so far no response to mike jackson's criticisms. you can see the shares, they are about $2, $2.50300 a share. teslas has been hand over fist making new record after new record. we're not saying mike jackson is right or wrong. he is been named top ceo many times. we're watching this one. elon musk quiet in another area, playing role of apple tim cook who never attends the electronics show. not attending the new york auto show but its presence felt in the way of new competition. jeff flock is there with new details of competition for tesla. jeff? reporter: you know if they came here this year, liz, it wouldn't have been the year for them, because this is the year of you power. that is the star of the show right now. that is the dodge demon they unveiled last night. media swarming this thing all day. that has been the story of the show. you saw that unvillas night t was incredible. fire, brim -- brimstone. it was amazing. it is 340-horsepower, an amazing piece of vehicle. we have the story about competition for tesla. you see over here

autonation chief executive mike jackson. listen to what he said. he called it inexplicable during the auto show in new york recently tesla passed gm and ford in market caps depending on the exact date or checking these things. jackson went on to say tesla is either one of the great ponzi schemes of all time or will eventually pay off for investors feared he called tesla overvalued. ecology and undervalued. tesla shares can closer record $314 this week. this year they are up about 45% where gm and ford are both down about the fundamentals in perspective here, lester tesla's revenue was $7 billion in general motors is $167. lea: coming up in an exclusive interview, president donald trump's health care reform still his top priority. >> to health care is going to happen at some point. if it doesn't happen fast enough, i'll start the taxes. the tax reform and tax cuts are better if i can do health care first. lea: will ask ivan siegfried, gop strategist at the giuliani presidential campaign with the gop needs to do to get a health care bill signed into

let's bring in mike jackson, a marketing and branding expert. thanks for joining us. i guess the question that is being asked here is what does it say about what business understands about with some of the most difficult pop and race cultural issues that we have been debating over the last three years alone? >> you know, it's very interesting because i think you just said it earlier, there are some brands that really understand relevancy and authenticity, the budweiser spot that you referenced, 84 lumber dealing with immigration, procter & gamble and their dove brand dealing with women's issues. but again, pepsi's biggest mistake was creating this one off add not very authentic, and it really shows you how irrelevant they are as it relates to pop culture which is a place that they owned over the years. >> you talk about authenticity, being jen with wengin genuine, sits around the issue of race. it's not easy. certainly difficult. and for some, it is a challenge that they try to overcome and they are able to do this in such mar connect messages as you brought up. what

jackson fought this so you have the one area of national politics where people are in debate and are not as famous and there are incidences in the school for those running away together for example you have students fighting against overseers and you've also have indian leaders who continue to fight for a sovereignty and if we think about the removal of all we think of it as a loss. the first line of inspiration would be to recap itself. if they had becomthey had becomn minister james pennington you may know his narrative. it's against some of the naval suppression policies. the issues between the civil rights, human rights and abolition in a global way was very profound for to learn about the international aspect. there was quite a bit of time to talk about those that were the there. then he said that the tribe was part. they were in los angeles so you consider the mission indians in the research are there goes that points towards the forms of slavery as opposed to what we heard in the fourth grade history books. >> we are in the country right now situated on the homelands and those

mike jackson saying the idea is "inexplicable." 1% to fallmore than behind gm once again. investors are calling for two new board members not linked to elon musk. the six fellow directors have personal ties to the chief executive. toyo to warning the u.s. auto market has peaked and will shrink this year despite unprecedented incentives. deliveries may fall from last year's record 17.5 million. discounts are at the highest ever after total u.s. auto sales declined in each of the first three months of this year. turn to some data out of japan, machinery orders for february beating estimates, rising 5.6% on the year. actually, less when it came to the month on month number. our next guest says the numbers show they remain cautious in their investment decisions. now from tokyo. thank you for joining us. what did you make of these numbers? other,ntradicted each and should we put that much store in them? yes, indeed. it is up 5% this month, but in the previous month, down year on year, so just zigzagging. in the medium-term, corporate machine orders is way below, so it seems the

