record stores, and it's not like i ever actually decided to stop heading out to power records or circuit city. i just looked up one day and i was ordering most of my cd's online and downloading then digitally and then tower and most of the music stores were history. think about it. did you consciously decide to abandon your beloved blockbuster or did netflix or on demand make it too easy to get your movies at home. that's what barnes & nobles are up against. sure, people love bookstores but most will be seduced by the convenience of the ebook, as in i've got 40 or 50 books on this iphone. why would i ever buy print again. the still only 3% of the market on vinyl records, but somebody's making money on them. just not the big box tower and records, barnes & noble sort of money. books are for everyone but having the actual time and energy to go somewhere to buy one, i'm thinking sooner rather than later that will be only for the few folks too loyal or too stub tborn born to -- stubborn to change. >> that makes me sad. derek is saying maybe the small places will stay. >> maybe. i'm pretty sad abo

people think it is a border's or circuit city twin.s are coming down and bed bath is cheap and too cheap for management to ignore. i think you would get a nice pop if they decide to take themselves private. bottom line, hess maybe it is time to take matters into their own hands and join into the parade. hain, deckers, dsd, fortune brands and bed, bath and bebeyond. don't just stand there, do something. "mad money" is back after the break. keep up with cramer all day long. follow on twitter. >>> it's happening the revolution in oil and gas is happening. you just need to know where to look for it. today we saw it in valero. which reported phenomenal earnings this morning thanks to the great boom in us oil and gas drill. the best 4th quarter since 2005 flt when cars were g s gus elli said quote we released all imported light crude oils since we expect u.s. and canadian crude oils to be available we are increasing these cost advantage crudes throughout our remaining system. end quote. in other words, because of the shale and so many other

circuit city went out a few years ago. fighters are now we will look back.arget deal where they were running the target mobile. the bigger story is dell's growth is stagnant and i think that's a big problem. gerri: thank you for coming on tonight. >> my pleasure, thank you. gerri: while apple struggles, the world's largest largest retailer and private employer is making a major announcement. wal-mart pledging to sell more made in america products and hire more than 100,000 veterans. he brings us to tonight's top five. the most military friendly employers and this is according to the g.i. jobs magazine. number five is burlington northern santa fe. since 2005 from the railway company says that they have hired more than 5000 veterans. number four is alexander hamilton. 25,000 employees are veterans. number four is beloit. they offer clear guidance. and number three is csx. number one is usaa. the company recently started to combat claims the initiative, which trains veterans to become insurance adjusters. 20% of employees are veterans or in many are the people

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. >> this is typically not the investor of best buy or circuit city or barnes & noble but from the consumer looking at where consumers shops. clearly going on-line. as far as the amount of money, you still are barely breaking 10% of retail sales. so if you think about the amount of time people spend on line -- >> and if rocky was here, jason, would he slather all over amazon's model and say what a great company he thought it was, and it is. >> he was going to be here. >> yes, he was. and it is a great company. but here is a thing to your point, jason. about $5 billion in annual revenue and about 2 billion in -- that is miserable. no there is no margin. do they ever get pricing power? >> i don't think it is about pricing power. what we are seeing now with this sifting more to a marketplace. if you think about the original ebay, right? ebay was a business where they don't take inventory risks. they are a marketplace putting together buyers and sellers. amazon is a retailer using an on-line distribution channel. as they are increasing percent of mix toward a third party that makes them to be t

continually saw they were actually able to fill those spots as occasionally they would have a circuit cityns and things, something like that, and yet they were able to lease those stores right back again and, in fact, the whole space has done pretty well. what's going to change now? >> well, one thing that's happening is the rent at which they're leasing that space have, are down substantially from 2009 and are not recovering. i used to work on union square in san francisco, some of the premier retail space in america and there are lots and lots of openings. the building across the street, right on the same corner with the apple store and with the mall, stayed vacant for two years and it's prime retail space. so, there are over 200 malls in the united states, over a quarter of a million square feet, that are over 35% vacant. you walk into a mall that's over 35% vacant and it's a ghost town. >> right. all right, jeff, we're going to leave it there. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> jeff jordan. >> galleria. when you go to chess king and you walk into the galleria mall -- >> i was a

