or is the stench of the cologne city lingering. >> i understand it's a bounce-back candidate, but if'm in that area, look at pvh, l brand so consistent. i think there's better players. i'm going to start by saying what i should have said was target, which is a -- and brian cornel, jeremy, where my data living, in oregon. jeremy. >> caller: jim, thanks for taking my call. my question for you today is on okroger. i hold a long position. they have given us about 39 quarter of solid performance. 2015, they beat in just about all of their lop-term guide cran. currently at about 1 1/2 p.e. and 15.2, and 1.7 vls taking those into consideration, i think the company is in good shape. do i simply hold my position? >> here's the issue with kroger, tugly two. one people feel they bit out more than they could chew. second, the quarter was a bit slow from the previous ones, but el know what? they'll fix roundie's by we'rend and you'll be grateful you own kroger. >>> should you be taking a bite of the company behind skinny pop? i'll talk with the ceo. >>> plus the company betting big on virtual rea

spectrum in germany, including the cdu and merkel herself, but these new year's eve assaults in cologne and other citiese outrageous , and the sort of thing you cannot have happened. how much of that was due to this latest influx of refugees, that is another question. they will have to drill down into the details. mainly, last year one million refugees arrived in germany, and that is a large number for germans to handle. .att: thank you so much we will be back in a quick moment. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg markets." let's check in on the first word news this hour. courtney donohoe has more. courtney: peace talks resuming in geneva. they are aimed at ending five years in civil war. the united nations is hoping the negotiations will lead to an agreement within six months. followed by elections one year later. today's talks were described as positive and constructive. 300 refugees have left the camp at the corner of greece and macedonia. they are headed towards the thetier fence dividing countries. 14,000 people are stranded on the greek side. conditions have deteriorated following days of torrential

the company is taking action after the violent sexual attacks against women in the city of cologne.s analyst judith miller joins me now. you know, judy, this story is just unbelievable to me, the mistakes that europe made bringing all of these people in. but tell me, what's the significance of germany now having to say we're going to have segregated cars for women? >> this is exactly the opposite of what germany should be doing. this is the response that an arab, muslim country would have which is we want to keep the sexes separate so that they can be safe, and women can't tempt men. when immigrants, migrants and refugees, come to germany and to other countries in europe, they are supposed to adopt western values. we are not supposed to adopt their values. trish: their values. i mean, it's completely backwards. >> absolutely. trish: why is there this pressure on politicians and -- >> there's tremendous -- absolutely, tremendous pressure on politicians. but some politicians understand that this course is disastrous for germany. for example, the interior minister of germany has now sa

city hall, showing their postal to the plan. -- showing their opposable to the plan. their opposition to the plan. many are worried migrants would flood the district. >> what happened in cologne? >> you are afraid rapists will come here? >> we are not afraid. we think it is possible. reporter: city officials told migrants -- residents that no migrants would be housed in the center, but the association chosen to manage it says no one will be denied access. >> i'm not exaggerating when i say it's going to become a refugee camp. how will we stop refugees from settling around it? reporter: the 16th arrondissement offers only eight beds for homeless people. the capital has over 10,000. 13th, 18th, 19th, 10th arrondissements, there are a lot of homeless shelters. it is only normal that others should share the burden. reporter: they suggested other sites for homeless shelters. according to the city hall, other options were to extensive -- too expensive. there were.: then three in the republican party race for the white house. senator marco rubio was left in no doubt that he will ever catch up on the front runners, failing to win even in his home state, dropping out soon after. tea l