and this is the area we're watching including vermont, new hampshire, main,s massachusetts. also connecticut and rhode island, not out of the woods yet here. so still concerns today. when it comes to today's threat for winds, we have high wind warnings that go through this morning or through lunchtime fending on the local areas. eastern pennsylvania, also here through central and south jersey into delaware and parts of maryland, as well. along the lake shore, winds have been very gusty. waves up, take. we'll easily see waves up over 20 feet.ooake. we'll easily see waves up over 20 feet.ke. we'll easily see waves up over 20 feet.e. we'll easily see waves up over 20 feet.. we'll easily see waves up over 20 feet. that will cause another set of issues. flooding and roadways being impact the including i-90 in ohio, there's been some stretches that have been closed for a times because of water overwashing. we have the high wind warnings all the way down the appalachians. gusty winds causing more power outages. and i just saw the latest number now, we're up to 8.9 million customers

ed in massachusetts. ed? >> caller: big boo-yah to you, cramer! >> boo-yah back at you. >> caller: jim, i want to thank you first for advice in my i.r.a. do you still by wm? >> yes. you're being paid to wait. it was described that without increasing amount of construction work, waste management -- he believed would not be able to deliver the numbers. it's a major user of waste management. i have to go with his analysis. scott in texas. scott? >> caller: boo-yah, jim. calling from houston, home of the undefeated houston texans and only truly professional football team in the state. is this a buy and do you think the mlp distributions will be taxed if the tax credits expire in 2013? >> i'm going to take them backwards. i think the tax credit is going to be fine. enterprise partners is terrific. and i'm torn playing hernandez. let's go to vince in california. vince? >> caller: boo-yah, cramer. >> boo-yah. >> caller: talk to me about uhn? >> i have to tell you, i believe in this company. i think it's one of the best. i also want to reiterate that i th

first of all, i like way we did it in massachusetts. i like the fact in my state we had republicans and democrats come together and work together. what you did instead was to push through a plan without a single republican vote, as a matter of fact, when massachusetts did something quite extraordinary, elected a republican senator to stop obama care, you pushed it through anyway. so totally on a partisan basis, instead of bringing america together, you pushed through something that you and nancy pelosi and harry reid thought was the best answer and drove it through. what we did in a legislature, 87% democrat, we work together. 200 legislators in my legislature, only two voted against the prlan about it time we were finished. what were the differences? we didn't raise taxes. we didn't cut medicare by $716 billion. we didn't put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive. we didn't also do something that i think a number of people across this country recognize which is put people in a positio

good to see you as always from massachusetts. let's get to mary thompson for another market flash. >> hey, there, carl. taking a look at shares of eli lilly up for the second straight day, up 3.3%, the company found that combined studies of two late stage trials showed an experimental alzheimer's drug succeeded in slowing the progression of the disease modestly in patients that have a mild form of alzheimer's. investors are liking the news again. eli lilly breaking about $50 for the first time in four years yesterday and extending those gains today. >> goldman taking it off the sell list, basically falling on their sword today as well. the nasdaq falling as much as 1.5% largely on the heels of apple's losses. we'll talk more about the tech pullback and whether or not we're getting into areas where you may nibble at apple in just a moment. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their sub

joe in massachusetts. joe? >> caller: hey, boo-yah, jim. i've got a quick question for you on stop loss orders versus stop limits and how an individual investor can best use that not only to minimize losses but to ride the ups and downs of an individual stock. >> well, look, i don't condone these. if you're going to own stocks and you're going to try to get the right prices, you've got to stay on top of it. i'm sorry, it's too important, it's your money. you get one of these flash crashes, suddenly you bought a stock at $80, it's at $70 immediately. i can't condone that. the market doesn't work well enough to do those things anymore. it's too crazed. you've got to protect yourself from this market, from any market that acts as badly and as strangely because of high-frequency trading. those old tricks out the window. price matters, basis matters. don't buy all at once, don't sell all at once. keep an open mind, keep doing the homework and stay with cramer. >>> you've done your homework, you're ready to buy, but how do you know when the time

