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j. crew>> j. crew also has the presidential seal of approval. alina cho taking us behind the seams to visit with mickey drexler the company's highly unorthodox ceo. >> you remember michelle obama wearing j. crew. it was already hot. but j. crew, keep in mind, wasn't always so successful. it was back when we were in college, remember that, when we ordered those barn jacket and cowl neck sweaters from the j. crew catalog. j. crew was hot and then it was not and now it is hot again sdmats and that's largely because of the man at the helm. it's something i have never seen. watch. >> can i have your attention, please. >> reporter: meet america's merchant prince. >> if anyone can just bring in best sellers. >> reporter: he's mickey drexler, ceo of j. crew. >> things that are new, new trend. >> reporter: the racks keep come rolling in. >> the green is doing half the sales as the white blouse. >> reporter: why the intercom? >> just why you don't see any walls here. because i think most organizations

j. crew's sales have tripled to $1.8 billion.i'm guessing about $60,000. >> actually, this is a j. crew ensemble. >> really? wow. [ applause ] >> reporter: you call her an act of god? >> yeah. look, you can't argue with that kind of publicity. >> reporter: the secret, a big splash of color. j. crew's signature. >> when you buy something like this, you're competing with 50 other retailers and half have it on sale. >> reporter: that's why you've got this? >> we've got this. look, color is a competitive advantage for us. >> reporter: he created crewcuts for kids. bridal, jewelry, and everywhere there's sparkle. 233 stores nationwide. they're in canada and have their sights set on china, too. this season for the first time, jcrew presented its latest collection under the fashion tents. six-foot-tall jenna lyons is the resident cool girl. j. crew's president. >> i sort of joke that i'm like the road signs. don't do, that let's do more of that. stay here, no, stop. you know, it's maybe little of that that keeps everything coming out th

did you hear that color is a competitive advantage for j. crew but what about a competitive advantage for the united states to talk about what that looks like and what answers we should be looking for that we can find in j. crew reports on c.n.n. is timothy a canobie he's a professor of international economic law at chapman university i appreciate you being on the show. i wanted to ask we have heard president obama when he announced his jobs plan make the comparison of the united states needing high speed rail in the same way that china does but the u.s. makes a fraction of the investment on figured out example that kind of infrastructure so is this comparison simply rhetoric. well unfortunately the time to have made the comparison would have been a couple of years ago when president obama had a greater command in congress with the democrats. majority in both houses at this point it does come across to a lot of people's rhetoric because there's clearly a political gridlock and it's. futile to expect the republicans in the house to just go along w

color is a competitive advantage for j. crew but to find out what would be a competitive advantage for the united states earlier i spoke with timothy a no by he's professor of international economic law at chapman university now we've heard obama make comparisons of the u.s. needing high speed rail was one example i started out with in the way that china does but the u.s. makes a fraction of the investment in that kind of infrastructure so i asked is this comparison simply rhetoric. well unfortunately the time to have made the comparison would have been a couple of years ago when president obama had a greater command in congress with the democrats. the majority in both houses at this point it does come across to a lot of people's rhetoric because there's clearly a political gridlock and it seems futile to expect the republicans in the house to just go along with these proposals now send the united big band looking to china for an example of how do invest in infrastructure there they invest a lot more money to start with i mean f

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for retail giant j. crew. >> accomplished definitely.uld say that's a very good word to hdescribe how i feel. >> reporter: it's been costly, though. to earn her master's in fashion design at drexler, rebecca took on student loans from the federal government and private lenders, even with help from her parents. the three-year program left her with debt approaching six figures. >> i have some really dark moments about it, that's for sure. it it's overwhelming. it it it's overwhelming, and it it's extreme, it it's a lot of money and i just have to try to ultimately stay positive to know that i will get through it and i will make it work. >> reporter: the working world requires ambitious responsible americans lycra beck ka to assume mountains of debt to gain the education their careers demand. that debt load for students at graduation is $27,000 on average. adding education loans their parents take on, the figure jumps to 34,000. pile all those loans together, and student loan debt now exceeds credit card debt. >> student loan debt is having