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joining us this morning, henry blodget and cnc contributor, mike jackson. good morning to both of you. our top story is going to be the markets and rally mode. the dow is up 175. got a pretty upbeat adp number. some of today's top dow gainers are bob pisani is watching a lot of different things moving on the floor. >> complicated parts. 2378. off of the highs. two things moving things. higher yield and higher oil. take a look at the k.b. this is the bank index. buying finally started coming off of the lows of yesterday. we weakened a little bit. they can't decide where they want to go. that's a big influence. energy, the xle, oil stocks, they moved as oil rallied towards 52 dolz. they came down. copper is up, nickel is up, zinc is up. some of the copper stocks are moving there. freeport may reopen that copper mine in indonesia they have had problems with. a big ipo in the energy space. hess missstream, they own pipelines in the bokken. 25.50. they priced at $23. nice move. big ipo markets opening up. stock markets doing better. this is a yield play. 6% divi

we have mike jackson with us. we'll talk autos and how the economy is faring. and ian bremer will spend some time with us in a couple minutes and talk trade, europe and a lot more. that's what's on tap. plus, have you read your new york times this morning, wilf? >> i haven't. my bad. >> ben bernanke. >> i will read it straight afterwards. i will buy a bagel, coffee, sit down, put my feet up and read my favorite column. >> thank you. welcome back. >> thank you very much. i have a question for wilbur ross. >> you have a question for wilbur ross? that is? >> who is top of the list for a next free trade deal? europe, eu or the uk. a lot of debate back home about whether that promise will slip or not. we will ask the question and properly credit you. >> ankthanks, andrew. futures at this hour pointing higher. holding on to yesterday's rally. the same across europe. slight gains after a massive rally. joining us to discuss is darrell cronk. darrell, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> were you surprised by the level of rally we got off the back of that french el

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mike jackson today saying he sees new vehicles flat to slightly down, incentives 10% of msrp. >> these are -- z >> what about the auto sales? >> the united states is not the leader here. we're just not. i look at low growth for almost every company i deal with in the united states. it's not the united states. mexico is growing faster than the u.s., asia, japan doing withal. >> do you know why russell and small caps are having trouble keeping up? >> i think so. ib marx has its own problems. general electric was suboptimal, let's just say. the u.s. is not the driver here so the companies you look at, and whether it be mcdonald's, whether it be, i think 3m is wrong that it's down. i think the quarter was very good. when you look at caterpillar it's really not us. it's not us. and people keep looking at the u.s. and thinking wait a second, how good can things be? i suggest you stop thinking about u.s. it's not the driver. it just isn't. it's europe. it's asia. it's latin america stabilized. these are the places at the delta. >> and verizon does keep going down every day. >> by the way, the

. >> mike jackson, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> you bet. >>> coming up, the good, the bad and the ugly in today's trades and talking taxes. the b.a.t., still alive along with the v.a.t. and the carbon tax? are they doa? what will the trump tax plan actually look like? we weigh in, next. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. these types of plans have no networks, so you get to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. rates are competitive, and they're the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. remember

or -- repairing its brand in joining us, cnbc contributor, mike jackson, principal of 2015 marketing. good to have is you here. >> grate eat to be here. >> what they need to do right now? >> amazing. this week has been tough on the brand. they need to settle, figure out a way, i don't acare what it costs to get in a room with an attorney, settle this, take care of the family and move on and do that really, really fast. >> you don't care what it costs? so millions and millions of dollars and it's better than a lawsuit? >> the lawsuit is going to continue to be that drip, drip, drip, damage to the brand and ultimately it's going to really seep into the culture and it's going to cost them more than it's cost them so far. >> tyler's got a great question. >> can they -- >> tyler? >> can they ever use the phrase, "fly the friendly skies of united" again? >> pmy point is, once they settle, sebcond thing, they hav to do a deep look at their culture and really understand what's kind of motivating this type of behavior. now, policies are policies but there's something else going on there that t

