charles: no to either one, crocs or uggs. stuart: crocs is up 7%. thank you one and all.o watch this video while i explain to you what you are seeing. three men, black friday, huge fistfight, it is a brawl. it started over women's underwear. two women were arguing over the discount underwear bin at victoria's secret. the men stepped in. it escalated into what you're seeing now. what is wrong with these people? dr. keith ablow, fox news medical contributor joins us now. is there anything wrong -- >> how are you? stuart: i'm just fine, thanks. is there anything wrong with these people because you could say thhse men were defending their woman and their honor, couldn't you? >> i guess you could say that, but the stimulus for doing so would seem to be so meager that another explanation is called for, and here's the explanation. if you think of consumer goods when promoted vigorously and when seen as a key to people's self-esteem as a drug, well, then you have people competing not just for that, but for something that people think will be transformational for them. when their

but put a buy on croc, keep dex at a neutral and, you know, i talked to people who like croc, one ofsays the main failure here is one of management communications expectations setting, investor relation and credibility, but also says everything else is okay. inventory's fine. turn that around, look at deckers. loots of inventory, lots of acquisition, still one, i see lots of red flags from people i speak to >> uggs one of the most searched items on cybermonday. >> see what price they are selling them at. in the end, how much money will they make the uggs. >> will he or won't he, richard schultz, the founder, come back and make a bid for best buy? saying he is supposed to be with bankers later this week. there are people i know in the industry say they think he will get a bid done to do whatever needs to be done, make it less depressing under -- under the radar and out of the public eye. >> here's one that's going to be reporting after the bell today and one you watch a lot, green mountain coffee roasters. >> all i have to say about green mountain, they had darn well have a really goo

crocs at grey is slowly burning away.jacqui jeras has the >> and prince william county, a surprising turn of events in the damascus court room. the east coast rapist is back out of the plea deal. we have the latest. >> a very surprising turn of events here the prince william county courthouse in manassas as errant, as the man known as the east coast rapist backed out of a plea deal. he was expected to plead guilty to two cases of rape. from an incident on halloween of 2009 in dale city. but when he was asked how he pleaded, he said i do not know which way is right or not. i am not sure i know what i am doing. after that was dismissed, the reconvened to discuss a future court date. he has a plea hearing set for november 30 and loudoun county for a separate rate. --for a separate rape. his next court date hearing is in prince william county on january 14. after what happened here this morning it is impossible to know what is going to happen later this month. thomas's next court date set for january 13. in manassas, jeff gol

right well i asked him about this they again refused to comment on the investigation that croc had. had brought out reiterating the fact that they were very transparent and that they may at some point look into drone usage in the future they say that they are not. actively searching for joan manufactures to service them with drones they say that they were approached by this drone manufacture and according to the shares apartment there's nothing nefarious however when the sheriff's department comes back with responses that there's no right for the public to know about this and they come out and deny and then later facts come out say that they were dealing with many factures there's still a lot of suspicion within the public and in the press about what their true intentions are now why would the san diego sheriff's department want to keep this a secret from the public. that's right and this is not unprecedented i mean we were remember that up in the seattle police department contracts were being made with drone manufacturers without the public knowledge a lot of backlash so there's al

the looking at the stock on the move looking at crocs they are up 7.5% it is rated at dubai at goldmanom goldman sachs looking at the entire group and locker they like those names. i showed you steve mad and they put a sell rating on that. of the they talk about visibility for earnings of the near-term with the crocs and that could be a near-term cattle list. that is why it has a nice big job. cheryl: time for the west coast minute the housing market getting a boost from china chinese buyers are grabbing holmes a california and nevada by foreclosed homes but some are luxury residences. chinese buyers accounted for 74 billion the sheer the second largest foreign buyer of loathsome the country. the mexico plan from the peanut butter recall has been shut down. the breeding ground from seven outbreak the fda noted there was a history of violations that led to the decision and" end quote. vacation index brings good news. prices are up 1.1%. there of 20% from one year-ago. las vegas is up but they're still below the 2000 levels. he would be fired with any other line of business. why is two 1

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as a cleaning lady, but in a temporary administrative position at an international shoe retailer, croc's. it's not an executive job, but it's a start. >> the fact that i'm actually out there working again, that is very symbolic. it gives me new encouragement, more energy. it gives me the drive that i need to continue on in my job search. >> diane and john like joyce and lincoln, like ann are determined to become self-sufficient once more. one step at a time. they owe it to themselves they say, but most of all, they owe it to their children. >> if this ends the way we hope it all does, a pretty good lesson in this for them. >> yes. if they have adversity in their life, they can say mom and dad stayed together, they pulled through. they persevered. >> as we mentioned earlier, there are signs the economy is improving and life is definitely a little better for at least two of the families we have been following. diane is on her way up once again. she's now managing the day to day operations of a human resources office and her husband john is still working at the running store, but he's study

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. >> because i knew -- normally we're standing around in shorts and crocs while covering this.e now living with it, the devastation is just unimaginable. >> you were there by a hotel, right? but it got battered. >> the folks at the white sands hotel who were really sweet to us. we could not have done our coverage without them. but they had a beach side of their hotel. and then across the street, their spa and stuff. and we were there, and i was there that night when the dune breached. and we had to gather and run like heck. >> do you think we'll stop using the term 100-year storm or storm of the century since we're seeing these? >> i think this is in a sense, the new normal. >> we're going to get to kerry sanders above breezy point, queens, which is one of the hardest hit areas. hey, kerry. >> reporter: let me take you outside and look down here. and what we're looking at here is sort of a combination of that incredible storm surge that came in and rearranged the geography here. such a wall of water built up by this tremendous arrival of sandy. but at the same time, an addition

coincides with the call out of goldman today on consumer discretionary where they recommend names like crocs of the male consumer. they're looking for names more exposed to men than women. it's a little far afield from what you you talk about, but not too much. >> it's very true there's a lot of strength in men because of the shift in fashion and the recession and job market may have felt the pressure to look good and enhance prospects but succeed in the jobs they're doing. there's a new focus on career and looking good. that whole idea of dressing up and putting on a pair of khakis is not cutting in today's more competitive market. people have to spend. >> finally, jim, we got good consumer confidence numbers out today. we've been having a -- in terms of the idea, the psyche of a consumer that shops. we wonder whether or not you think most consumers are aware what the fiscal cliff is. even if they do, if that's weighing on their appetite to spend? what do you think? >> they've got to be aware of it. the fiscal cliff is the y2k of 2000. it's the big gorilla in the room. i hope like y2k it wi