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Comes in fifth on the list of fortune 500. the next three are oil companies. conoco philips, chevron and exxon mobil. the one i said you would get, you got it, second year in a row, walmart tops the list. 12 minutes until the top of the hour. always a pleasure. one of my favorite parts of my morning to see fredricka whitfield and we have a bit of a development with fredricka right now. >> we do? >> after much resistance -- >> now youre making me nervous -- >> after much strife, fredricka whitf...

bill cosby. areas devastated by tornadoes. we will take you there. the pentagon is expected to release new information today about what the u.s. has learned from that raid on osama bin ladens compound. well, lets start along the mississippi river. a race against time right now. the worst flooding in decades has thousands of people on the run. the river is rising a foot a day in some places. now, rain is making matters even worse. take a look at these affected areas and affected sta...

Conoco philips and so forth that may have two violations or four over the same time period that bp had 760. it is such a gap. and when i questioned steven flynn about this, he played the victim. he said, im so disappointed people would view us that way. and i said, well you almost sound like youre blaming the process, like youre the victim. and he said, well, theyre looking at violations and not comparing apples and oranges. there was no taking responsibility for a series of egregious violations...

Safer level than bp? >> there is no comparison. you have other companies like conoco philips and so forth that may have two violations or four violations over the same time period that bp had 760. it is such a gap. and when i questioned steven flynn about this, he played the victim. he said, im so disappointed people would view us that way. and i said, well you almost sound like youre blaming the process, like youre the victim. and he said, well, theyre looking at violations and not comparing ap...

on funding the war in afghanistan. and the president reacts in the rose garden. >> the fact is these documents dont reveal any issues that havent already informed our public debate on afghanistan. >> tonight representative lynn woolsey on what she is calling an unwinnable war. dont vote for my dad. a family feud in oklahoma leading to a bizarre campaign by a daughter to keep her father out of elected office. >> i love my daughter. i want to make peace. and that is my goal. >> and the c...

resurfaced. a day removed from the wikileaks document dump, the house votes on funding the war in afghanistan. and the president reacts in the rose garden. >> the fact is these documents dont reveal any issues that havent already informed our public debate on afghanistan. >> tonight representative lynn woolsey on what she is calling an unwinnable war. dont vote for my dad. a family feud in oklahoma leading to a bizarre campaign by a daughter to keep her father out of elected office. >>...

capital of the world, this is "squawk on the street." good morning, everybody. im mark haines. >> im erin burnett. this is a busy morning, front and center. former ceo of amd gets twisted up in the galleon insider trading scandal. >> and pay czar feinberg -- go through life known as pay czar feinberg, testifying on the hill this morning. we have his speech ahead of time and well give you the czars highlights in two minutes. >> there is something a bit ridiculous about use of the word c...

>> all right. good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" right here on cnbc. im becky quick along with joe kernen. carl is out today. hes feeling a little under the weather, so we hope hes feeling better very soon. lets get to this mornings top stories. new questions out today about links between hector ruiz and the largest insider trading scandal in decade. hes the unnamed executive according to reports accused of sharing confidential information in the company with the defendan...