting march 14th. So with this huge delegate lead hillary has, bernie has to win states like california and new york by 6040. Nobody thinks that is possible. Liz i think youre right. Certainly the substance is something that voters who are really focusing on what matters to them do crave. Brad, i doubt you would disagree with that. To the republican side, though, it continues to be down and dirty. In fact, in just the last couple of minutes and we just have the sound bite now donald trump lashed out against ted cruz and marco rubio. Lets listen to this, and once again you can comment on that side of it. Heres donald trump. Cruz, he comes in, bible high, puts the bible down, then lies to you. He told you i mean, its unbelievable. I never met you know, i thought real estate people were tough and real estate people in manhattan were tough. And in many ways they are tough, theyre tougher. But ive never seen lying like goes on in politics. Liz again, brad, with the lying and throwing all kinds of criticisms here. But lets talk about whats going on as it pertains to florida now. Theres a new monmouth poll, everybodys talking about can marco rubio even win his own state. Heres where we stand. You have an eightpoint lead, donald trump there, with senator marco rubio at 30 . Can rubio catch up here . Its going to be awful tough in the next week for marco to catch donald trump. And lets remember, donald trump is not seen as a carpetbagger in florida as all. Hes seen as an honest to goodness, resonant, participantpartner in not only his personal life, but his Business Life in florida. So you have a u. S. Senator, and you have somebody who has established roots in florida thats besting in all the polls a sitting senator. Thats a lot of trouble. And let me say that the Republican Party has been able to attract so many new people compared to the democrats. The democrats are not having the turnout in their primary process as republicans are having in ours, and thats the good news. Now, the bad news for marco and for john kasich is youre pretty much planting your flag in your home state. And if youre not able to win your home state, then the games over next tuesday. Liz yeah, yeah. Its going to be awful hard to continue. Liz for us news and political junkies, this weekend one thing was going viral, and that was the comic, louis c. K. , getting very serious actually. He put out, i guess you could call his own personal oped imploring people not to vote for trump. One of the comments trump is a messedup guy with a hole in his heart that he tries to fill with money and attention. He can never, ever have enough of it either. Hell never stop trying. Hes sick. Which would make him really, really interesting, but hes not a monster. Hes a sad man. This makes him horribly dangerous if he becomes president. If you are a true conservative, dont vote for trump, he is not one of you, he is one of him. Richard goodstein, is any of this starting to take hold, or he continues to lead in states like florida. Let me just say louis c. K. , its not just comedians saying that, meg whitman and Christine Todd whitman, i mean, prominent republicans are saying almost the exact same words. Look, the evidence is it is taking a toll. Because unlike hillary whos overperforming how shes been doing in the polls, trump is underperforming. Remember, hillarys gotten 60 of the democratic vote, trumps total about 34 . So you saw that cnn poll that had him at 49 nationally, but if you look at how voters are actually voting, hes doing great among early voters, really not well at all among liz okay. Well, for those, brad, who dont like him and are waiting for some type of manna from heaven, we do have billionaire Michael Bloomberg reportedly deciding in the next week or so whether he would jump in. Whats your best guess . I dont think he will. Hes a smart guy. Hes not going to throw good money after bad, and its very hard to win as a third party candidate. You have to spend an awful lot of money to be a spoiler. I dont think thats strategically wise. But let me say on republicans, my good friend, mr. Goodstein, is that we have an actual race. You have a bogus, what i consider a bogus, actual fraud on the democrats because hillarys just plowing over Bernie Sanders. And guess what . If you didnt like the outcome, you have the superdelegates to overturn the people. So this is just a charade republicans pray for superdelegates right now, brad. We play by the rules of letting our grassroots determine who our candidate is, not the party elite. Great, congratulations. Good job. Liz well see, because you do have the less than grassroots establishment trying to finagle things from behind the scenes. Precisely. Liz thank you for both being with us. Thank you, liz. Liz Richard Goodstein and brad blakeman. Much more on the 2016 race later when trent duffy joins me live. Hes going to lay out the candidates exact path to the gop nomination considering he is lagging in many polls. 