up 6% even as darden itself falls. side, we havee materials stocks at a couple of different things waiting on them. inflation data renewing concerns about growth there weighing on minors like freeport-mcmoran, copper, and gold. usda today,m the noting a thing of -- noting a continuing club of things like corn and soybeans. finally, owings illinois, the maker of class, a neutral rating at the quarry. researchher piece of is weighing on the biggest stock today -- apple is down after credit squeeze said because of asia's channel checks, there are concerns about demand for the iphone 6. did keep andthey outperform rating. talk to thell analyst who wrote that report on apple, so we will get that. let's get a check of the headlines and bloomberg news. mark crumpton has more from the news desk. mark: good afternoon. the white house says president obama will sign a $607 billion passed bylicy bill congress. it bands moving one time obey detainees to the united states, something mr. obama has been trying to do since he was sworn

. >> reporter: they run their mom and pop operation out of their basement in darden prairie, missouri. >> this is our activive rosterf models that wewe have th are traveling around the world, different markets. >> yeah, probably out of those 15 -- >> probably three will work out. >> reporter: mary and jeff say their latest discovery, 20-year-old elijah harrison -- >> do you have a farmer's tan? >> reporter: and 18-year-old hazel crew, are on the verge of something big. >> go get it. sheep are so dumb. >> reporter: hazel still lives in iowa with her family on this 125-year-old sheep farm. first runway shows in paris for designers scaparelli and ralf and russo. >> you can't hold back, be that y sheep farmer. >> repeporter: hel is on her way. elelijah is out to take his first step, a trip to new york city. mary and jeff have set up a meeting with an agent, the same one who launched channing tatum's career. that's a lot of pressure for a guy they found four months ago at a gas station in hannibal, missouri. >> he walked in front of us. we both were like -- didn't really say much to each o

i no that you all will want to speak with professor darden at the book signing from 2:00 o'clock to 245. thank you for attending, and i hope you you enjoy the rest of the book festival. [applause] >> and brian boyles is next from the 12th annual louisiana book festival recalling new orleans bush to prepare the city for the 2013 super bowl and the succeeding power outage in the midst of the game. >> today for afternoon presentation we will have brian boyles reading from his work "new orleans boom and blackout". mr. boyles is the vice president for content at the louisiana government for the humanities his work has been featured in oxford american, vice, the classical offbeat magazine, the brooklyn rail, , slam, and louisiana cultural vistas, author of new orleans boom and blackout 100 days in america's coolest hotspot and co-author of new orleans , the underground guide. without further do. >> thank you so much for coming out on this lovely day in baton rouge and thank you to the book festival, one of the great events we haven't louisiana and, i think, in the country. i am going to talk

. >> let's -- >> nobody is doing anything -- >> you said the trial lawyers were working for jay darden, now they are working for me, i dwesz. you will say anything at any time. you are unconstrained by the truth. >> wait, gentlemen. >> the last part is i will not tolerate those who to. you are a liar. you are a cheater. i don't tolerate that. >> if you don't agree with behavior why are you tolerating and benefitting. >> i'm not benefitting from anything. i haven't looked at it. i haven't used it. >> you are a liar and a cheater and i will not tolerate you. >> with respect to the negative ad if it is a low blow that's because that's where you live, senator. sometimes debates can be fun. joining us now dr. silas lee of xavier university of louisiana. political analyst for wgst-tv. i appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you very much. >> i have to ask your reaction to what you saw and heard at tonight's debate look at it. seems like a lot of fur flying in the governor's race. >> if you want a political reality show in real time, you have it. the last part of the di bait, that's where yo

darden restaurants is down 22% in the last three months. denny's is down 18% since august.ar-to-date low. buffalo wild wings, the stock has gotten pummeled this football season falling 22%. fast food joint yum! brands is moving higher after hours on better than expected sales out of china. the stock is still down sharply in the last few months. all this comes amid declining food costs. in an environment that should be positive for restaurants, it's turning out to be anything but. >> brian kelly, how do you interpret this? >> it's clear this is not where consumers are spending their money. the only place we've seen consumers spend their money is nike and under armour. >> and apple. >> this should be the absolute perfect environment for these stocks. food costs coming down. cattle prices down 18% year-to-date. wheat prices down 15% year-to-date. all restaurants should be doing very well. margins should be very big. nobody is going. the one i would be concerned about is chipotle. >> mcdonald's has done well. we see home depot. autos sales are enormous. the last thing is saving

complex in houston 38 year-old ronald rivera will have a dinner party and drinking he got angry when darden outside some point he's tapped him with a kitchen knife and ran off he was later returned to department and turn themselves in. >>mark: limit your intake of sugary drinks they say it might contribute to heart failure the researchers found the men who drank at least to a sweetened beverages a date hadn't wanted to percent higher risk of heart failure in from the food and 42,000 men over 12 years and the results don't necessarily apply to your age groups will mount a certain ethnic groups. >>darya: texas man died from a rare form of cancer has just one final wish he wants to see the new star wars movie before he goes his name is daniel fleetwood and he's been a fan since he was little the force awakens as you know sfo nationwide on december 18th back in july he gave of just two months of to live he has a rare form of cancer and buying the count. >>darya: he took the twitter to get the attention kick using the force for they're getting support from the star wars world to act as my family