. >> mike jackson from auto nation was with us earlier. he talked how incentives are incredibly high. they are at the tipping point where you're dragging consumers out. you're not nearing a cliff but certainly peaking. >> monetary policy pulled forward a lot of activity. now we're seeing -- we pulled forward all the activity we can pull forward. at the same time mediocre economy and the fed is raising interest rates. financially a great combination. >> the markets in recent months, certainly has been short at your period ridiculo peril. >> hopefully lower taxes and regulatory relief will divisive that. going back to that fiscal tail wind versus the monetary head wind. >> what do you like? >> i like overseas markets better because they are cheaper and they've gone through a bear market. emerging markets topped out in 2011 and went down for for you straight years. i find better value outside of the u.s. >> peter, thank you very much for being here today. >>> food doesn't measure up for you on the sell off either? >> i didn't eat it. i want y

hallie jackson reporting vice president mike pence met with some house leaders as well, discussed the possibility of reviving healthcare reform and came away from that meeting with a very positive sense there is potentially something they can get done. i met with some committee heads as well during that meeting. there seems to be a real shift here in a sense that healthcare not necessarily dead. there's the reality, the fact they also want to do tax reform, infrastructure potentially but the president really trying to send a message he's serious about reviving these talks on healthcare, greta. >> incredible we're getting this insight into the president. how did you happen to get into the oval office to talk to the president? that seems unusual. >> i was speaking with one of his staffers. i think he sort of was aware of the fact we were there, invited us in, clearly wanted to talk about healthcare. and i got to ask him a few questions. it was a very brief meeting, greta, but nonetheless this message that he does feel as though he can get something done. one other headline, i asked him

. >> lisa: mike. >> mike: thank you, lisa. they outscored the blazers 31-21 in the fourth quarter as portland had six turnovers. when we come back, final thoughts from jeff van gundy and mark jackson as golden state take s game one in oakland. jillian? yeah? you're not married. i mean, if we're giving it a term... sure i guess he's more of a boyfriend. how long have you been dating? so he's your friend. (whisper) chiropractor. ♪ hey you've gotta see this. cno.n. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >>> golden state takes game one. 121-109, good start in the playoffs, guys as we had the upset yesterday with utah tnt's got houston and oklahoma city, that should be a great matchup, mark. >> mark: that's going

. >> lisa: mike. >> mike: thank you, lisa. they outscored the blazers 31-21 in the fourth quarter as portland had six turnovers. when we come back, final thoughts from jeff van gundy and mark jackson as golden state take s game one in oakland. jillian? yeah? you're not married. i mean, if we're giving it a term... sure i guess he's more of a boyfriend. how long have you been dating? ...a potential boyfriend, yeah. so he's your friend. (whisper) chiropractor. ♪ hey you've gotta see this. cno.n. alright, see you down there. mmm, fine. okay, what do we got? okay, watch this. do the thing we talked about. what do we say? it's going to be great. watch. remember what we were just saying? go irish! see that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >>> golden state takes game one. 121-109, good start in the playoffs, guys as we had the upset yesterday with utah winning. tnt's got houston and oklahoma city, that should be a great matchup, mark. >> mark: that's going t

. >> and now mike jerrick. >> would i say mj what do you think of. >> michael jackson. >> what about michael jordan. >> or michael jordan. >> all of those, a lot of great mj's out there. >> sure are. >> you talk about girl power, how about this high school& senior, she made history, do you see that woman right there it is interesting, her last name is longo and she could kick the ball longo. >> yeah. she is going to play college football. >>> good morning, here comes the rain. a live lot i-95 getting wet here working your way in to downtown, headlights on wipers on here's a live look at wilmington delaware and wet on 495 and slow go inbound on the schuylkill expressway from approaching city avenue in center city and in new jersey, two accidents on the freeway, one at expressway, and another one at route 55, mike and alex , back to you. >>> i bet you will remember this most guys do, back in the day, probably in the 90's there was a movie out starring kathy ireland was a model, one of her first acting rolls and she played a place kicker for college team called texas state, scott backul