kate, let me just go to you, mitt romney is governor of massachusetts, so they put together binders, they go out and recruit the best talented women they can find, put them in the administration, half of the senior staff or more were women. what exactly is wrong with it? >> there's nothing wrong with it, in fact it was pretty admirable. in fact mitt romney had more women in his office than any other governor in the country. really they're trying to scare women yet again because the 15-point lead -- they have got to try to villagize mitt romney and try to make him a woman hater. and romney's out there talking about the issues. >> you know what your real problem, karen? men. romney is running way ahead with men. >> white men. >> white men, white voters in general, he's running massively ahead. >> larry, in case you hadn't noticed we're actually a majority-minority country these days so there might not be enough white men for romney to win this election. this is part of the problem that romney has. i just came back from missouri and kansas. if even conservative women were grousing about

he said his health care proposal in massachusetts was just appropriate for massachusetts and maybe suggested it ought to stay there. last night instead he said, this could be a model state by state for the rest of the country. that is a more moderate emphasis in tone than we have seen from romney before. i want to bring you another one that he said last night. a lot of folks on wall street sort of view mitt romney as the candidate who's going to come in here and save them from president barack obama. that's why a lot of wall street lobbyists here in town were surprised when they heard say this last night. >> dod-frank was passed and it includes within it a number of provisions that i think have some unintended consequences that are harmful to the economy. one is it designates a number of banks as too big to fail and they're effectively guaranteed by the federal government. this is the biggest kiss that's been given to new york banks i've ever seen. >> i talked to one banking lobbyist here in town today. his reaction, he said folks were puzzled by that. even romney is beating up on the banks.

debate of his political life going back to his first campaign in '94, the gubernatorial campaigns in massachusetts and all the debates they had in the primaries. this was a great performance by mitt romney on style, on substance, all across the board. one of the telling moments when you look at the screen shot of the two, you had mitt romney looking right at the president, but then the president either looking away or looking down. he looked like someone who was simply not ready, who did not want to be there. he didn't want to be at that debate. at some point you also felt like he thought it was beneath him to be there. but mitt romney enjoyed every minute of it and he really trounced barack obama every point of that debate for an hour and a half. >> obviously everyone in this debate has their own side, so i guess you would say that. but boris, doing well in a debate is one thing. i imagine to persuade an entire country to vote for you when you've already said publicly that you only really care about less than half of them is quite another, isn't it. he has a lot of ground to make up. >> that's no

i know that you signed an assault weapons ban when you were in massachusetts. obviously with this question you no longer do support that. why is that given the kind of violence that we see sometimes with these mass killings, why is it that you've change yard mind? >> well, candy, in my state, the pro gun folks and the anti-gun folks came together and put together a piece of legislation. and it's referred to as an assault weapon ban, but it had at the signing of the bill both the pro gun and the anti-gun people came together because it provided opportunities for both that both wanted. there were hunting opportunities, for instance, that hadn't previously been available and so forth. so it was a mutually agreed upon piece of legislation. that's what we need more of, candy. what we have right now in washington is a place that's gridlocked. >> so if you could get people to agree to it, you'd be for it. >> we haven't had the leadership in washington to work in a bipartisan basis. i was able to in my state and bring those two together. >> go ahead, mr. president. >>

let me bring you to, though, that everyone is going to be focusing on starting with massachusetts. that's elizabeth warren versus senator scott brown. he's the republican incumbent. brown, of course, elected in 2010 to senator kennedy's former seat. he was a conservative darling, emerged as a moderate republican in that campaign. warren is a key player in creating the consumer financial protection bureau. and there's been controversy over her claimed heritage as a native american in some academic job applications over her career. that one is tied very, very close right now, real clear politics average, about 1.7% advantage for elizabeth warren. now look at memoissouri, going be closely fought again. this is senator claire mccaskill. the clear politics in this one is about 2.3% for mccaskill. these the first worm elected to the senate in missouri. there was a woman appointed before her. but the first woman elected, and she's running against todd akin and obviously as you say, joe, there was a controversy over the legitimate rape comments he made earlier in the summer. the republican

