lou: u.s. and russia tensions still high at this hour but this weekend america will put its trust in the russian space agency to return one of two american astronauts now on the international space station to earth. american astronaut mike hopkins, finishes his stay on the international space station, returns to earth monday alongside russian and ukrainian cosmonauts. joining us now with his take on nasa's complete dependence on russia to get to the iss is the last man to walk on the moon, astronaut gene cernan. gene, great to have you with us. you look great. always good to talk with you. i want to -- >> always good to be with you, lou. lou: i have to ask you how you feel as the last mon -- man to walk on the moon, one of this country's great heroes, just depend on russia just to get to the space station? >> lou it, has been coming on for a long time. you know, four decades ago, over four decade ago, americans were walking on the moon. today we can't even put one of our own guys or gals on our

lou: with that. you decided to hug and kiss wild move ahead to immigration, president today, acknowledging he has moved to a . with executive orders and actions he believes his imperial presidency is going to be slowdown here, he can't go much father, do you agree, bob? >> well i think the step he has taken. were appropriate and justified. i think wheel we see republicans and democrats in senate come together on a plan for immigration reform, the house continues to remain paralyzed because of the extremist parent partisaist attorneyist tea party fringe. lou: extremist? or you mean the people who believe in the constitution. >> there you go. lou: chris christie, mitch mcconnell running with that muzzle loader in kentucky, that had to be worth a lot of folks down there. >> absolutely, i don't know if a opponent grimes will use it to his advantage. he is in a primary challenge. i -- you know it was reminiscent of charlton heston, i get it. but charl ton heft op is only one that could pull it off. -- i j

lou? lou: or the foundation of our economy. >> regardless of politics. lou: let me turn quickly to the six-hour meeting between sergey lavrov and secretary kerry today. nothing happening. an ultimatum as of monday, to get his troops back to the bases in the crimea. where are we going from here in your opinion. >> first two people conducting the, john kerry, secretary of state and their foreign minister totally irrelevant. neither can make decisions. they will all yap at each other. putin made his decision. his decision is he will basically keep in that country for the near future. lou: caitlin, your thoughts. >> it is interesting. we offered sanctions and congress is debating these sanctions and aid to ukraine and sanctions for for russia. we're not seeing movement on that. it is getting bogged down in politics the more time goes on and there is really nothing coming from it. there is real concern of what happens after the referendum over the weekend. and whether russia continues to invade

lou: chris covac, good to talk with you. >> thank you lou. lou: hackers in london announceing they build a new drone capable of stales information -- stealing information from your smartphone. using drones to steal everything from credit card to user names and passwords. the hackers however claim that i want to use their powers for good, they built the drone to raise awareness about vulner vulner vulnerability of smar smartphon, we're coming right back. the markets cheer the first day of spring with a triple digit rally. citigroup steven whiteing tells us what string holds in store. up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. ...return on investment wall isn't a street... isn't the only return i'm looking forward to... for some, every dollar is earned with sweat, s

lou: it is frustrating. i can only imagine the acre and frustration those family members of flight 239 but now every time something is revealed that the hard drives, five strips were found with the immediate assumption there is something nefarious he was going through those. what is your deduction? >> if there were locations or airports or getting rid of the airplane that would support that theory. obviously that is very relevant. they have to look get other things as well. cooking if they change altitudes and is similar fashion to know the way we think it did. that would show more nefarious action as opposed to something else. lou: you referring to the strong left turn from altitude a and a dissent he executed. >> correct. >> and experts said executing that turned that autopilot could not execute. i was astonished by that give us your opinion. >> autopilot is to not try to make the of pilot do safely even with a pilot it with u.s. standard 20-degree turn that is soft but there is some evidence that might ha

lou: thank you very much. an american anchor ho works for russian state television deliver a surprising on air critique of russia's intervention in the ukraine. >> just because i work here for, does not mean i don't have editorial independence, i can't stress enough highway strongly i am against any states intervention in sev represent nations 678 what russia did is wrong. >> her bosses in russia today, well they did the unexpected they send her to crimea, to learn more about the crisis. stay with us, we're coming right back. >> the woman at center of irs targeting scandal pleading, the fifth. again. co-host of the 5, andrea with us to tell us what happens next, and what will be th ukraine crises on american space program that is reliant on russia? that is next. lou: on wall street today stocks finished mixed, dow down flex, s&p latest a frack, nazdaq rose 6. crude oil dune $2 a barrel, settle just above $100 1, gold up 2 bucks. and yele -- 10 year, moving to who .70%. -- 2.7 per%, economy news disappointing.