darden's case, the entire board was replaced.a couple of years ago, a phot carl icahn and then turned around and separated paypal like they were agitating for him to do. the next one was dupont where the ceo fought for partners and they won the proxy battle and kicked him off the board. they cannot deliver results and retired five months later. companies are certainly paying attention to these and they are seemingly taking the message that it is better to take things into the board behind closed doors and maybe get a better deal. alix: and also seems like on a macro level that we have never been here before. have had divergent central bank policies and companies are running out of ways to innovate and grow. they're turning to other resources. itthis macro backdrop making easier for investors to target countries that do not have a top one defense at the end of the day? beth: certainly. most of the corporations have done the easy stuff already. theire cases, it is in cover to cut more deeply or do more strategic moves that if you h

kohl's, darden, delta is on there, along with some others. >> i like delta and southwest.like them. i think that they are very, very inexpensive stocks. obviously hurt by a stronger dollar. less southwest because it's so american. but i just think that they are -- don't forget. they and the cruise ships, holy cow. talk about a group that's doing well. royal, carnival. they oar are -- they use so much fuel. those heavy users, it goes right to their bottom line. it will be quite good in terms of cost structure. bill miller is such a good manager and is in deep in the airlines. those two make sense. spirit is not doing that well. a lot of people want to buy simple. stick with delta and southwest. >> do you take a gamble on jwn tonight? >> they've got -- nordstrom has great warmer weather clothes. the service matters. i was in nordstrom last weekend. their array of stuff is fabulous. then again, the weather is just not cooperating. kohl's has more nonweather stuff than nordstrom which is really in deep in terms of more expensive, but great service, but more expensive. i wouldn

in god i want to take just a -- and, i want to take just a moment and thank jay darden. louisiana first. i am said to have had his and doors meant. proud to have had his endorsement. the people have chosen over and negativity and over a distrust of others. i did not create this breeze of hope blowing across our beautiful and beloved state, but i did catch it and i think that god i did. did.think god i these spirituals of our american ourches, the faith of italian anti-gary and strawberry farmers and the energy of native americans and hispanic immigrants. no, i did not start the breeze of hope, but i did catch it and so did you. so did you. thank you. that is why we are here tonight. because we all caught the breeze. the people of louisiana have chosen to believe we can do better. and by doing better, we will be better. i submit to you, we will be better as of tonight. know, struck by the words that nature can do, but down by attacks on education, itsrrassed by the vanity of leadership, the people of louisiana have chosen hope over business as usual. and, i pledge to trea

and i want to take just a moment and thank jay darden.is a great man and a committed public servant. he put louisiana for. not self. not party. i am so proud of him. this election shows us that the people of louisiana, in a time about our cynicism politics and future, that the people have chosen hope over over and negativity and distrust of others. i did not create this breeze of hope blowing across our beautiful and blessed state, but i did catch it and i thank god i did. this breeze has its roots in the songs of louisiana, the food of our cajun ancestors, the spirituals of our african-american churches, the faith of our italian immigrants and strawberry farmers and the energy of native americans and hispanic immigrants. no, i did not start the breeze of hope, but i did catch it and so did you. so did you. thank you. that is why we are here tonight. because we all caught the breeze. the people of louisiana have chosen to believe we can do better. and by doing better, we will be better. i submit to you, we will be better as of tonight. [c

whereas five ore american, scat darden, theo curtis and sergeant bergdahl who were negotiated for by us or others have returned home safely. this inconsistent implementation of our american hostage policy is unacceptable. additionally, i would have you gentlemen know that we were deceived as an american family. we were told repeatedly that jim was their highest priority. your highest priority. we trusted our government to help him return home. during the brief month that jim's isis captors reached out to negotiate for his release, our government refused to engage with the isis captors. leaving us alone as parents to negotiate for our son's freedom. 18 months after jim's captivity our family and the families of three other hostages were threatened by colonel mark mitchell, member of our national security council with prosecution by our government, although there was never any precedent, if we attempted to raise a ransom to free our loved ones. he also very clearly told us that our government would not ask allies to help negotiatiganr the release and never conduct a military operation

and you said the trial lawyers were working for jay darden. now it benefits you they're working for me i guess. you will say anything at any time, you are unconstrained by the truth. >> okay, if we're going to go on about this, let's go on about this. >> gentlemen no, let's stop here. each one of you have had a chance to ask each other a question. we're almost to our closing comments right now. so why don't you get 30 seconds on this topic and you get 30 seconds. 30 seconds, vitter. >> yeah. again, john bell you're being completely disingenuous to suggest that the state democratic party isn't your close ally in all of this. this suggests that the trial lawyers aren't doing your dirty work for you. again, you're not living by some honor code. you're living by some lawyer's code of technicality. and that's not what a transparency and forthrightness is all about. >> i'm not suggesting anything. i'm saying it. i am not looking at any video footage from you. i haven't had a private investigator to go after you. and with respect to the honor code, s

and i want to take just a moment and thank jay darden. [cheers and applause] edwards: he is a great man and a committed public servant. he put louisiana for. not self. not party. but louisiana. i am so proud of him. this election shows us that the people of louisiana, in a time about deep cynicism about our politics and future, that the people have chosen hope over scorn and negativity and over a distrust of others. i did not create this breeze of hope blowing across our beautiful and blessed state, but i did catch it and i thank god i , did. this breeze has its roots in the songs of the louisiana hay rides the food of our cajun ancestors, , the spirituals of our --ican and karen african-american churches, in the faith of our italian immigrants, and the strawberry farmers and the energy of native americans and hispanic immigrants. no, i did not start the breeze of hope, but i did catch it and so did you. so did you. thank you. that is why we are here tonight. because we all caught the breeze. the people of louisiana have chosen to believe