>> i remember when the massachusetts law was going in anecdotally, one massachusetts senator told me he was keeping people to a salary cap which would let them buy their own insurance on the exchange with subsidies rather than give them a lesser plan that he couldn't afford. he paid the penalty and let them buy on the exchange. there are all these variables that go into account as this system moves forward, if it does g in 2014. >> always need to dig beneath the details. >>> with less than four weeks to election day, director of the university of virginia's center for politics is here. and politico's wall street correspondent, ben white, let me get to you first. first of all, i want to get to the market's aspect. at this stage of the game it seems to be the consensus that we get a romney win it is going to be better for the markets. yet they hope a number of presidential democratic presidents under whom we've had some very good markets as well. is that conventional wisdom actually wise? >> i'm not so sure that it is. you look historically, the market has performed pretty well under d

i was trying to make a point of hiring in massachusetts. >> he left out the word resumes. but it is funny. >> it is funny. >> a tumbler site with some pretty funny images. you're seeing the viral nature of this election with a comment like that. >> it's amazing how twitter has changed the way we all watch these things. people are hungry to latch on to something. the last time it was big bird, this time it is binders. drinking water in the vice presidential debate. there needs to be something accessible. there are things hard to understand quite frankly for a large portion of the country. >> they are complicated questions that they're dealing with. but it was interesting and it was fun. my favorite moment was in obama asked him the pension question. i did enjoy that moment. >> yeah. and i think kudlow is coming on later. who thought the ben gaza issue would be a home run coming in for romney largely considered to have fumbled that tax a bit. we'll talk to him in the 11:00 a.m. hour. >>> meanwhile, more about vickram pandit's oust from citi. as we go to break, a look at this

criticize what he would call his evolving views on all sorts of issues after having been governor of massachusetts. is that still a liability or are we at a point now where voters say, you know what, maybe your convictions don't hold you hostage, maybe you move around because you get things done. you are a deal maker. you would make things happen. has that liability turned into an asset? >> i think the governor's background is a strong asset going forward. i think the american public wants to see something happen in washington, d.c. they want to see someone who has a plan for the future, some general principles they're going to get, bipartisan support behind, and move forward. you know, the president's criticism quite often strikes me as a little bit like socrates mentioned 2400 years ago. when you lose the debate slander is your only tool. i think the governor wins if, in fact, he comes out with his principles, talks about substance, and just what it takes to get the country moving forward. leave the personal attacks to other people. >> it's a good point because you really do have to walk a balan

i did it in massachusetts with the democratic legislature. i know how to make a deal. i know how to find common ground without giving up my principles. this was right out of ronald reagan's playbook. when i worked for the gipper -- he used to always tell us. we made deals on taxes and spending and so forth, if i can get 70% of what i want, i'll take it and worry about the 30% later, the other 30%. roomny reminded me of reagan -- romney didn't say i'm giving up, i'm just going to move to the left. he's saying, no, no, no, you couldn't get a deal on simpson-bowles, i can. you never lifted a finger. i can. >> the white house will come back and say the house at least until now has not proven they're open to deals of any kind. >> that may be what they say, but from every account from bob woodward's book to others, john boehner had a good deal and obama broke it at the last minute with a new $400 billion tax hike. boehner says that, bob woodward says that, all testified says that and that's why i think obama lacks credit. what does romney do for your the a living, they make

. >>> carl, the termination comes in the face of a $2 million fine that citigroup faced from a massachusetts regulatedor, largely concerning failure to supervise analysts. mahaney as well as an unnamed junior analyst in a consent order we just reviewed from the state of massachusetts, noting that mahaney gave reports to a reporter at the french capitol over revenue estimates for youtube, a subsidiary of google. revenue estimates that had yet to be published by by mahaney. the junior analyst shared a preview of the forthcoming reports on facebook even as citigroup signed a nondisclosure agreement with the social network in conjunction with that poip. t osteoporosis -- ipo. when asked whether that could be published, he said, "my boss would eat me alive." an interesting story for citigroup and the analyst community. a lot of them are quick to make comments. mahaney, according to the consent order, made the comments to the french reporter. then when the approval was signed said he did not respond. going back on his words. a very interesting read if you pull it up. that's the latest now. >> also