lou: brad? >> i think judy is right, if they were proud of the numbers, we would not stop them from coming out, giving us hard metrics, but youth is not stepping up. they don't think they need it, and it costs too much, there is nothing that president will do to convince their presidents. that is something in their child a best interest, they don't believe it nothing the president says or does will convince them yeah, 18 to 34-year-olds, the folks having a hard time finding a job. these are also the same folks who are been sold a bill of goods about how, rationaly it is to put, a $50,000 worth of school lone debt on your back then go to a workplace where 'their president is not providing at creagd o creation of jobs, at what points do -- less appreciative of bill of goods. >> it has not happened yet. descreng owhat is interesting is the strength of the youth vote for obama. it is continuing, young people are still loyal to him. lou: judy makes it sound like, president can get reelected right awa

lou: general jack keane thank you. >> thank you, lou. lou: president obama dismissing russia's regional power, one of these regions in which powerful happens to b space, their power was on full display hours ago as russia launched soyuz spacecraft that carries two cosmo naughts and an american astronaut on their way to the international space station, perhaps the president forgot about that region. united states had to pay $71 bill million for our astronaut to kind a seat against soyuz. we have no way to get our at now astronauts to spice right now on our -- space right now on or own, so much for being a world power. >> and search for malaysia airline flight has been suspended because of the weather. 14 days, of waiting, explodeed today, relatives of chinese passengers, marchd to the malaysia embassy in beijing, to demand answers there as well. >> on wall street today stocks climbed higher, dow up 91, s&p and nazdaq up 8, crude oil fell 41 cents settling just below $100 a barrel, gold up a fraction, closeing above 1300; and yield on 10-y

lou: great, thank you michael. listen to my financial reports 3 times a day, coast-to-coast on the salem radio network, for all of the day's biggest market and business news. >> weekend box office, by very gent -- divergent to the top, targets teenage girls brought in 56 mlion for lion's gate, muppet's most wanted in second place, last weekend's number one mr.p peabody and sherman droping to third place, we're coming right back stay with us. lou: president obama's constant pivots and occasion alley in al no we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagin how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 3years or mor so maybe we need to approach things dferently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ they're about 10 times softer and may have s

lou: thank you. after addressing the crisis in the ukraine obama move to talk midterm election strategy with the dnc. democrats widely considered underdogs going into the mid term is because of obamacare but that did not stop him from downplaying the disastrous rolled out of the affordable care act. >> there have been disruptions. we lost that first month out of the gate. we worked hard to fix problems without cooperation from them. they complain when we fix it [laughter] have you noticed that? they complain. then we take steps to fix it. you are a tyrant and overreaching. [laughter] lou: very good to the timing and comedy put and the reality of obamacare with the president trying to blame 18 of his unilateral decree is executive orders of obamacare on the republicans. we will have more on that later with the "a team". more than 100 million people in the midst of the major winter storm to bring heavy snow to the central plains with the worst hits between one and 2 feet of snow. the storm system today

lou: 76%. assuming they're counting correctly in russia. >> at the end of the day, as a leader, you have to be a leader of your own people, and he's showing great strength. i think the president, i hope there's a plan somewhere, i don't want to argue with you on the sanctions. to the ordinary person it do much, it looks like they're playing a game. between picking brackets in the ncaa and this, it doesn't look like they are serious about a very serious matter in the world. >> the question becomes here, judy, what is president obama serious about? he was not engaged in the passage of obamacare, as if he could foretell what it would become. he let pelosi and reid lead on that. not serious about foreign policy, speaking rather offhandedly when he tells hosni mubarak, bashar to leave syria, when he speaks -- i mean, it's getting -- it's getting concerning, i think at this point, that he didn't have a success in foreign policy, he doesn't have a success in domestic policy? >> well, lou, you know i'v

lou: and then what awaits? >> we could have something steeper them the january correction and that was 6 percent more on the s&p there was the unbelievably powerful historic midterm election year for the market to give back a decent shot 10 percent sunnier as much as 40 percent the average decline is 80% and it has happened every mid term election since 1962 but the good news is every single one of those pat had a huge rally after a dam that was 32%. there is a tendency to get a couple back but equal to have a big rally. but i don't think it is dead right now our canceled -- council is to have a plan. one of the things happening right now is that correlations are coming down. relative to the indices' they are widening out with the environment favorable to individual investors to rebalance and diversification based on if they are overexposed or under exposed. the market 2008 through 2012 was not conducive but now it is. by no means try to tie in a correction because you have to make the decision twice to get out

