for example, if -- i mean, abercrombie has put shirts i think making fun of various european nationalities. i don't know of any, like, irish people complaining about irish, you know, humor and portraying high risch people in jokes but at the same time, asian people seem to be more offended. so does that mean they still think they're not assimilated into the country? is. >> i think that maybe it's -- it came from probably years of seeing all of the stereotypes and maybe not speaking out and finally there was -- there has been a trend of saying enough is enough. i mean, i think that people were so offended by these -- was it the shirts with the saying no -- two wongs don't make a white? i think that if -- if an ethnic group is particularly upset and offended by some of these jokes, it's important to speak out. because you have to be honest of how you feel. and it just could be that -- see, you mentioned they made jokes of other ethnic groups that it didn't really draw probably -- it didn't evoke as much response if it -- because many caucasian-americans probably do not see themselves as, you

by the way, who knew there was abercrombie and fitch in milan. >>> heads up, married people.for divorce. more couples file for divorce in march than any other month. and the internet searches for the term "divorce" also hit a peak in the month of month. erica, everything okay at home? >> everything is great, but thank you for asking. >>> the huffington post has a list of the healthiest cities according to foursquare. number one on the list, honolulu. gayle, i think we should check that out for ourselves. >> i'm game. always game. a lesson on the power of social media, daily.com focuses on all the websites. it posted a video of a ugandan war lord. the video has gotten millions of hits because of a campaign to try to get him arrested and tried as a war criminal. as we mentioned earlier, apple just introduced the new ipad with a better camera, a crispier screen -- crisper screen. >> it's delicious. >> wall street is not impressed. apple stock gained only 43 cents yesterday and that is long story short. i swear it seems like we just got the apple 2 yesterday. >>> let's go back to

morning.an italian newspaper obtained emails that expose abercrombie and fitch store policies... ssy are just wrong.one policy... punishing employees with push-ups and squats. squats.here's an internal sttre email that was transllted to english. "now every time we make mistake.... we will do tenn push-ups. squats for women. this will bbing aboutta great result: we ill learn more from our mistakes." the email is from a store in milan. 3 a former winner of the t-v show "holland'' next top modell wins a lawsuit... after she was dropped for being too big. elite model managementt rrleased nanda marchildon for having hips that were deemed too wide. the amsterdam district court ruling the twenty-five year old is entitled to her titll and a three-year contract worth nearly one-hundred thousand dollars. according to the ruling... though she gainnd weight after winnnng... ananda had a hip measurement of thirty-six-point-two inches when she won... and elite could not demann that she go down to thirry-five-point-four inches. by the way.... on the u-s size chart 36-point-two inches would be a

that's like newt gingrich saying it's too early to count him out an as abercrombie model.mmy welcomes susan sarandon and adriana lima. that's "late night with jimmy fallon" on your local nbc station. >>> time for a little entertainment news. when it comes to ashton kutcher, rihanna is not talking. at a news conference in london, the singer was asked if kutcher would be joining her on the promotional trip. she brushed it off. she called the question disappointing. >>> speaking of rihanna, "american idol" runner-up clay aiken told andy cohen he thinks the singer wouldn't make it past the first round on "idol." >> oh, clay. come on, clay. really? >>> justin bieber may be facing lawsuits over a twitter prank. earlier this month, bieber posted "call me right now" along with a phone number that left the last -- >> hi, justin. is this you. >> he's only 16. this is what you do when you are 16. only when you have 19 million followers that it's a problem. at least two texas residents want financial compensation for fielding thousands of unwanted calls. >>> lindsay lohan is in court

her ex-husband, received nothing. >>> in britain shall the guardian reports that employees at app abercrombieemployees were forced to do ten pushups every time they messed up. female employees had to do squats. who knew they were in milan? >> we do now. heads up married people. according -- march is a big month for divorce. divor-i-v-o-r-c- d-i-v-o-r-c-e. more couples file for divorce in march than any other month. the term divorce hit a peak in the month of march. everything okay at home? >> you know what, everything is great but thank you for asking. >>> the huffington post has a list of the healthiest cities according to four square. number one on the list, honolulu. gayle, i think we should check that out for ourselves. >> i'm game. always game. a lesson on the power of social media. daily.com focuses on all the websites it does posted a video of joseph kony. few people had heard of him until yesterday. but now that this individual joe has gotten millions of hits because of a campaign to try to get him arrested and tried as a war criminal. as we mentioned early yir, apple introduced the n

there could be a change at every concrete and fitch -- abercrombie and fitch. the retailer is an attractive target for a buyout because it is relatively debt-free. we will get a closer look at housing starts this morning. news of apple's newton evidence helping to drive stocks yesterday. the bloomberg maryland index rising on gains for under armour. this is the first day of spring. the list of cities that will feel allergies the worse. knoxville, tennessee, tops the list. baltimore came in number 84 on the list of the top 100 cities. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> interesting. 84. wow. so stop your complaining. >> 61 degrees on tv hill. we're keeping our eyes on 95 as the funeral procession for major robert marchanti continues to roll on. >> one of the nfl's biggest superstar has gone from a cult to a bronco. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. the big story is the funeral procession for major robert m

