this is right at the chili )s restarant. boxes nbc bay area )s terry mcsweeney is at the eastridge mall. terry -- that chili )s isa busy restaurant. any evacuations at this hour? peggy/rail new det tonight about the visit conservatve

chili's was having free food for vets and one veteran was questioned about his service and it was reported. management talked about what they're doing to offset the softness, focused on convenience and to-go business and giving consumers the value they crave but the stock keep des cleaning because we don't know if they can deliver. report is in three weeks. can't be super optimistic. darden very exciting. they reported a terrific quarter late last month in addition to a nice top and bottom line beat with stores up, not a great huge number but more than competit competitors. olive garden sales came in higher than the industry average, really big, while longhorn steakhouse outperformed and doing better than anybody else. on much to that, management raised their four years earnings guidance. darden made an acquisition picking up cheddar scratch kitchen. 165 locations and they paid 7$70 million. it will advance earnings by next year. the manager sounded very confident about march and their go-to business was stand out, up 17%. that's how you get a stock to hit 9% on the news. a new all time high yesterday, not many on that list. darden's turn has been