>> i agree, lou. but, really our response must be a symmetrical and by that, i mean, we've got to come up with the dynamics that played to our advantage and the way you do that, you change it so that geography works for us and my proposal would be to put two carrier battle groups in the mediterranean. there's one there already, the george hw bush is in turkey as we speak. the second carrier can come out of the arabian sea, red sea area, the truman. you add to that the missile firing submarines and with then 86 fleet becomes the most potent wars in the region. you also would redeploy some us air force aircraft into nato bases in the east. that then puts president obama in a very good negotiating position. he then can go back to vladimir putin and say the start vladimir putin withdraw your forces from the ukraine. with a specified timeframe. can i make the if you don't we will take present a sod and his forces down in syria. he went admiral. there is a great deal that frightens me about what you propose

lou 1 -- run. lou: markets in the world, stock down 14%. these are dramatic moves, russia is vulnerable on a certain level. >> well, yes, i do think so. in principle, but i just do not believe that the obama administration can provide sufficient robust leadership to concern europe ane anes to impress sanctions, there is so much that could be done but you hear just cancels visas, they can live without, that you have to hit bank accounts and trade, and kick them out of a g-8, keep them out. and then germans don't top do, that i don't see western unity, but looking atputin, he knows what he wants and he will do what it takes to get it it is a tragedy we have a weak ling are in a president. >> thank you. >> thank you, lou. lou: president obama meeting with his israel's prime minister netanyahu at white house today. there is a end of april deadline for a april agreement on mideast peace, that looks closer, president obama today urging netanyahu to make tough decisions to salvage of process, netanyahu however, sounded pessimistic. >> israel has b

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lou: excellent. just when visitors wantd to hear, averages they are not don much talking peanuts from the first of the year. where is there so much anxiety percolateing right now? >> a lot of people did not believe that market would do that well, now we're heading into year 6. 60% of those bull markets celebrate their 6th birthday, if you thought 21% of good, average is 26%. in the 6 year bu but i think tht people are wondering -- >> too good to be true? >> too well, too good to be true, but that is what keeps bull markets alive. we need some volatility. like what we might get in second quarter. i think to keep investors honest, and not too excited about equities. lou: your council to visitors right now? >> it would be focus on good earnings growth, probably seeing s&p up about 7% on the coming year. because of earning growth. but don't get carried away by the momentum. lou: all right, sam stoval, great to have you here. >> my pleasure. lou: and a reminder listen to my financial reports three times a

lou, back to you. >> lou: eric, thank you. detroit's new police chief, james craig, encouraging his citizens to legally arm themselves. chief craig, telling a local radio station quote you are not going to have time to dial 911, the message should be that people are going to protect themselves. with an average 911 response time in detroit of nearly one hour it seems like sage advice from the city's top cop. stay with us. we are coming right back. much more ahead including. >> when the president has his priorities wrong the nation is in trouble. millionaire populace more zuckerman told us what the president should really be focused on to create jobs to stimulate our economy and keep the nation secure. in the new new york, we don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and y no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free pla

lou: lou: assuming the leader of the free world, this is first and foremost a european problem. and a threat from vladimir putin. on the world are we not hearing more from angela merkel and the other european states, including the uk. >> one reason is energy. and it does from russia and they are afraid of the interruptions. but the real reason is that europe has invented this notion that they are unimportant and the only thing that really matters is the economy and they are simply not psychologically prepared for the levers of effort to cut into the defense budget and they are moving away from any notion of confrontation it was liberated in 1989 and it is terrifying from poland on the way to romania and beyond this around the periphery of russia. the concern about what is going to happen and they are not looking to the europeans for leadership but to the united states for leadership and we are not there. >> we are not there in your assessment. are we likely to be better? and in what direction with that finally be asserted, what direction would take us in the europeans? >> these

lou: and what is assets allocation? give us an example of the alternatives available that you think are the most interesting and attractive from their record standpoint >> of lot of hedge fund managers are offering their strategy to help institutions and endowments and pensions that would hold on to the money for decades now offering those said mutual-fund so smaller investors who have less money who cannot leave that money might need it the next day but have access to the same strategy. that is one of the biggest and easiest access points. lou: cabellas a sense of the risk. >> what did is interesting is we will try to respect for both choices. hold onto your money but if you do once to take a risk we have cool propositions. one thing i thought they would say absolutely die and i have all the creative power which is a nice part of the fox family i block off an elevator on friday and in on chipper newer will give his best 302nd pitch when we get to the floor of the studio there will be a panel of judges who do this for a

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lou: u.s. navy seals going to the rescue of an oil tanker by libyan rebels trying to set its contents on the black market, maybe commandos boarded the ship late yesterday off cyprus. there were no casualties in the operation. well done, seals. malaysian airline officials offering the details of when critical communication systems for disabled or malfunctioned aboard the flight. joining us now is former special agent on the fbi joint terrorism task force. former navy seal, former federal air marshal. it is great to have you with us. >> thank you. lou: this is a mystery of immense proportions, nobody seems to get a handle on it, nobody knowing where to look for the handle, that is why we are delighted to have you with us. very few people have your expertise and experience. what are your thoughts on what happened to that aircraft in those 239 people. >> from an investigative point of view, investigators do not like to let the conspiracies or the theories lead the investigation, we like the evidenc