which is exactly what mitt romney did in massachusetts. >> baby steps. >> well, it is baby steps. i would agree baby steps. but to a single payer. >> when they say i'm out of here -- >> as a result of this bill, the private sector will have to figure out -- >> if you're going to argue with that, i'm not going to let you talk. say something to howard. bury howard. >> yes. yeah. >> you're such a good debater. >> -- a side show. >> that's true. >> we talked about taxes, but there's one of the ways to reduce the deficit. and that's through economic growth. so the thing, one of the things i would want to hear from both candidates tonight is how are they going to get the economy going? >> that's true. how are you going to get growth with $900 billion in taxes hanging over the head of the economy. >> here's what i'm trying to understand. he's going to talk about lowering taxes, but yet -- >> no. lowering tax rates. >> lowering tax rates, but if ultimately what he's going to suggest on the flip side is, frankly, actually certain people's taxes are going to go up because he's moved to the

vice president. >> without raising taxes. >> why isn't he contesting massachusetts? >> what would you suggest beyond raising taxes on the wealthy that would substantially reduce the long-term deficits? >> let taxes expire like they're supposed to on the millionaires. we can't afford $800 billion going to people making a minimum of a million dollars. they do not need it, martha. those 120,000 families make $8 million a year. middle-class people need the had help. why does my friend cut out the tuition tax credit for them, why does he go after child care? why do they do that? >> can you declare anything off limits? >> close -- >> home mortgage deduction. >> for high income people. >> can you guarantee that no one making less than $100,000 would have a mortgage deduction impacted? >> this taxes a million small businesses. he keeps trying to make you think it's some movie star hedge fund guy -- >> 97% of the small businesses make less than $250,000. a year. it would not impacted one bit. >> this taxes a million people, million small businesses. >> does it tax 97% of the

more than 260,000 customers are affected in the state of massachusetts. 145,000 in connecticut. and long island power authorities says 273,000 customers affected. con edison reports 18,000 without power in new york city. 21,000 in westchester county. more than 31,000 customers are without power in pennsylvania. according to flight aware 13,785 flights have been canceled as a result of hurricane sandy. every airline is allowing passengers to change their itineraries without any fees. important to know. roads, connecticut highways, closed. portions of the garden state parkway in new jersey are closed. fdr in new york city is closing at 6:00 p.m. that's a half hour from now. much of it is under water. governor cuomo, new york governor, announcing a number of new york bridges will close as of 7:00 p.m., including george washington. when it comes to mass transit, new york city, boston, new jersey transit, maryland's marc service, all of it still remains closed. if you haven't moved yet you are probably going to want to stay where you are. i don't know how you will get there. >> yeah.

in massachusetts working with a legislator there was 87% controlled. his plan are his last two budgets which have been voted on three times in congress, 0 to 610. people need to look at that. that's not just political talking point. you're talking about the president of the united states spending millions of dollars and thousands of hours preparing these budgets that are so unserious when we're facing the financial problems we're facing, there's not a member of his own party willing to vote for it. the problem is, his only solution is increasing taxes on the productive sector. the proposals they put forward. for example, the buffett rule would raise $5 billion, that pays for 11 hours worth of spending. the more aggressive one the democrats put forward would raise about $67 billion to cover a $1.1 trillion -- you're taking a risk at harming economic growth, and that's what you need to concentrate on. you've got to grow your economy. >> it is weird, when i mention, they figure you've got to start somewhere. and i go, but you understand how they always sa

pam in massachusetts? pam? >> jim, i'm a first time caller and long time viewer. my question is about boeing. i've been trading it and it's been trading and it's $7 to $9 for the last few months. my questions are, is it being affected by the labor dispute, a potential cut in the defense budget or just delays with the dream liner? do you see a catalyst near term to make it forge ahead? >> i would say that the research director of my charitable trust and i have gone over this boeing. we did it five times today. we do it two or three times every day. if i had hair, i would have pulled it out on this. i think it is the contract and the negotiations and also the fiscal cliff. i think when this company reports it's going to have an outstanding quarter. boy, it is a -- house of pain -- until we get there. dan in new york. dan? >> hi, jim. how you doing? >> not bad, thank you. how about you? >> very good. i'm a 31-year retired teacher of global studies and economics from the beautiful town of washingtonville in upstate new york. >> man, you got the life. >> i do. i do. an