a wonderful study, jackson famously asked the question, in the circuit city are you most like he to die in a pool of blood? that's how he puts it to his audiences and they compared murdered by strangers, crying to car crashes in portland, vancouver and seattle in your 15% safer in the inner-city than in the wealthy suburbs because the combination of those two. and finally, asthma. talks about asthma? 14 americans die every day to day basis, to huge amount. three times the rate of the 90s entirely due to automotive exhaust. 90 whatever%. pollution is that what used to be. thickest places are those which are the most car dependent. in phoenix full text four months months out of the here to help the people are not supposed to leave houses because of the amount of trading going on. what's the solution? the city. finally, the most interesting discussion may be is the environmental discussion, which has turned 180 degrees in the last 10 years. even within the carbon footprint in the project which maps are carbon footprints are purebred is bad, green is good. look at the united states and it l

the safety service -- city circuit, position, speed, and control of the power to the motor. >> here is a really interesting piece of historic machinery. tell us about this. >> this is one of the main safety devices of the elevator system, and the device still exists today even on modern elevators. it detects if the elevator is going into unsafe over speed conditions. it is attached to the road itself, and the car over speeds, bees fly balls would come out, and the governor jobs would come out and grab on to the governor wrote, which would hold the break or the safety on the elevator to cause it to stop. >> if you have problems, i see right here, we call garfield 7171 for service. member that is right. operators standing by. >> from here, we are going to look at those wonderful elevators that go of the outside of the high rise building that everyone wants to take a ride in. >> let's go do that. >> here we are in the most exciting elevator in the city of san francisco. this is the outside elevator that goes into the 32nd floor. tell us about this. >> we are in one of the tower elevators

we're not anywhere close to the point that circuit city was burning cash and the clock was ticking.l vendor basis, not changed. >> thank you, colin. >>> brian shactman has a quick market flash for us. >> corning down 4%. interesting moves by goldman sachs. right after christmas they reduced across the board. today, two weeks later, they've downgraded it to neutral from buy. they further reduced the price target to $14. back to you. >> brian, thanks so much for that. >>> it is pay day, although that's usually a reason to be happy, some people's paychecks are putting them in a very bad mood today. we'll tell you why. >>> a little bit later, why one of apple's biggest problems might just be best buy. we're back after a break. mine was earned in djibouti, africa, 2004. the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legac

i don't think so, but that the circuit city has., all of the judges said what do you people there at the local level inc. when you enforce these kinds of federal laws? you don't have to. the reason why this matters is the heritage foundation has had over criminalization workgroup for the past 15, 20 years and it's never gone anywhere. but it might go some place if local officials could stop themselves from cooperating with the feds in enforcing these ludicrous federal laws. many of them would turn into the press releases that they deserve to be. and if they stop doing so here, that will be progress to my mind. now there's a much bigger problem are much bigger implication here that comes to that if you ask yourself, why is it the united this constitution has this regime, preemption yes, no. there is a descendent of the prints case that addresses the question that may just inspire convergences prior south along the following lines. though, many federal systems in the world rely on commandeering on the execution of federal orders by st

troops over the surprise russian one two comes with a timely basis as the world cup circuit moved to the olympic city of sochi for the final stage next month. thanks. but on saturday former italy and you venters great alexandro del piero recalled his world cup winning form as the thirty eight year old struck a career first four times in sydney's seven one drubbing of wellington phoenix in australia it was the home side biggest ever win in the elite del piero taking his tally to nine goals so far this season. thanks. then on sunday second seed maria sharapova strolled into the quarterfinals of the australian open as the russian brushed aside the belgian custom fifteen six six one six flags the four time grand slam winner has dropped just five games in melbourne so far after winning both her opening matches to love the last time a player won back to back matches at a major tournament without dropping a game it's a strain when he turnbull twenty eight years ago. and also on a bumper sunday top seed novak djokovic survived an almighty scares the defending champion battled back from. six one five two down

city. >> we basically last year rebuilt the entire electrical circuit that serves candle stick. >> reporter: candle stick is lit by 6,000 kilowats of voltage. >> last night we worked with the city to basically turn all the lights on in the stadium and similar simulate that game night load. >> it's winner takes all right. everything is on the line. >> the goal is a smooth experience here for the 65,000 to 66,000 football fans expected tomorrow. >> we're certainly not green bay but i will caution people to make sure you dress to peel. you come out in layers. candle stick with a 5:00 start will be a little chilly. >> the team has another season here before it moves to santa clara. >> our guys and gals are doing a magnificent job down there in santa clara in getting that stadium ready. so i'll be very excited not to have to deal with some of the challenges that we have at candle stick. >>> san francisco police will have a big presence out here tomorrow with uniformed and plain clothed police officers dressed as green bay and 49er fans to help keep the peace during tomorrow's game. david stevens