jackson, ken cmo. >> one from chris. the photo of his two -month-old son. >> happy easter, everybody. >> good morning. north korea's test results as mike pence arrived in south korea for a 10 day visit to asia. washington is looking ahead to next week with a renewed focus on health care and tax reform. good morning. i am maria bartiromo. happy easter to you and yours. this is transcendent. north korea shows a failing missile test almost over before it began. but the next step or the white house in dealing with the rogue nation? trip advisor dr. sebastian corker joins me live. president trump on the foreign policy challenges facing america today. the president post that occurred on as many with chinese president and how you react to when mr. trump told him the u.s. was in fact launching missile strikes on syria. while in a barbecue repeal be back on the table after the easter recess for congress? how will that affect the timetable for tax reform? remember the freedom caucus is it me. ron desantis and grover norquist will

hallie, a lot of tough talk from vice president mike pence. let's listen to a bit more of what he had to say. >> i think the president has made clear that we're going to abandon the failed policy of strategic patience, but we're going to redouble our efforts to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear on north korea. our hope is that we can resolve this issue peaceably. >> so this administration wants to abandon strategic patience, but aside from sanctions, what does the white house have in its arsenal -- and arsenal might not be the right word here -- to counter what's going on in north korea? >> right. that's one of the big questions that i think you will hear sean spicer press on in a few minutes when he walks into the briefing room, katy. you have heard discussion from this administration that there will be an economic push, a political push to put pressure on china specifically to then put pressure on north korea. this line that vice president pence rolled out about the era of strategic patience being over as you talked about, is on

i'm hallie jackson. you can find me on facebook, insta and snap. now to my colleague chris jansing. >>> thank you. north korea is on the brink of the latest missile attack. strong words from vice president mike pence. >> the era of strategic patience is over. >> what does this mean for america's strategy going forward? >>> and multi-state manhunt. officials in five states are looking for this man, steve stevens. >> this individual is armed and dangerous. at this point, he could be a lot of places. >>> stevens posted video of himself killing a senior citizen easter sunday and claims he committed many other murders. we are live in cleveland with the latest. >>> and special election showdown. $1

i'm hallie jackson. you can find me on facebook, insta and snap. now to my colleague chris jansing. >>> thank you. north korea is on the brink of the latest missile attack. strong words from vice president mike pence. >> the era of strategic patience is over. >> what does this mean for america's strategy going forward? >>> and multi-state manhunt. officials in five states are looking for this man, steve stevens. >> this individual is armed and dangerous. at this point, he could be a lot of places. >>> stevens posted video of himself killing a senior citizen easter sunday and claims he committed many other murders. we are live in cleveland with the latest. >>> and special election showdown. $14 million spent in ads on both sides. democrats hoping for an upset in the state's sixth congressional district. a win in the long-time republican area would send a message about how trump voters really feel about his time in office so far, or at least that's what the democrats say. good morning, everyone. i'm chris jansing in washington. where the white house

jackson cut an ad. $8,000,000.80% of the money coming from outside of state. democrats tried similar tactics last week in kansas for the seat just vacated by mike pompeo who became president trump's director of the cia. they didn't pour in nearly as much money as they did in georgia and they lost but barely. today you have today's race in georgia that features 18 candidates in total. more than twice as many republicans are running the democrats. that prompted the president to tweet this hij. quote. with 11 republican candidates running in georgia on tuesday for congress. a run-off will be a win. vote r for lower taxes and safety. just because this race is in georgia doesn't mean that a lot of folks here at the white house are going to be watching very closely today. brian, ainsley, and steve. brian: for republicans keep it under 50% so there would be another match in june but it would be a one-on-one match. for democrats they will choose if they get over 50 it will be a big win for them. >> that's exactly right. steve: kristin, thank you very much. in that par

jackson, ken cmo. >> one from chris. the photo of his two -month-old son. >> happy easter, everybody. >> good morning. north korea's test results as mike pence arrived in south korea for a 10 day visit to asia. washington is looking ahead to next week with a renewed focus on health care and tax reform. good morning. i am maria bartiromo. happy easter to you and yours. this is transcendent. north korea shows a failing missile test almost over before it began. but the next step or the white house in dealing with the rogue nation? trip advisor dr. sebastian corker joins me live. president trump on the foreign