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Liz eyes brimming with tears and voice cracking, Peyton Manning announced the end of his 18yearlong career in the nfl. Peyton manning will retire with the highest career earnings in nfl history. Over the course of his football years, split between, of course, the Indianapolis Colts and the denver broncos, manning earned more than 248 million. This makes him the sixth highest grossing player of all time among pro athletes in the big four sports. That 248 million doesnt even include his endorsement deals with Companies Like nike, nationwide insurance and papa johns pizza. Last season alone he made 12 million in endorsements, 12 million. And during his retirement announcement from denver earlier this afternoon, heres how peyton looked back on his career. Every moment, every drop of sweat, every blearyeyed night of preparation, every note i took and every frame of film i watched was about one thing, reverence for this game. When i look back on my nfl career, ill know without a doubt that i gave everything i had to help my teams walk away with the win. There were other players who are more talented, but there was no one who could outprepare me. And because of that, i have no regrets. Liz good luck to him. Congratulations. What a great career. Was manning the best quarterback ever . I want to hear from you. Tweet me lizclaman. Leave a post on our facebook page. All the links and exclusive videos are at lizclaman. Com. What . Weve got breaking news now out of sports world as wellful former world number one tennis player maria with sharapova has announced and revealed she failed drug tests at the australian open. Now, folks, just to give you a little bit of a back story here, earlier today there was word she, too, would be retiring. And everyone said, oh, okay. Mannings not the only sports star thats going to announce his retirement. Well, heres the major announcement she has failed a drug test before the australian open. Apparently, she will retire. By the way, she at 28 years old was the highest paid female athlete in the world for 11 years in a row. She had all kinds of sponsors like nike, evian, avon, head tennis racquets. We shall see if they stick with her if this news is true. Beware the eyes ides of march, the fed will weigh whether to make a second rate hike in the cycle that began in december. How are the experts setting up for the trade . How should you . Lets get right to the floor show, traders at the new york stock exchange, cme group and the nymex. Scott redler, this time around do you see a rate hike or not quite yet . No, i dont think we see a rate hike in march, but its back on the table because of the big market rally that we just had, right . We just went up 200 handles, no ones talking about recession right now, everyone feels a little bit better, so now the rate hike talk happens. I think theyre looking at maybe june, but well have to see where the market is then. If we start to fail here at 2000 and head back to retest some of those lower areas, i bet that gets taken off the table. If we happen to be push up another 4060 handles which we might because of the pain trade, june actually could become a reality. Liz well, gary, to that point, how do you prepare for Something Like that . Today the markets are flat to slightly lower, so you get a sense that nobody is flipping out of their minds. But the fed funds future show, well see 100 of a rate hike within this coming year. Where do you pile in . One of the things that im focusing on, and a lot of people here at the cme are focusing on, is whats going to happen thursday morning at 8 30 eastern time when mr. Graggy comes out and decides what he wants to do with the euro central bank. The last time he did it, everybody was anticipating 25 basis points, he went with 10. Look at the chaos he caused. And then the following week we have ms. Yellen. Weve got a lot to digest, take a hook at, but i do see no rate hike this time around. Liz if you want to continue to buy that, and is oil just now cheap enough and going to start getting more expensive . To luke, looking at what were seeing both with light sweet crude and brent which started to move higher brents above 40 per barrel at this point, its so cheap. And weve had, what, a sixsessionlong move to the upside in most of the commodities, right . Yeah, we have. And oil is still fairly cheap relative to other asset classes. Ill just follow along with some of the previous comments. If youre going to have these really low rates, and some of them might even go negative, you might start thinking ive got to put my money somewhere, and that might be commodities. Oil still has a good correlation to the stock market, but youve seen the gain strength. I think from here its going to stick around, maybe go a little bit higher. Lets see what the summer driving season brings, but right now its looking pretty good. Liz right now as we look at the markets, the dow is up 31 points, so we could see that fiveday move in a row, five days of a rally. Can we extend it . Stay with fox business just like our traders have. 38 minutes before the closing bell rings. Thanks to our guys. By the way, netflix among the names that are dragging on the s p. Wed be higher if it werent for netflix which is down about 6 right now followed by micron technology, gannette, visa and alphabet. Netflix announced it will spend 5 billion on both new and old movies and tv shows this year. So we see investors dont like the news right now. Still stands at 95. 55, but netflix was much higher. Trading volume, 20. 4 million shares moving right now. And apple bruised at this hour as the first mac malware is discovered. Computers being held for ransom . Apple presses its encryption case. 