that's like newt gingrich saying it's too late to count him out as an abercrombie model. >> that's meand morning everyone. i am ainsley earhardt. fox and friends first starts right now. >> top five stories making news at this hour. president george h. w. bush making his endorsement official in houston today. >> i am an endorsing romney the reason is not only a nominee but he offers a stark contrast to the record. we have a candidate as an alternative reporting an important state in the country has been successful in the private sector and offers a clear alternative the direction this president is going to take our country. >> rubio also reiterating that he has no interest in being the vice president. >>> isn't that what we are supposed to say? not sure i buy that just yet. >> turn to go a serious story it is the ultimate sacrifice. an american soldier loses his life overseas while he saves the life of a young afghan girl. specialist dennis ycal of rhode island was with his unit and saw an armored truck moving in the way of the girl the truck ended up hitting him and killing him. he was

>> abercrombie and fitch.ay there was chatter about this being an lbo candidate and talking about the fact that analysts are forecasting high and growing ebitda over the coming years and trading at a discount. you might want to discount that because they are locked into long-term leases in europe and of course they are seeing euro weakness. i would say don't chase. don't buy calls. fade that. if you own the stock, look at selling the calls. that gives you more than 10% in less than two months and a stand still yield of about 5%. >> catch more options actions on friday. follow us on twitter as well to get constant trade updates. coming up next, the best way to trade may not be what you think. job brown is out of trade school when we come back. >>> trading commodities. are you better off buying a stock or etn? advice from the new book, back owned a stock over a note whenever possible. explain this. why? >> we have been so overe tfed since january one. 48 in february alone. i think there is a little bewilderment

neil abercrombie, i heard him give a great speech or month or so ago at the democratic governors associationhere used to be this collegiality, stability to a together until new gingrich became speaker and that is when i started. and if you go back, and fat i give the list. newt actually published a list of words for its members. these are the words you use when you talk about republicans. trustworthy, whatever. boy scout words in these are the words you use if you're attacking the democrats. lazy, un-american. and for him, it was 24/7 campaigning. you never abandon your campaign mode. even after the campaign was over. and that has remained that way today. and the worst of the worst or the tea partiers. you know, boehner would make the deal. i mean, for me that would say something nice. he is at that old school, but he wouldn't know it because he's not in charge right now. she's totally, totally being led around by the tea party freshmen who are no compromise, not with republicans, not with democrats. but i was in college they used to call this connor democrats because we better go off the cl

that's like newt gingrich saying it's too early to count him out as an abercrombie model. [ laughternot gonna happen. [ applause ] >> steve: "i'm seein' a trainer." >> jimmy: this is exciting, you guys. the jackpot for the mega millions lottery has reached a record $500 million. [ cheers and applause ] or as mitt romney calls that, one more beach house. [ laughter ] this is a nice story, you guys. a high school here in new york is asking knicks point guard jeremy lin to speak at its graduation. that's right. lin plans on telling the kids they can be anything they dream of -- for about two weeks. [ laughter ] anything -- just dream it and two weeks you can do it. this is a kind of interesting story. did you hear about this? alicia silverstone? she's making news. she's feeding her son by chewing his food and then passing it into his mouth. [ audience groans ] even birds are like, "just buy some gerber, you weirdo." [ laughter ] the birds -- they don't even respect it. they go, "this is too weird." >> sve: wow. >> jimmy: some business news here. this week, walt disney's stock reached it

>> abercrombie & fitch makes sense because they have a brand and that's the only place you can get it sense because it's a brand. but, yeah, to buy -- >> it's also an experience, though? a tiffany's is an experience as well that goes to the service, the exclusivity, the whole experience. >> absolutely. >> all right. michael, thanks very much. good to see you again. appreciate it. up next, investing in america, retail vacancies falling, rents rising. diana olick will tell you why reits might be a sweets. and brian shactman will report on u.s. auto dealerships. >>> here's the year-to-date heat map of the dow 30. best performer, bank of america, up 70%. follow closely by jpmorgan and microsoft. with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. >>> coming up on a megamadness e

benefitting from teens trading down from the now aspirational abercrombie & fitch.e trading up nicely. buckle shares up almost 9%. remember walmart no longer reports same store sales but the world's largest retailer announced 38th straight annual dividend increase. shares are taking a bit of a hit, down .5%. tyler. >> thank you very much, courtney. we appreciate that report. housing continues to be a major drag on americans and the economy. new data out today showing despite delays in processing, sales of foreclosed homes are ramping up. so what's this mean for the housing market? diana olick joins us. diana. >> well, tyler, you're right. there are some delays still do exist. but banks are really starting to motor through millions of delinquent loans now. that has led to a rise in foreclosure sales in q-4. that has a direct effect on home prices in neighborhoods like this one across america. in fact we learned today that negative equity rose from 10.7 million homes in q-3 to 11.4 million in q-4. that's all about price erosion. sales of properties in some stage of fo