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lou, back to you. >> lou: eric, thank you. detroit's new police chief, james craig, encouraging his citizens to legally arm themselves. chief craig, telling a local radio station quote you are not going to have time to dial 911, the message should be that people are going to protect themselves. with an average 911 response time in detroit of nearly one hour it seems like sage advice from the city's top cop. stay with us. we are coming right back. much more ahead including. >> when the president has his priorities wrong the nation is in trouble. millionaire populace more zuckerman told us what the president should really be focused on to create jobs to stimulate our economy and keep the nation secure. >> lou: president obama ruling by the yet this week you or the labor department to extend overtime pay requirements aimed at so-called executive or professional employees. this follows the presence phone strategy to raise the minimum wage for federal contract employees to $10.10 an hour from $7.29. is back in 2000 for the business

lou: okay. >> housing is insufficient, wearing over the adequacy of future lou: obama's young invincible spirit is to punish china brings, they are the young invisibles. frank from new jersey writing that since obamacare is a tax on the supreme court, how about we use the honor system for income tax. and save all that money on that corrupt bureaucracy. perry truman, ronald reagan. where are you when we need you. we love hearing from you, send us an e-mail at loudobbs.com we have links to everything. free copies of my new book up evil to the authors of all the comments we read here each night. and the president returning home tomorrow. mr. obama skipped a planned dinner with king abdullah. the white house said it was a logistical issue. the middle east peace talks, and the jaws of american forces of iraq and afghanistan and the ever increasing levels of u.s. oil production now amounting to 10% of the world production. so was after what was a week of european focus and often folly and argely disappointing meetings whether at the nuclear security summit or the european union or the presiden

lou: the house intelligence committee. he's going to become a radio talkshow host, which i think is a highly honorable thing. but i have to say that he's given the republican party only three weeks to come up with another candidate. is there something going on here in the early hours messing about mr. rogers withdrawal? >> it's kind of like in the final hour now republicans have to scramble and we are trying to maintain control of the house and went over the senate. finding who's going to be the successor. so i don't know, there's probably something more going on. maybe you them knowledge that it doesn't want to have her it so you got me on that. >> i don't know, but i want to know more. mike rogers was shaping up as the most orton national security guy in the house will leave him in the lurch. lou: he's also someone who went through a lot of criticism. going into business with people cism.re part of the scope of the going into business with people who are part of the scope of the investigation of benghazi. some people sai

>> it is, lou. i feel for all of those men and women over tre who are still engaged in the fight and they're living in this edge of uncertainty. particularly what general dempsey id about the possibility of afghan forces siding with taliban and turning on our people. these are difficult things for them to be hearing. lot of talk in washington about when the new president gets in afanistan, we'll be able to keep our people there, a security arrangement, i no sure what this white house wants. this president wants to get all of our people out o afghanistan. i think we're going to pay the penalty, lou, in the long term. byot having a presence in afghanist afghanistan. >> we thank you for being with us, bi cowan. >>> tensions flaring in ukraine. president obama focusing on domestic policy and his agenda, going to a restored train depot in minnesota. there to ask congress to update the nation' highw and railways. he talked his $800 billion stimulus package. >> this project symbolizes what's possible. it w

lou, back to you. >> thank you. eric sean. >>> detroit's new police chief, james craig, encouraging his citizens to legally arm themselves. chief craig telling a local radio station, quote, you're not going to have time to dial 9-1-1. the message should be that people are going to protect themselves. and with an average nine 9-1-1 response time in detroit of nearly an hour, it seems like sage advice from the city's top cop. stay with us. we're coming right back. much more ahead including mark zukerman. tells us what the president should really be focussed on to create jobs, to stimulate our economy, and keep the if you wear a denture, take this simple test. press your tongue against it, like this. it moves! do you feel it? it can happen with every denture. these movements may irritate your gums. but you don't have to bear with it. you can try fixodent plus gum care. thanks to its formula, your gums become one with your denture. this helps stop movement and helps prevent gum irritation so you can keep enjoying life.

lou and matt thank you for being here. and lou, let me start with you. i want to confirm what we heard. nobody from the state has ever visited your home? >> no one from the common wealth ever crossed the connecticut border to come see our house, family and neighbors or anything. >> they never talked to your daughters or neighbors or teachers or anybody? >> no. >> they have not do a thorough investigation to find out what coined of people you are and the kind of people they need to be afraid of and jus tina needs to be afraid of no investigation, none? >> none. >> they have taken your daughter from you. i can't imagine how frustrating that is. 14 months you have been without the ability it be with your own daughter and to raise her. tell me the last time you had a chance to visit with her and what you found when you saw her? >> yesterday, we saw her at 1 o'clock, even though for the previous 18 hours we didn't think we were going to so her because of the media exposure and the massachusetts, d~ cf one wanted us to do the visit not in person but in skype.