>> massachusetts, florida-- >> massachusetts: income tax. go ahead. california: income tax. >> texas, florida, michigan, colorado. >> okay, four out of the six have income taxes. i mean, i've heard a lot of businessmen say what you're saying, and i keep wondering, well, where are they gonna move if they leave? >> well, each state has its own competitive advantages. so by adding this additional burden, it makes us much less attractive. >> adam stites is another entrepreneur who opposes the initiative. he moved his company, istores, from portland, oregon, across the columbia river to vancouver, washington, just nine miles away. >> it broke down to taxes. oregon has the highest income tax in the united states, and washington has the lowest at 0%. >> istores is the largest online retailer of paintball equipment. [paintball gun clicking] stites has been hiring staff for a new company he acquired that sells prank novelties. this for halloween? >> it is for halloween or for any times that you need to be a man-eating shark. >> under the new tax, he would have

and, of course, in massachusetts, he turned around the olympics. he's had a long record from bane, originally. our firm has used them and did a massive turn around at schwab. they know how to get things done. and they know how to create policies that will lend itself to getting the whole economy the right kind of incentives to make growth happen. right now, american businessmen, like me, are pretty much in a funk right now because we just don't see that support coming behind by the leadership of america. we just don't have it right now. >> chuck, this morning, caterpillar had a pretty weak forecast for the year. the ceo was on "squawk box" this morning and hopes that all of the anti-china rhetoric is luster. it's obviously tough talk on china without disappointing things to american business that are key regarding trade. >> well, our issues are simply not chinese alone, in terms of its -- where we find the problems. they are a big, competitive country. we want them to be economically healthy. they have 400 million people. we want them to be strong.

forhe past few days, en inbelmont, massachusetts. and the key strategy is this. romney is boeing to do point by point go right at the president. he will go right at the president's record. with numbers and facts and figures the way he did in the lastebates that right? >> that is right. remember in the first debate the president was overwhelmed by how romney brought the data. he is going to try to stick to the facts and go right at the president. and make his case. >> i don't know that president is not going to come with his own facts? i'm sure he will be full of data and ready to attack him. >> but romney larry, isn't obama under so much pressure tonight? president the president had such a flat debate. he is going to have to show so much aggression. >> i was going to ask ab about the joe biden disease. >> it is not like him his problem is being too cool and too calm. if he gets too aggressive and he looks like he is snarling. it could come off as ugly and be a mistake. that is what romney did. he looked into the camera and he was the reasonable alternative. this

the steroids came from the new england compound in massachusetts. the highest cases are in tennessee and virginia. health officials say patients have had symptoms generally starting from one to four weeks after their injection. not all patients who received the medicine will become sick. that's the latest. back over to you, bill. >> seema, thank you very much. well, not a pleasant story here, either. german chancellor angela merkel daring to go to greece today. she's visiting there for the first time since the european debt crisis began. germany, of course, holding many of the cards forcing greece to accept the severe austerity measures. >> some of these demonstrators going so far as to dress in nazi uniforms. some of the public using unfortunate methods to let their feelings known. the protesters are accusing merkel of unfairly forcing greece to cut government jobs and benefits to keep the european union intact. >> this is what has plagued the european union as they try and enforce these austerity measures. we saw it in spain. we've certainly seen

and that brought governor romney's record in massachusetts into focus, the governor pointing out that education reform in his state made massachusetts schools tops in the nation. >> that was ten years before you took office. and then you cut education spending when you came into office. >> and we kept our schools number one in the nation. they're still number one today. >> they are still number one, but the major education reform in massachusetts came in 1993 under republican governor william weld, working with democrats in the legislature. ten years before the governor took office. governor romney's first budget did cut education spending, that, and the nonpartisan spending and policy center wrote in 2003 that the governor also relied on questionable assumptions and tax hikes. two other quick ones. the governor said the rate of business creation under president obama is the lowest in 30 years. that is true. the president said oil imports are the lowest in 20 years. he is off by about half. it's the lowest in ten years. lots more on this tomorrow here and on cnbc.com. >> all right, sc

