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We are seeing stocks fall to their lows of the session. Weve seen a sharp gyration during the course of the session thus far. Some of it appears to be driven by oil, perhaps some people paying attention to those comments by robert kaplan. But overall, we are definitely seeing a negative at this point for the major averages. Take a look at the bloomberg here for the groups on the move. Healthcare is the worst performing group. Then theres technology, financials and energy. I should mention amazon is actually in the Consumer Discretionary index in terms of where it is sectorwise, and that index ...

Pashakokis, both cnbc contributors. I start with jared bernstein. Good to see you. Hello, michelle. Yesterday, president obama touts this change by treasuries as a great thing, citing understandably one of the great things about america is its rule of law, but apparently missing the irony that by changing the rules in the middle of the game he has undermined the rule of law. How on earth can this be justified . Laws change all the time when there is a problem. I think the government this is not a law. This is just a regulatory change that has gone around congress. These are new rules on the bo...

Career of one of the best and wellround artists of alltime. A true businessman as well. On the campaign trail, guns, transgender bathrooms and the pc police as all five president ial candidates hit the major states with huge primaries five days away. Special report host bret baier weeds through the fluff to tell us the real important stuff. Whos gaining steam ahead of super tuesday 3. And markets are sliding in the last hour, hit session lows falling below 18,000. The dow down 93. Right now its just punched back above 18,000 by two or three points. A couple of dow 30 points reporting less than...

All three major averages are higher, the nasdaq in particular is notable. It had its biggest turnaround over the course of trading today. Lets look at the groups on the move, Consumer Discretionary has consistently been strong, Consumer Staples joining at the top of the pack. Financials also participating. Tech has been brought, everything except energy now higher in the s p 500, and even energy has paired earlier declines. Move,g at stocks on the one is apple. These shares are coming back to nearly unchanged, positively for the end of the day. If they fall, it will be the eighth straight sess...

The question is sort of the Yellen Dudley more dovish wing of the fomc as to whether or not theyre adamantly opposed here, but the other guys, i think it was about letting the markets settle down and waiting to see if there was anything more serious that the markets were telling us from the recent volatility. But if things have passed and they seem to be quite a bit calmer than they were previously, then i think that group of people we were just talking about are quite comfortable hiking rates. Steve, thanks so much. The markets were already moving lower throughout the last 45 minutes or so be...