circuit courts open late. stafford county public schools will open two hours late. fairfax cityent is open with liberal leave. fairfax county government also open with unscheduled leave had. pay attention if you take public transit to work. the loudoun county commuter bus service is delayed until 10:00 and the omni link will be running on a three-hour delay today. >> let's find out what's causing the mess had morning. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking the forecast. >> we have a weak warm front pushing through and warm air aloft but it's cold at the surface. just cold enough aloft up there at a few thousand feet for it to be falling is snow right now. the areas in white on storm team 4 radar, look close at the radar. right now in northern loudoun county into much of western fairfax and into loudoun county, northern fauquier, there is light snow mixing with sleet. sleet are the little tiny balls of ice that fall down and hit the ground and bounce around. the areas in the brighter white from reston to the beltway near great falls, they're getting wet snow there and li

on the circuit decision at the beginning of december to limit the number of days the union flag flies at city hall but in what's been the most sustained outbreak of violence since the one nine hundred ninety eight good friday it's clear that the problems run much deeper one of the protesters here asking. just a wonderful. one are in pace to get off their backs age peter robinson least you're not really not them he was the one that had to start. for us to come out on the street to protest against. a nice set of banks a very retail wall of flack. rubbish and. you know but when he wanted also it on the streets for his own actions. we can make for the thing the protesters would predict that any kind of compromise when it comes to this is the flying the flag of it's the flag turn not said. we know we're not going to get back up to normal action because it's the majority really. uneasy nudist or ins now holds to try to reengage politically but we're told much more will need to be done there be no quick fixes here i don't think there's any silver bullet i think there's so many different things need

right now it looks like we're just going to be doing a festival circuit, so it will be going from citycity and eventually i'm sure we'll do an online distribution. >> so you can come watch it in my office, it's really good. you should watch it. really, really fantastic. really, really interesting. spencer gillis the writer director of the "gun." >>> and we'll look at the helicopter crash that took place in the heart of london, two people were killed in that. >>> and division i schools spending more money on athletes than on education. is it fair? is it smart? it's our "tough call" and that's coming up. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms... then he gave me some blood tests. showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number -- not just me. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% (testosterone gel). the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy, increases testosterone when used daily. women a

circuits in computers and cell phones. our journey started beside lake kivu in the teeming city of bukavu. eastern congo is spectacular, remote, and lawless. to get to the gold fields, we traveled through territory controlled by one militia, then another. we found this gold mine on the mwana river in the province of south kivu. the first thing you notice are the children. families set them to work early, and for many, it's the only life they'll know. their method is at least 2,000 years old. they lay blankets in the riverbed and let the sediment collect in the fibers. the blankets are wrung out, and somewhere in all that mud is treasure. they mix mercury into the sediment, which chemically binds the gold together, and then they simply burn the mercury away. no one worries too much about the toxic fumes; the neurological damage from mercury may not show up for years. and you pour that out there? and there it is. there it is, about a quarter the size of a pencil eraser, but it's gold. how much is this worth? >> he say this can be maybe five dollar. >> this could be worth $5? clink! that's a

circuit court. bob good to see you. >> thanks. >> violence in celebrations following a judge's ruling in egypt. this the scene as deadly riots broke out in the city of where it all started after a judge sentenced 21 peep to the death penalty for their roles in a massive stalker riot last year. the military moved in to calm the crowds after rioterers tried to storm a prison housing the defendant. family members of those killed in the soccer stadium celebrated word of the death sentences. 74 people you may remember died last february when crowds stormed the field after the game. a fight between the rival fans escalated into deadly violence. >>> washington on high alert. new evidence showing north korea may be on the verge of conducting yet another nuclear test. this is satellite image reportedly of a site where nuclear tests have been conducted before. that image shows trucks moving in and around the tunnels and those tunnels being sealed all happening within the past month. thoert korea could mover forward with plans weeks from now. >> protestors using more than just their voices to raise awareness of poverty issues at the world's economic forum i

circuit and was an economic necessity as settled a lie. while they could generate sufficient income from an extensive clientele and the growing cities of st. louis and columbus, lincoln and his fellow lawyers have to move around the state trying thousands of small cases to make a living. when the judge started out, he too road which he acknowledged in one of the letters to his wife saying lincoln would be engaged six weeks here before he gets home, just like old times. in the era when travel was small and arduous labor separated from their families for long periods of time. he was a breed of from francis as much if not more than they were separated from marriage yet no one questioned the death of his love for his wife and family. in part because the letters they wrote have survived allowing us to cross the boundaries of time and space and feel the emotional bond between the two. in contrast only a handful of letters exist between mary and abraham while they reveal the flirtation and teasing they represent only a short period in their lives. the rest is lost to history either because they do not write off the war because they do not say wha