i think it's very interesting who mitt romney who did a bunch of this in massachusetts has made that one of his calling cards and conservatives in the party are not revolting. i think they like the idea that mitt romney. >> they like the idea of winning. >> they like the idea of winning, you're exactly right and i think they like the idea of saving america from bankruptcy also. we have to leave it there. john heilemann, thank you very much. congressman aaron shock, same things. coming up tonight. why should president obama be re-elected? what's his case? four years of economic failure. he's got overspending. overborrowing, a middle east foreign policy crisis and now a massive cover-up over benghazi and libya. what kind of case can joe biden make for obama when obama couldn't make the re-election case for himself? our next panel will try to break through on it. uncer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business chall

i like romney because he did that in massachusetts. i'm in dusseldorf looking at a particular piece of technology for a show, with kenny ortega who ran the opening and closing ceremonies of the olympics in salt lake and for two years he worked with mitt and told me he was a great listener, he made decisions, he attracted an all-star team and produced a great result in salt lake city. these are the kind of things that are missing in our government. somebody who has the experience on how to understand people, how to pick people, and get a result that's based upon reality, and when you're building a business you try, if you're a leader, you try and harness simple truths. the simple truth is that everybody in the world wants a better life and the only thing historically that's ever proven to provide a better life is the demand for our labor. the gang of you at cnbc, myself, everybody else, the more demand there is for our labor, the better our life, the less demand for our labor, until there is no demand for our labor and we starve. the pu

him, i got to hear more of him today than i used to when he was governor of massachusetts. we didn't hang out that much because he wasn't spending a lot of time on state's issue. but when he said look what he did out in the olympics. i was out in salt lake city this year and they had a front page story in the "desert news" saying he was successful in getting a large infusion of cash from the federal government. so it's true that mr. romney was successful in the olympics but according to what they said was he got a couple million dollars from the federal government. he somehow failed to mention that. but the fundamental point was that the president criticized him for some thing. the ak-47 which is a great example. by the way, that was very striking. romney said i signed a bill to ban the ak-47s but now i can't because both sides got together then. >> what about job, congressman? isn't that what everybody cares about? do you feel like we heard a clear-cut answer to the jobs problem in this country from the president? >> not -- nor from mr. romney. mr. romney's four-point plan

massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania. not in delaware? why not in delaware and what would it mean if it had been declared a state of emergency there? >> we expect that to come. we filed our paperwork as other states did. fema is in process. we expect it to come. it really means all of the resources will be in place. fema is already at our emergency management agency office. it's a good partnership with them and appreciate the outreach yesterday the president made to all of the governors and mayors in the area. >> why would delaware not be included? do you believe this will happen today? >> we expect to get hit. they're working their way through a lot of applications but again we fully anticipate it fairly soon. >> all right, governor. good luck. stay safe. we appreciate taking the time to come on with us today. see you later. >>> coming up next, find out how hurricane sandy will affect retailers, energy market and other sectors as it moves into the northeast. this special coverage of hurricane sandy and your money continues after this ver

. >> massachusetts state secretary bill galvin who earlier today disclosed a settlement with citigroup over violations relating to the bank's research analysts, including their involvement in the facebook ipo, is also targeting morgan stanley, goldman sachs and jpmorgan. the three main underwriters in facebook's offering. they've received requested from galvin's office and some banks have been subpoenaed. we couldn't get any further information on the subpoenas but the spokesperson says it is possible additional sanctions result from these probes. the banks were not immediately available for comment. guys, back to you. >>> a publish report says owners of al gore's current tv are looking to sell the cable station. we sent cnbc's julia boorstin hunting after that story. what did you find, julia? >> reporter: well, mandy, i just spoke to current tv's ceo joel hyatt. he says that he could confirm that the -- the quote that's quoted in this report saying that they've had three inquiries of companies approaching current looking to buy current tv. and he said that they are not interviewing ne