heats up we also take a look at how the mainstream media is ignoring global change such things as j. crew taken its place. good afternoon it is wednesday september fourteenth it's four pm here in washington d.c. i'm laura. mr and you're watching our team all right today moody's ratings agency cut the ratings for two large french banks the reason is because they're saddled with a greek debt this as the greece nears default and its leaders talk with germany and france about rescue meanwhile china says it's willing to help it will support europe and buy bonds from nations facing a debt crisis and hold on it's not just china together the brics nations the developing nations brazil russia india china they're coming up with their own rescue plan could developing nations be the saviors of the developed world and what does this all mean for the u.s. china is of course the largest creditor for the u.s. and also the u.s. economy could pay the price of recession for a greek default some analysts say if this is a tipping point for a double dip to mr kofi yunus economic blogger and r t contributor is

and all of those years of watching his wife go to j crew. >> all of the work that bill will have ahead of him. >> the great thing about obama is he is 50. he could play himself in the movies about him. isn't that awesome? >> it would be an excuse to buy some just for men. it is happening. >> from feeling stale to tattle tails. can they beat the right with a cry baby site? the team is confronting what they call lies with on-line cries. setting up attack watchdog .com made by everybody else. in an e-mail they wrote, quote, there are a lot of other folks chomping. >> chiming? joy chomping at the bit. >> the tag line, get the truth and a sandwich they are linked to analysis to things like media matters, of course, and articles of news sites and obama is rad report .org. meanwhile, back in my apartment. >> i told julio not to touch that stuff. my work pays for that stuff. >> is this a wise idea or do they all look like babies? >> i thought the economy was doing terribly. apparently if you compare it to the great depression. this enhances the president saying there are rumors out there. like

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. >> this is a j crew ensemble.stuff online. >> kate middleton makes all the tabloids when she pushes her own grocery cart. beyond the desire to break out of the bubble doing ordinary things in tough economic times can be good for i public image. >> great pr because they say look, on this trip and others, we know what's going on outside the gates of the white house. >> it's not gist mrs. obama. others have wanted to get out too. hillary clinton was seen walking outside the white house. laura bush was at a pottery barn and there weren't any pictures of that. >> here's a question. will nelson mandela's grandchildren be the next reality tv stars? elton john returns to vegas and now it was nick cage and another celebrity bears ay is semblance to a photo. next on the pop culture columnist. let's start off with mandela's grandchildren. >> headed for reality television. he confirmed that three of his now grown grandchildren will be on a reality show. they actually grew up in the united states and moved back to south africa

main engines, and on top of the accord is the second stage and an improved j-2x, which is already under development, then the crew module on the top with this case -- escape system. now, what this does, is, you'll remember in the aftermath of the destruction of the space-bar columbia, -- space shuttle columbia, the emerald said you fly the shuttle as long as you have to -- the admiral said he fled the subtle as long as you have to to build the space station in building the space station, and replace it with a -- space station. you build the space station, and replace it with a safer rocket. that is how this is designed, with the crew on top of the rocket, with the ability to risk it. on the path, if there is an explosion, as well as all the way to orbit. so, i cannot say enough good things about the lady that is standing here next to me, kay bailey hutchison has truly been a leader in not only our space subcommittee, but as the ranking member of the full committee. she, in large part, has brought us to this day. kay is claimed to speak in a minute, but we want the -- is going to speak in a minute, but we want the

and on top of the core then is the second stage, an improved j 2 x that's already under development, and then the crew module in the top with the escape system. now, what this does is, you remember in the aftermath of the destruction of the space shuttle columbia, the gamen commission, he said you nigh the shuttle as long as you have to in order to build the space station because of the components designed to fit into the cargo bay. you replace it with a safer rocket. that's what they are doing with the commercial rockets and that's how this is designed. with the crew on the top of the rocket with the ability to escape. on the path, if there's an explosion as well as all the way to orbit. so i can't say enough good things about the lady that's standing here next to me. kay bailey hutchison has truly been a leader not only as our space station -- committee and she in large part has brought us to this day. kay is going to speak in a minute, but we want the explanation of the entire system to come from the number one person at nasa, the administrator at nasa, mr. charlie bolden. >> thank you, senator. i