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welcome back, new details today about friday s sudden resignation of hewlett packard s mark heard amid sexual harassment scandal. heard walks away with an estimated $34.5 million. cnbc s john forth joins us from palo alto, california. you wonder how there can be this kind of allegation and a person walk away with this kind of cash. that s the question on everybody s mind. though this is a very titillating story, there s very few answers here. ceos have been getting huge paydays out the door for a long time. hurd s predecessor, carly fiorina who s now running for senate also got a big payout. that s one issue. the other issue is this for cause or wasn t it?
john, thank you so much. and we re keeping an eye on wall street where stocks are higher today. the dow is now up, do we have the numbers? we re going to move on, investors are focused on the week s federal reserve meeting. at the end of the two-day meeting, the fad is expected to leave interest rates the same. and honda is recalling nearly 400,000 cars because the ignition key can be removed from the car when it s not in park. the models include 2003 honda accord models. the defect has caused some vehicles to roll away and crash. so far there s been 11 roll away crashes and one involving a minor injury. president obama talks at the top of the hour about the economic crisis our country is facing. he ll talk about fumbling more money to colleges. we re beginning a special week long series on america s