. >> people in cambridge, massachusetts w robert f. kennedy. >> it's unbelievable, he's not joking, hugo chavez gives one of the counties. so there is a high beta trade but a lot of people own the bonds because they've got high yield. >> thanks, michelle. >> see you later. >>> coming up, september jobs reports is 0 minutes away. we have john taylor to join the conversation next. so can we get back to work, please? >>> we're counting down to a critical employment report. >>> fx concepts and john taylor on where he thinks the numbers will come in and what it means for your investments. >>> martin o'malley, maryland governor, on what his state is doing to generate jobs. the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." i'm standing up, so pay attention. i'm joe -- i'm joe kernen, along with -- >> crank, crank, crank. >> i'm joe kernen along with becky quick. here's a look at today's line-up. john taylor joins us as guest host, bottom of the hour, nbc's political director chuck todd will talk politics and

i can go across the aisle like i did in massachusetts. in fact he even said about his tax reform plan, if you don't like the specific version let's talk about some other options. but you, mr. president, you couldn't make a deal. you had a deal, you broke the deal with john boehner. that's what the woodward book is all about. in other words, this is something independents love. i say clinton democrats are going to go for romney because romney knows how to make a deal by crossing the aisle and obama can't do it. >> here's where i agree with you. i think the governor of massachusetts showed up last night. not the guy who's been running for president for the last 18 months. he pivoted to the middle for the first time really and he pivoted hard. that was his best. >> was that bad? >> i think it's good for the romney campaign. >> he outfoxed the president. >> is it authentic and genuine is the question an does he have the meat to back it up? he was very specific on what he wants to repeal. he wants to repeal obama care. >> right. >> he wants to

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a massachusetts junk haul found an envelope filled with u.s. savings bonds stashed in a piece of furniture he was throwing out. more than $22,000 in 1972 bonds. the current value, $114,000. the good news is he returned them to the daughter of the woman who once owned the chest. >> that is -- >> it restores your faith in humanity. put it that way. >> no, it doesn't. all right, today's theme is numbers matter. florida governor rick scott has learned this the hard way. during a press conference on the meningitis outbreak, he meant to give out the number for a health hotline. instead, he was a couple digits off, maybe even one digit. we're not sure. the number he gave out was for a phone sex hotline. he figured it out, corrected the problem. they got some business. >> why would he want to correct the problem? >> there you go. yesterday, we talked about how 20-something dudes are a big drag on the economy because they're not working. our next guest says it is not just the young men, it is all men that are the problem. hmmmm. joining us from boston i

development ranked about 48 out of 50 states in massachusetts. the policies that you're promoting don't help small businesses. the way you define small businesses include folks at the very top. they include you and me. but let's take an example that we know is going to make a difference in the 21st century and that's our education policy. we didn't have a chance to talk about this in the last debate. under my leadership, what we've done is reformed education, working with governors, 46 statings. we've seen progress and gains in schools that were having a terrible time and they're starting to finally make progress. and what i now want to do is to hire more teachers, education specially in math and science, and they know that we've fallen behind when it comes to math and science. and those teachers can make a dimpx. governor romney, when you were asked by teachers if you thought this was going to help the economy grow, you said it's not going to help the economy grow. when you were asked about class size, you said it won't make a difference. if you

. >> governor, when you were governor of massachusetts, you stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, this plant kills and took great pride in shutting it down. and now suddenly you're a big champion of coal. >> reporter: and the reality here on the ground, especially for alpha natural resources, they announced plans to close eight plants, including three here in virginia, trimming the work force by some 1,200 jobs. scott, back to you. >> hampton, thanks so much. >> i think it's a campaign platform. i don't believe either of them. i don't think whether romney wins or obama's reelected, that means it's the robust catalyst for the coal space. i think it comes down to higher natural gas prices. i think it comes down to a recovery in asia. that's what matters most in terms of utility usage. if you believe all of that is going to occur, you go to the most diversified coal name there is out there, thermal met, and that's btu. if you believe in the natural gas story, look at console energy. beyond that, i wouldn't touch coal. >> how about you, grasso? i know you watch this sp

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that's why romney did it in massachusetts. >> that may be the one pair system where obama is going. a lot of good simple ways to look at it and that's growth is important. we all want to see growth in this economy. democrats think any time government needs more revenue, what do we do, we eat the seed core. you're seeing a different approach, let's planned the seed in the fertile soil of america's economy not in the barren concrete of washington. that's the choice people are seeing. romney, in that cnn post debate survey, only 33% of viewers were republican, 58% thought he had a better plan for the economy. that's important. >> one more thing, matt, mitt romney can reach across the aisle and can find common ground. he does know democrats. i don't think that barack obama has ever met a republican for more than ten or 15 minutes and can't reach across the aisle. romney is the guy who gets stuff done. your man doesn't seem to be able to get it done. >> again, with all due respect that's a caricature, he does have the capacity to do that but there's no question the congressional republic

