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Those typically rushing to the aid of rand paul who did come to offer their support. so many people are saying he made a constitutional point. he got an answer from the administration with holder giving him a letter talking about the drone program. >> something to keep an eye on. kelly o'donnell, thank you. let's get back to the upbeat jobs report. job gains well over 200,000 in february while the unemployment rate is at a four-year low, leading to a lot of green arrows on wall street. joining me now, becky, what is driving this report internally? >> there are some keys things here that people...

And that's why the futures indicate it's sharply higher. right now looks like we're going to open at about 90 points higher. you saw the dow closing as a record level every day this week. >> and becky, could this be the high water mark before the sequester really kicks in? could this be the last jobs number before the sequester? >> maybe yes, maybe not. what really came in here, the private sector alone added 246,000. it was the government that brought it down to 236,000. people who are furloughed aren't losing their jobs. it will the hours they worked will come down. >> cnbc's becky quick, th...

Some pretty big names who are saying, this is not the end of things. this morning on "squawk box," we spoke with the ceo goldman sachs, lloyd blankfein, and he said, very likely the stock markets are going to go up from here, and that's because central banks around the globe are making it really expensive to keep your money in cash. you've got to find some asset that looks like a better situation and most people think stocks is still the best place to put your money. and the "usa today," the money section, actually talks about whether main street is set to start stocking up on stocks. that cou...

>> it will be interesting to see how it plays out. mark murray, appreciate it. the markets are giving treasury secretary tim geithner quite a sendoff on his last day in off, that is today. the dow and s&p are either hitting or close to multi-year highs. cnbc's becky quick joins me now with the latest. and becky, do i have reason to believe that this is some sustained growth in the stock market, that we're not just getting a sugar high today? >> that might very well be the case, luke. a lot of this have been driven by earrings. and the numbers were good once again today. in fact, it looks lik...

Meeting with the governor of new hampshire, the democratic governor, you are chatting with folks from iowa. this is what people do. >> and you know what's fascinating about biden, someone that spent 40 years in the senate, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, and will have been eight years vice president. there's a reason to take him more seriously than some people do. >> you always have to take the sitting vice president seriously. ma . >> mark murray, thank you. wall street is back in business after a three-day weekend. the dow and s&p are kick things off at a five-year high. cnbc's...