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Does this malware open the door for other hackers to attack other mac users and maybe iphone users . How will this affect the fight with the fbi to crack open the terrorists iphone . Jack kennedy, how fixable is this . Should anybody be paying a bitcoin just to get their control back . Depends on whether or not you want your files back. If you have good backups, which we heavily recommend, you dont have to pay it. But if you want photos or things you would lose, hackers are doing a good job at encrypting this. A lot of people do pay the ransom, Companies Pay the ransom. We actually just had a hospital that paid 14,000 to get their files back. Liz you are kidding. What if i dont deal in bitcoin . Thats the problem. Bitcoins its almost untraceable money. And Law Enforcement has a very difficult time tracing where the actual money goes to. And so, you know, theyll give you stepbystep instructions. Sometimes they even have 1800 numbers that you can call, and youll get a live person its Better Service than time warner. Liz how is this possible that we cannot turn it around and trace back . Be i mean, police do it every day. Well, the problem is that ransom ware is now taking shape as being one of the largest, you know, organized crime businesses out there, and theyre usually in Eastern Europe or places that may have, you know, lower Law Enforcement capabilities. And so you actually have these call centers that have hundreds and hundreds of people working there, and these are fullfledged businesses that are making millions and millions of dollars off that ransom ware. Liz i want that job. Hello, ill help walk you through us give you the ransom theyre usually really polite i know this is illegal, but i still need to take your two bitcoins or 400, whatever it is. Its insane. Liz somebody needs to get on that. Im sure youre working on it. Lets talk about the pileon at apple. While it works both ways, we do have at least one Apple Software top guy who is fighting back and taking the side that you actually have taken, which is interesting because you yourself have admitted that its strange for you having been a military guy that you feel am should not give in to the apple should not give in to the fbi. Heres what he wrote liz honestly, march 22nds the next meeting, faceoff between the fbi and apple. What do you think happens . Yeah. Listen, i mean, youve seen so much support come out for apple. Even competitors like microsoft and facebook and twitter and everybody else. Theyve all come even the nsa director has said, you know, we understand technology, and this would set a major precedent, and this is a bad idea, to start back dooring technology. The problem is that Law Enforcements looking at it from one angle of i need to get access to data, and apples looking at it as this has larger implications. I think apple will win this battle with Law Enforcement because it does have a larger precedent that i dont think people are willing to bite the bullet on to lose privacy and security so that Law Enforcement can get access to the devices. Liz well, this will take a long time, because the wheels of justice move like no molasses. Dave, great to see you again. You too. Thanks so much. Liz anytime. Dave kennedy. Can you imagine that . Let me walk you through the steps of paying a ransom. Apple is down 1. 42 right now, a loss of about one and a third percent. Closing bell, 28 minutes away. Ohio Governor John Kasich focused on michigan as the dow jumps 52 points. On this road to the white house, will tomorrows primary be the first step or another disappointment before next weeks crucial ohio primary . Kasichs spokesperson, or trent duffy, standing by. He will walk you through what he says will be the recipe for the winning cake for john kasich. Thats next on countdown. Dont go away. 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Liz well, we continue to watch everybody call it the lanes, right . The establishment lane or all kinds of lanes that are out there. Well, now were calling it the kasich lane. 2016 president ial candidate john kasich gunning for michigan tomorrow, a state with 59 republican delegates that could give the Ohio Governor a huge leg up in this race. Other key states hell be looking toward include, obviously, ohio, his home state, idaho, illinois. Does kasich still have a chance to make it all the way to the convention . Kasich for president ial National Communications director trent duffy joining me now to tell us if the campaign is predicting victory in the michigan primary. I ask you that, trent, because we have dueling polls right now. There is one poll that says he is in the lead by a couple of points, and then another saying hes third, and then theres another one saying hes fourth. Theyre all over the place. What are you seeing on the trail . Well, were seeing a real surge for governor kasich in michigan following his debate victory on thursday night in detroit. We are seeing record crowds at his rallies, and we do see some momentum not only in these polls, but in others. We were in Single Digits just two weeks ago, and now the governor is, in some polls, tied for second, and one you mentioned hes actually ahead of donald trump. We have an excellent ground game in michigan. We have the endorse amount the Lieutenant Governor and congressman bishop, and our Campaign Manager is also from michigan. We feel very good, and well see how it works out tomorrow night. Liz okay. Marco rubio is lagging in his home state of florida. There is a lot of chatter that he will be, in a way, forced to get out before he loses in florida because for a sitting senator to lose his own home state would be pretty devastating. If that were to happen, do you hear anything about the socalled establishment then throwing its weight behind john kasich . Well, i do think that as this race continues to narrow and as john kasich gets more of a platform and more of an ability to share his record of achievement in cutting the deficit, getting job creation, that youre going to see a lot of senator ruin rubios naturally come to governor kasichs lane because he is clearly the best man qualified to be the president of the united states, but hes also, happily, the best candidate to beat Hillary Clinton in november. As people start to see his record, his ability to win the nomination and his ability to beat Hillary Clinton in november, you are going to continue to see support coming from