a great get away. >> thank you so much courtney scott.preciate it as always. >> can't wait for spring break. >> 54 after the top of the hour. still ahead he was walking 10 miles in the snow to interview for a low aipaying job how a chance encounter landed this teenager a much better job. we told you about this massachusetts school sending home letters to parents about their kids being fat. we asked you if you think the fat letters are just fine or over the line? we are reading your tweets and e-mails up next. i do a lot of research on angie's list before i do any projects on my own. at angie's list, you'll find reviews written by people just like you. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. >> two minutes till the top of the hour. let's look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a restaurant owner hires a teen who he saw walking ten miles through the snow for a job interview. >> here's a kid walking almost ten miles in the ice and slush and s

courtney? >> scott, this is largely a contractual dispute.s involved make this case very intriguing and at times even personal. now lundgren told the court when martha stewart entered into the deal, she was just coming out of jail, wanted to have a higher quality product. macy's wanted an exclusive long-term contract with the ability to renew. because of the fact that this takes a very long time to build a business and market a line like this. lundgren continued to explain that martha stewart's company came back and said at some point if she wanted to build a free-standing store, would she be able to do so? lundgren said yes, the context would be a free-standing store full-priced line product to elevate the brand. much like tommy hilfiger does, inside macy's and separately on mad son avenue. lundgren talked about importance of the product line, saying she is the largest vender in home and they built the line from scratch to a multimillion dollar business and that sales growth outpaces the rest of the store. employees are told to prioritize is

you want a nice vacation and expensive and courtney scott. senior editor travelocity.e chatting and if you still want the snow and adventure. you have those and warm climate stuff. let's start with the snow, jackson hole, wyoming. >> yeah, a mix of everything and this is a big ski adventure in jackson hole. 603 dollars, the flight and five nights stay at grand view lodge. jackson hole had 24 feet of snow this year and puts them at the top of the list for accumulation in all of the rocky mountains and ranked number one by ski magazine for overall satisfaction, for character, and speaking of character, grand view lodge has a ton of it. in a one bedroom condo, indoor fireplace and a great deal. >> years ago i did a western adventure piece and stayed there. they have like outdoor spas and hot tubs and right there at the base of the mountain. >> yeah, it's close to jackson, old town square, too, which is great. >> and washington d.c. during the cherry blossom festival. >> it's a must once in a your life and takes off march 20th. this deal is kind of in the peak season march

courtney. >> good morning, scott.ell viewers that our david faber will interview meg whitman in an hour from now. futures are higher today after stocks fell for a second straight day. however, we did close the day off the lows at the very least so things weren't as bad as could have been expected. however, we had disappointing data for manufacturing in both europe and the u.s. the dow posted its worst two-day drop of the year. broader s&p index set for its first weekly loss in the past eight weeks. no economic data today. earnings from abercrombie & fitch will steer the markets. dow fell nearly 47 points and will open trade today at 13,880. nasdaq fell to 3131. futures are higher going into the opening bell. >> we'll watch for that whitman interview. looking ahead to next week, apple holds its shareholders meeting and one shareholder in particular wants your attention. david einhorn held a strategy meeting thursday trying to rally other shareholders into pressuring apple to create a special class of stock which would

scott, back to you. >> courtney, thank you. jon and laura, sign of the times for you or perhaps an anti-sign of the times. mike inouye snapped this picture at the old solyndra plant yesterday as workers took down the solyndra sign. seagate brought the building for $99 $90 million. it cost $300 million to build. good deal for them. it will continue to be used but the letters are coming down. >> at least something will go back in there. thanks very much. >>> 5:15 right now. christina loren is back to tell us about a decent day out there. not as foggy as yesterday. >> not as foggy right at the surface but dreary and overcast. cloudy. you know what? we'll bring the sunshine back tomorrow. that's something to look forward to. 5:16 now. a live look outside at sfo. we had flight delays yesterday starting at 7:00 a.m. one-hour delays continued until noon because of that thick fog. this morning even though the fog isn't right at the surface, we're probably still going to see flight delays. we'll check on those for you all morning long a

scott, back to you. >> courtney, thank you very much. now we do expect american airlines will announce later this morning the finalized deal with us airways to form the biggest airline. it will be called american but more us airways in the new ceo is old ceo from us airways. we saw united combine with continental. delta deal worked out well. so far that united deal has not worked out at all. what it will do for american, we'll find out eventually. >> all right. thank you so much. >> thanks a lot. we'll find out how it affects our ticket prices as well. 5:14. christina loren, it sounds like we couldn't ask for a better day for valentine's day. >> especially if maybe you forgot about valentine's. somebody out there, you did. you still have time for breakfast in bed. let's take you outside and show you what it looks like. beautiful san jose. 5:14. a little bit of fog by 10:00. all of it will be gone and temperatures will soar today under full sunshine. that sun will be out quickly. i don't know about you, yesterday it was warm where i live

scott? >> that will be exciting. courtney, thank. big hitters coming up later in the week.ck of these companies a buy right now? let's start talking numbers. macy's versus j.c. penney and abigail, we'll begin with you. macy's had good earings, and the stock was representative of that. something tells me that your fundamental case on j.c. penney will be a little more difficult. >> that is absolutely true, scott. j.c. penney is really a story in turmoil, company in turmoil, due to a transition isn't working out. the reason that we know that a transition to the new jcp isn't working, look at numbers. same-store sales are plunging and free cash flow is in a free fall and revenues, earnings, margins, all going in a right direction so until j.c. penney can prove that they are no longer burning through cash like crazy, this stock, in my view, is just very bearish, could really go no the low teens, single digits, and the way that we would see that sort of a transition would be any kind of improvement, sustained improvement. macy's, on the other hand, retail done right, really execu

scott, who's charged with murdering the mother and daughter. in the early morning hours of march 16th, 2009, eboni's sister courtney came home to discover that her mother's car was in the driveway, but her mother and sister were missing. she was terrified and called her grandmother. >> she was hysterical. >> reporter: later that morning, rosa smith and her family went to the home on cedar hollow lane. >> reporter: what did you find inside the house? eboni's coat? >> yeah, eboni's coat, food on the counter, and

courtney reagan make it through the big blizzard? let's check in with cnbc word headquarters. good morning. >> good morning, scott. i'm here. we made it through the blizzard. it snows in february on the east coast. what are you going to say? futures are higher as the markets come off a positive week. nasdaq and s&p 500 posting six straight weekly gains to start the year. the last time the s&p did that was way back in 1971. the dow, however, broke its five-week winning streak. economic data today not out today but we get reports of consumer sentiment this week. the dow rising nearly 49 points on friday to 13,992. the nasdaq adding 28 to 3193. scott, back to you. >> thank you much. >>> jon and laura, the state of the union tomorrow night. the white house has released this video promoting its white house app showing you how you can watch the state of the union with helpful charts and graphs and expert commentary from administration officials afterwards. you can do this on your ipod or iphone using the white house app or you can do it on the web at the white house website as well. cool, interesting way of doing it. obviously yo