city fathers would pass that? >> well, recently the 7th circuit court of appeals, the federal courts ruled that the state of illinoisays to come up with some sort of workable law to take over courts invalidated unlawful use of a weapons law. >> steve: let's see if they do something because it's a dire situation in chicago. we thank you very much for joining us from the windy city. >> thank you very much. >> steve: straight ahead, what your flight attendant won't tell you, like how to get a free upgrade. could be impacted by what you're wearing. then another example of your tax dollars at work, hard at work, why is welfare money being spent at strip joints you've reached e where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. sowhy let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avo

circuit in the country. their interpretation of what habeas corpus means will allow nazi germany to hold people in concentration camps. guantanamo is fundamentally wrong. of the 100 cities -- of the one of the 66 people held there, half of them have been cleared. we are holding people we should not hold. that is crazy. we say we should hold them because it is politically inconvenient to let them go? it is just wrong, absolutely wrong. guantanamo is. over christmas, i was away and i happened to be at a dinner and a young girl was there, her 13th birthday, her mother introduced us and said tom was the lead lawyer in the guantanamo case before the supreme court and she said, what is guantanamo? she did not know what guantanamo was and i was hurt that she did not know who i was. [laughter] it is more important that it had become the new normal. she said guantanamo was not something on her radar screen. she knew about gun violence. she knew about trafficking of women. she knew about other issues. she even knew some things about the fiscal cliff and the economy but she did not know about guantanamo. it had disappeared. i'm not going to say anything more relevant. guantanamo c

city of richmond case where minority set asides were struck. that downward trend is pretty much where we are. in job discriminations in this circuit for example, there was this case, ash v. tyson foods, in which the 11th circuit held that it's not enough for the female around black plaintiff -- or black plaintiff to prove that he or she have qualifications equal to those or better than those of a white or male comparative. their qualifications, said the court, must be so or far superior that they jump off the page and slap you in the face. well, there was a visitation by the supreme court on that issue. and even this hostile supreme court said, now, that's a bit too much. it doesn't, it's not helpful and imprecise as a formula. so we're going to send it back to you and let you reconsider it. and so the case came back, and the 11th circuit panel says, well, we've looked at it, and while we're not going to use the jump off the page and slap you in the face formula, statement anymore, the standard is the same. and this time the supreme court denied cert. there was another case associated with ash versus tyson foods where the 11th cir

city of richmond case where the minority set aside or struck. that downward trend is pretty much where we are in the job discrimination and the circuit for examplethere was a case at tyson foods and which the 11th circuit held that it's not enough for the female or black plaintiff to prove that he or she held qualifications equal to those or better than those other white or male competitive. their qualifications must be so far superior that they jump off the page and slap you in the face. well, there was a visitation by the supreme court on that issue and even this hostile supreme court -- it is as a formula so e are going to send it back to you and that you reconsider at. so the case can beckon to the 11th circuit panel says we looked at it and why we are not going to use the formula statement anymore, the standard is the same. and this time the supreme court denies where the 11th circuit had a jury verdict to claim to the white supervisor who didn't end the division had referred to him as boy on the job and in the presence of his wife. the 11th circuit initially held the board of reference could not be used as a racial element in the there was

circuit in the country. their interpretation of what habeas corpus means will allow nazi germany to hold people in concentration camps. quantum -- guantanamo is fundamentally wrong. of the 100 cities -- of the one of the 66 people held there, half of them have been cleared. we are holding people we should not hold. that is crazy. we say we should hold them because it is politically inconvenient to let them go? it is just wrong, absolutely wrong. guantanamo is. over christmas, i was away and i happened to be at a dinner and a young girl was there, her 13th birthday, her mother introduced us and said tom was the lead lawyer in the guantanamo case before the supreme court and she said, what is guantanamo? she did not know what guantanamo was and i was hurt that she did not know who i was. [laughter] it is more important that it had become the new normal. she said guantanamo was not something on her radar screen. she knew about gun violence. she knew about trafficking of women. she knew about other issues. she even knew some things about the fiscal cliff and the economy but she did not know about guantanamo. it had disappeared. to any -- i'm not going to say anything more relevant. gu