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how you doing from halifax, massachusetts. my question is about best buy. my son has a bunch of stock, he worked for the company. is there a buyout? where's it going? >> there's no buyout. i believe the balance sheet is bad. companies that have bad balance sheets tend not to get buyouts. i think your son should be scaling out of the stock. i think that's important. i mean it. i think he should be selling the stock. let's go to ron in california. >> caller: jim, boo-yah from beautiful san clemente, california. my wife, adele, and i love you. we love the show. i want to say thank you so much for the tips on ross stores and harley davidson. i made money on both of them. >> i like that! >> caller: and i own a packaging company too. anyways, professor, i want to know your views on wynn resorts, las vegas sands, and baidu.com. >> baidu, i'm not that interested in. i like the whole chinese index. las vegas sands is good. i think wynn is excellent. the dividend is excellent. steve wynn had maybe one of the best conferences after facebook. it was really magnificent,

. >> let's go to jason in massachusetts. >> jim, mitt romney says that china steal's our intellectual property, what do you think of one of these tech companies that enforces intellectual property rights like. >> i got to tell you they are impossible to value. i am not the call. >> let's go to albert in florida albert. >> booyah jim. >> booyah albert. >> long time listener first time caller. i would like to know about pgh. >> when that came public i said i don't like that group. but that is not a good enough answer for you now. i have to do homework on that. that yield is too big. it is worth looking at but it may turn out to be a problem. and that ladies and gentlemen is the conclusion of the lightening round. >> coming up, lump of gold coal? our technical signals are taking a turn. cramer has the plays when he goes off the charts. great barri, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter wh

romney during his tenure never said i want the coal plant shut in massachusetts. what he did -- actually this event that obama referenced was actually a really big deal at the time. let me take you through it. because he really stood for really strong environmental regulation. it was february 2003 and this was romney's first big environmental stand. he sat up, he drove up to salem and said, look, you are not going to get an extension on cleaning up your plant. you have to clean it up by 2004. the company, pg and gchlg&e wan extension until 2006. he said absolutely not. he said any time there is a comparison between dirty power plants and the public health i'm going to side on the side of public health. it was a huge story at the time. it was a big firestorm. the mayor of salem, frankly, freaked out. a lot of workers did. romney was booed at the time. the power plant was like 200 jobs in salem and it represented about 13% of the city's taxable income. it was seen as a really big deal. and it really started romney's tenure as governor with a great backing of environ

let's go to jason in massachusetts. >> jim, mitt romney says that china steals our intellectual property, what do you think of one of these tech companies that enforces intellectual property rights like. >> i got to tell you they are impossible to value. i have been working on a bunch of them. they are too hard. i am not the call. let's go to albert in florida albert. >> booyah, jim. >> booyah, albert. >> long time listener first time caller. i would like to know about pgh. >> when that came public i said let's not work on it because i don't like that group. but that is not a good enough answer for you now. i have to do homework on that. that yield is too big. it is worth looking at but it may turn out to be a problem. and that ladies and gentlemen is the conclusion of the lightning round. >> coming up, lump of coal? this commodity has been burned in 2012 as chief domestic natural gas has caused coal to get the cold shoulder. are technical signals indicating a turn? cramer has the plays when he goes off the charts. get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the cou

and we're looking later on for coastal massachusetts to get involved. storm surge is going to be a big problem. later tonight, about -- we're talking anywhere from 5 to 11 feet above normal. right now we're getting a solid 35 mile per hour wind. and those winds will be pushing and piling the water up along the beaches. so that's going to be a problem. we have an astronomical high tide part of this. rainfall has also been a big problem. anywhere from 5 to 7 inches of rain. if that's not a big enough problem the winds will bring down trees. powerlines will go down. estimates of 10 million people without power by the time this is over, melissa. and we've got blizzard warnings in parts of west virginia and western virginia, one to two feet of snow. sandy is going to be one for the record books, melissa. >> certainly is. al, thank you. al roker from point pleasant, new jersey. >>> our special coverage of hurricane sandy and your money continues after a break. and an update from con edison. the company that provides electric service to new york city and most