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good morning. earnings season is back. alcoa gives results. prices dipping today. yield curve steepening to the most on record. the equity markets this hour, asian and european stocks off to a strong start. u.s. equity futures pointing to a positive open after a great first week of january. "squawk box" starts right now. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. carl is out today earning season opening for play after the bell today. alcoa holds the honor of the first dow component to report results. s&p 500 earnings are ...

is all i'm saying. >> we don't need to remind you. we will see you back here tomorrow on "fox and friends." >> i accept your apology. >> for the after the aol for show.band pre-racthe after the, new reaction coming in to the negro comments from senate majority leader harry reid. he is coming under fire as you know this morning for what he said about then candidate barack obama during the 2008 presidential race. from al sharpton to michael steele we will have the latest on this embarrassing episode for the senate's number one democrat. good morning. i'm eric shawn. >> and i'm jamie ...

president barack obama's achievements in his first year in office. "washington journal" is next. . >> we begin with a piece from the washington who writes after healthcare we need senate reform. you see the line for republicans, democrats and independents. host: 55 votes is not enough to win or anything close to it. it is enough to get five from 60. you need to shut down a filibuster. only then can a lobby pass. the modern senate is a radically different institution frómç the 1960's and the dysfunction over healthcare, absence of bipartisanship, useç of the filibuster to obstruct...

survived. it turns out they are all survivors. that story coming up. meanwhile, our slogan this hour comes to us from beth in montana. greetings from montana where the big sky never ends. we have more cows than people which makes me thankful for my "fox & friends." [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- steve: ho ho ho, everybody. welcome, it's christmas eve. look who santa left under our tree today. brian: welcome back. courtney: three years in a row christmas eve and christmas. how long can we keep this up. b...

good morning. we've called it. america's health care crisis, we decided. but the senate is set to convene within the hour for a vote on a bill to overhaul the system. show me the money, two more banks officially repay t.a.r.p. and the nation's pay czar green lights some compensation plans. the markets at this hour, again, u.s. equity futures pointing to a positive start after eeking out a small gain yesterday. traders looking for a traditional santa claus rally as "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ you better not watch you better not cry ♪ ♪ you better not pout i'm telling you...