all sorts of lanes. Liz lets say he does not win michigan. Okay, its a possibility, maybe. But wins ohio. What are the next mustwin states for him to make it all the way to the convention . What do you guys look at and say we need that, we need that, we need that . Well, were focused on one state at a time. That starts with michigan tomorrow. I dont know that the governors going to win there. We hope to do very well there, and we expect to get some delegates, and we expect to get some delegates in some other states, and and then it is on to ohio where we will win. Thats 66 delegates, and once weve secured those, the race does reset. As you mentioned f senator rubio has to drop out either before or after he were to lose florida liz but does john kasich have any ground game in florida . Do you guys have office . How much effort have you even put into that state . Well, the governor hasnt been down there because you typically kind of view it as going for rubio, so its surprising, frankly, that senator rubio continues to be behind despite the millions of dollars his campaign and super pac are spending down there. No, the Governors Team hasnt invested much in florida because were focused on winning our own home state. Liz donald trump does have a residency in florida thats right. Liz and he is considered a resident of florida in many regards. So this gets even more interesting as time goes by. Trent, great to see you. Great seeing you, liz. Liz trent duffy. By the way, fox business is absolutely your source for primary night coverage tomorrow night, fair and balanced. And guess what . Im going to be with lou dobbs and neil cavuto and the rest of the fox business allstars. We will be on the air until all the winners are declared. Coverage begins 7 p. M. Eastern. Weve got you covered. Make sure to watch. Meanwhile, flags are flying at half staff over the white house at this hour in honor of the passing of former first lady nancy reagan. Reagan will be remembered for the issues she championed including the just say no antidrug campaign and her support of Stem Cell Research to help tackle alzheimers disease. She will also be remembered for her unbreakable love for her husband of 52 years, the late president Ronald Reagan. Nancy reagan died yesterday at her los angeles home. She was 94 years old. Her funeral will be held this friday at 11 a. M. At the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Countdown will be right back. eeeeohmumohweh hush my darling. dont fear my darling. the lion sleeps tonight. hush my darling. man snoring dont fear my darling. the lion sleeps tonight. woman snoring take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. As long as you love me, its alright bend me shape me, any way you want me. Shape the best sleep of your life. Sleep number beds with Sleepiq Technology adjust any way you want it. The bed that moves you. Only at a sleep number store. Liz all right. In the last couple of minutes, American Express shares started spiking. You can see this move on the intraday chart. That is very explicitly a point that happened after Charlie Gasparino tweeted hashtag breaking news, American Express insiders say the ceo on thin ice sparking possible sales speculation. Fox business Senior CorrespondentCharlie Gasparino right here now. Lets divide the speculation from what we know is happening. Inside American Express ken chenault is clearly on thin ice, multiple sources from inside the company. Liz why in. They think hes made some really lousy moves, and now theyre in a world of hurt. We should point out that stock has not been performing well lately, not for the last couple of years, as a matter of fact. Today it performed a little better. Why is that in in addition to saying that ken chenault is on thin ice, and we should point out ken is 64 years old, they may just let him retire in a year or whatever, you know . But hes clearly going. The question is, what do they do after that . And what we hear, and im getting now, this is where its banker talk, the speculation is that they get sold. And one of the names liz American Express . Yeah, to somebody bigger. One of the names that is bouncing around among bankers is wells fargo. Why is that . Wells fargo wants to buy, wants to create a bigger credit card division. Now, on a Conference Call recently the ceo, john stump, went out there and said i believe wed like to do this organically. But when you have a brand name like American Express, its not outside the realm that they go in and buy them. But clearly, theres two things going on. Its chenault being on thin ice. Does he survivesome he Just Announced major cost cutting which the street hated. Usually when you announce these, stock goes up. It apparently went down on this. So a lot of people say from what we hear inside the company, the board has had it with him, they want a change. The question is when, do they allow him to stay the year, and then it becomes sort of a more existential question about amex that a lot of people are talking about. Do they survive as an independent company . And the betting is they dont. That at some point someones going to buy them. Heres the sort of fly in the point toment on a purchase by wells ointment, what will regulators say . Regulators have kind of a problem with these banks getting bigger, you know . You have to hold a lot of capital. One of the sort of ive been talking to bankers about this. One of the positives about buying an American Express is that its more of a credit card company, and what the regulators or like is not they dont want you building out your trading desk, so to speak, where you can take risks. They like the stable earnings that credit cards and Wealth Management gives you liz and by the way, just