bob evans farm's operates more than 500 restaurants in 18 states.stment management is said to be returning 5.4 billion dollars that it overseas from clients in the coming months. letter toording to a investors obtained by bloomberg news. comes after termination of a deal last week. that is the bloomberg business flash. the government coalition licking its wounds. capturing 35% at the ballot and raising the stakes for the may 22 run out. joining us over the phone is our correspondent. next thank you for joining us. the role of the austrian presidency and why does this election matter? the role is usually only ceremonial. the real government is led by the chancellor and not by the president. however, they both have some symbolic meaning because he can dismiss the government and dissolve parliament. he is also the commander-in-chief. the victory of the freedom party in the first round is emblematic for the lack of support the government now has in the electorate for a number of reasons. >> a lot of people are drawing this to the refugee crisis in europ

. >>> and restaurant operator bob evans farms says it is planning to close 27 locations and lay off 1,100 workers in a move designed to increase profitability. the company does say it hopes to relocate as many of its employees as possible and said it expects to take a charge of up to $8 million related to the restaurant closings. shares down a fraction for the day to 46.95. >>> halliburton will delay the release of first quarter earnings until may 3 as it nears its april 30 deadline to get approvals to complete its merger with baker hughes. separately the company halliburton said it did lay off 6,000 workers in the past quarter. shares of the oil services company dropped nearly 2% to $40.04. >>> a big buy-back to tell you about at honeywell. the company intends to buy back up to $5 billion worth of shares on top of $1 billion previously announced. shares of honeywell off slightly at 113.25. >>> shares of the container store rallied initially in after-hours trading on a solid full-year earnings outlook, the small cap stock also reported a surprise increase in same-store sales. retailer now

go ahead, bob. >> mr. evans, can't the rules be changed in the week preceding the convention?ules committee members are discussing about possible changes to the rules in terms of welcoming or allowing new candidates to come in or raising the threshold that you need for the nomination. >> well, first of all, let me say that i think both louisiana and colorado did prove that donald trump's a neophyte when it came to the republican party rules. it's almost like a baseball game when you get to the seventh inning. >> but can't the rules be changed at the convention. >> -- and started complaining because -- started complaining because what do you mean there's four balls but three strikes. there should be four balls but four strikes. >> the rules -- >> the rules have always been the rules. >> they can be changed though, can they not? >> they can only be changed now by the convention itself, and it won't even be the rules committee. there's been a lot of talk about oh, the rules committee could get together and form all of these rules, but those rules still have to be adopted by the 1

bob barnard, "fox5 local news". . >> tense moments during a congregational hearing on capitol hill. metro manager paul wheatfeld and jack evansere among those that testified on the recent issues with the transit system. when asking ng more money to help fix the problems evans got into heated exchange with mark meadows from north carolina. >> all i'm asking from you is 300 million which is your fair share given the fact we transport 50% of your workforce every day. you want them to be safe. you want this to be reliable. or do you want to leave here like we did in 2005 and do nothing and if we do that next time something happens i'm blaming it on you guys because we need your help. >> and today ntsb revealed meng anical issues that led to smoke incident in la front plaza. general manager paul wheatfeld said the problem is 65% fixed. >> if are you getting fast food chances are you know you're not getting healthyest meal in the world but you may get served harmful chemicals. what are they and where are they coming from? the new study you'll want to see results for coming up next. hey, sue. >> hey there, shawp, update from the wea

bob's reportep and still gorgeous out theregeot right now. n >> so gorgeous. gorous. i'm so glad i missed the cold weather that we had.we >> yeah, right. yea laura evanscame backack and beautiful, caitlin. cai >> it was.>> >> i think we're a little lit jealous. jeal >> i brought some warm weatherew back with me.. >> you d thanks for that, tha laura. yeah, we are warming up day byy day here. wait until you see the seven-day forecast in a bit. tonight great weather and also all about racking that red. r caps game in less than twoha hours now.ho. it guns down at the verizonon center and like i said earlierar all you need is a nice jerseye r as you head out tonighton because it will be a little chilly. still not t-shirt weather allear night long and that kind ofhat f defines the forecast as we go ao forward day by day.y d really chilly nights and mornings. we have frost advisory infr effect for tonight but we alsoot get some really mildeally mild afternoons once that sun comes c out during the day. d let's check temperatures.empe very pleasant.veryas we all made it into the low 60's with the exception of right along the chesapeake.hesa. 63 in washington a

metro board chair jack evans joins us live and talking about the latest smoke incidents and metro problems. >> supreme court could weigh in on burgandy and gold name debate. bob barnard joins us live with that story the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" chris van hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole that would let the nra skirt a new campaign finance law and block gun control. but democrat donna edwards said "no" to the nra loophole and stood up to the gun lobby. and she would ban assault weapons. democrat donna edwards, maryland's next senator. working for us pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> will smith summertime♪ to walk. the cool walk. >> what time will it heat up. >> like this minute? >> it's 6 a5. >> when will we hit 5 and mu muggy. >> early afternoon. >> okay. >> give it a couple hours. >> whipped out of the southwest here. early summer preview. it won't be you know full haze heat and hawtty we get in july. >> we'll wait for that. >> that was something special. >> and 64 now in washington. yes, mild start ov

bob, thank you very much. >>> ringing the bell at the ny, we have lynnette company and up at the nasdaq, it's magyar ba bancorn. >> thank you. mike, welcome to "closing bell" everybody. i'm kelly evansow we're finishing up the day on wall street. 3:00 p.m. the dow was up 100 points. slipping back below the 18,100 mark. still a quaint of .25%. the s&p 2102. nasdaq up 8 point, nin4998. it's about 50 points away from the closing level. now, hold on to your hats. we're about to get a barrage of earnings reports. in fact, six reporters, six boxes, standing by to cover the results for us kayla tausche on amex. phil lebeau on united. john ford on qualcomm. susan lee for young brands and colby reagan covering mattel for us. that hexabox, guys? is that what six is? cnbc senior markets commentator mike santoli here with cnbc contributor carol roth. welcome. more earnings due out today. lindsey bell joins us. and steve vasso will join us in just a amoment. that hexabox. is that six? >> what happened to three? >> i don't know anything in particular happened a eed at 3:. you've had a ke16% move in abou 9 1/2 weeks on the other hand you haven't had any jerky action. clearly, earnings have been go