looking at, i was just looking at the market cap. Wells fargo, 254 or so billion and American Express, 57 billion. They could easily they could do it. They could do the deal. The question is, will regulators allow them . It may not be wells fargo. Clearly, theres two things going on, and thats why the stock is spiking. Ken chenaults days are numbered, theres no doubt. Liz hes run it beautifully for many years. Yeah, no, he hasnt. Lately hes made a lot of bad moves, a string of bad moves. By the way, look at foxbusiness. Com in a few minutes, were going to have a story that outlines some of his bad moves. Hes had a lot of missteps liz whats his worst . Just deals that have fell through and no growth. Thats a problem. Apparently, the black card isnt doing so well. We lay it all out without getting too detailed. Theres the question about chenault clearly from inside the company x the companys not denying this. Weve asked them. You know, his days are numbered. Hes 64 years old, so maybe theyll just let him retire. The second question is the existential question of do they remain independent. But the thinking is they dont, okay . Bankers are saying they dont. If the regulators allow it, theyll be bought, and one of the names that are out there right now is wells fargo. Whether that happens or not, cant tell you. I can just tell you what i know. Liz at the moment we know that the stock is jumping about 1. 5 , and you can see that it is on your news because the stock was just moving, and you see the big spike intraday. Seven million shares moving right now. This is one of the Untold Stories in the market right now because weve been so focused on liz wait. Wells fargo volume, 12 million, sorry. Thats interesting. The stock is going down. Anyway, its a big story. Liz charlie, thank you for breaking it right here on countdown to the closing bell. Weve got nine minutes before we hear that bell wring. Apples iphone might be the center of controversy right now, but our countdown closer says there is no controversy over the companies that supply the parts to apples core devices, and they are cheap. Four of them. Chris bertelsen has done the homework. He says buy these names right now, avoid apple. Youll still make money. Thats next on countdown. Liz Maria Sharapova failed a drug test at australian open. It is medronium. She claims she has been taken it for 10 years. It has not been approved by the fda. She was drinking it because a magnesium deficiency. It has been added to the banned doping list. Former number one player Maria Sharapova testing positive for a banned substance. Big name wildly followed, favorites led the market in 2015. Facebook, amazon, al if bet moving lower. Fa bet google. Lori rothman with the story. Liz, those four stocks you namedded are down 9 as a whole this year. Underperforming the s p 500 which is down 2 so far this year. Here you go, looking at Performance Today big gap lower. Alphabet, google is down lower. Yeartodate gain of. 4 of 1 . Were keeping close eye on these stocks. Certainly a big drag on the market. S p virtually unchanged, hitting 1999. Got a couple minutes left here. Always someones guess. Liz thank you, lori. What is interesting, when lori talks about names like that you dont want to buy names too expensive right now, even if you love them. Weve been talking a lot about apple. Made some headlines. Some of them negative lately. Pacific crest cut its price target on the stock lower estimate for Second Quarter iphone sales. Chris bert tell son, hes a bull, because he goes and finds names doing well nonetheless. So i, what you have done, dug inside of handsets make them faster, smarter, buy those names over global financial. Chris, thanks for coming on. Appreciate you being here. Great to be here, liz. Absolutely. Liz this halo effect what youre talking about, what is amazing, what youve done is picked out names inside of apple phones that arent too expensive. Absolutely. These are stocks that are almost single digit pes and for everybody who is really tired about hearing about apple, here three names that are going to win from the content expansionpy itself. In all smartphones. I think youre looking at, really, as we go from 3g to 4 g. For rf devices like cu qorvo could have best profit ever. All those names stand to win. Even as smartphones start to decline as total sales. Liz let me say it. People drive and listen to us on xm sirius channel, 113 . Listen, Silicon Motion technologies, qorvo with a q. Broad come is buying avago these are chip names. They have average pe 11, folks, that is pretty cheap. As you look at tech names, for example, qorvo. You say now it time to go into it . Now is the time to go into it. They are growing 20 year. If they deliver across all competitive cell phones youre looking at company that could earn close to 6 this year. That is really cheap. Liz as we go, dow jones up 43 points. Five sessions to the upside. Do we have bad times behind us or you expect volatility this year. March comes in like a lion. Weve seen that but goes out like a lamb. I see more volatility and kind of a weak year. Liz were thrilled to have you. We like your ideas. Well put up all his names on lizclaman. Com and chris claim at facebook. Com. Thank you, chris. Well see if it happens for the dow. Neil terrific stuff, thank you, liz. The thank you so much. Every vote is critical with more states in play. 150 delegates up for grabs tomorrow night. Dona tru lea tedruz mere4 degate all the can diets are pulling out the all stops. Neil trumps lead narrowing. Nancy reagan and we have the former chief of staff under Ronald Reagan. He had insider look like nobody else. He will be here to join us. 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