a wgn-chicago tribune poll this week showed dillard in last place among the four republican candidates. a federal judge has struck down virginia's ban on same-sex marriage. u-s district judge arenda wright allen says the ban is unconstitutional. she says it denies equal protection guaranteed under the 14th amendment. the ruling states that virginia must also respect same- sex marriages that happened in another state. the decision has been stayed pending appeal, so same-sex marriages won't begin right away. the commonwealth passed the ban in 2006. a big win for gun-rights activists in california, where a federal appeals court struck down san diego county's highly restrictive "concealed carry" ordinance. the county said anyone who wants to carry a gun must demonstrate a special need or specific risk, in order to get a concealed-carry permit. the court said the law is unconstitutional... and the county must grant a permit to *anyone who has a clean record and takes a firearms safety course. house republican lawmakers announce a package of legislation designed to address the problem statew

they also endorsed dillard four years ago but he lost the republican primary. the chicago tribune poll this week shows him in last place among the four republican candidates. newspeak cameras in chicago will start giving out warnings and tickets this weekend. if the cameras installed near jefferson park will begin issuing warnings starting today. the cameras will then go live on march 30th. however cameras near legion park will begin issuing tickets starting sunday. enforcement for all cameras will run from 7 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. the fines ranging from 35- $100. if you're caught going 10 or more miles per hour over the speed limit. >> folks are rallying to support their very own olympic hero. the 1902 figure skater is getting ready to take the ice right now. if he is gone for gold in the men's free skate. will decide who lands on the podium. he now sits in sixth place. less than one point behind three skaters who are ahead of him. the centennial ice arena where he got his start in highland park is holding a free viewing party with a big screen on the ice. former

dillard, a state senator from hinsdale, just jumped in the polls from fourth place, to second behindalso has the backing of the illinois education association, the union for all illinois teachers outside chicago. a man in california is training for the daredevil stunt of a lifetime. joby ogwyn plans to jump off mount everest in a wing suit, outfitted with a camera. >> it's the fear that keeps you above it. but and not afraid to die. and not afraid to live my life on my own terms. this is my dream and i'm willing to risk everything to make it happen. >>ogwyn climbed everest at the age of 24. most people who climb the mountain, climb back down again. a few have para-glided down... but no one's done it in a wing suit. the ten-thousand foot dive will take place in may. good luck to him. >> it seems like the hardest part is going up. coming down is not as hard. 10 degrees is our current temperature. wind out of the west at 22. it's breezy and it will be breezy. wind will diminish. but the temperature will not go up. it may even drop. sitting at six degrees in waukegan. kenosha at 6 degree

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did you see dillard's? of the few companies that say that da about what was going on over the holiday season and they have paid for it. a big miss on the bottom line and top line. profits were down 25%. lower sales and heavier markdowns. but they didn't get anybody any warnings at all. inventoriries are still up 4%. bottom line, there's still a lot of merchandise over at dillard's. they're down more than 10% so far. back to you. >> be careful with the noise canceling headphones. okay? >> harmon is by a far the best publicly traded speaker and sound company. >> they've been at it a long time. >> they i've move a lot of their production. >> i want to come back to the men's wearhouse story. it's a story we eve been following as you know for month now. if you want to go back, it was jos a. banks that started it all. men's wearhouse came back with a pacman bid of its own. rickey sandler of imminence capital has been involved with both. deciding eventually to go after jos. a. banks. two directors that are up. jos

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report on r t two democrats and republicans have an unbridgeable lock on the us political system at dillard's five time presidential candidate ralph nader is with me to discuss the. the possibility of a third party surge on this edition of politicking. politicking coming up later in the show a member of the g.o.p. establishment squares off against a key player in the tea party movement we're going to take a look at what's happening inside the republican party and how it might affect the twenty sixteen presidential race but now joining me from washington the five time candidate for president are ralph nader we go back a hundred years he was a green party nominee in nineteen ninety six in two thousand and independent candidate in two thousand and four in two thousand and eight his most recent book is told you so the big book of weekly columns and his next book is unstoppable the immersion left right alliance to dismantle the corporate state ralph first you actually see a left right alliance here we see it all the time now in washington it is government tour we saw it for example on the persever

surveyor dillard's the location of a boy still remember. how to do it well there's of the low high tech and said you would stop this storm we might think you know my people will die. from celebrations to bitter at this appointment it's a roller coaster of emotions in the olympics as victory in the russian men's hockey is followed by the surprise withdrawal of legendary figure skater you. hear gas some brutal clashes to mark the anniversary of the book rainy op rising with reports on the rebellion that refuses to die down the despite a three year crackdown and thousands of arrests. and zoos in denmark draw condemnation from animal rights groups as another healthy giraffe to be pulled down to comply with european breathing laws just days after the first animal was killed and skinned.

surveyor dillard's the location of a boy still remember. how to do that well there is of the low high tech and said you would stop this storm we might think you know my people will die. i know c.n.n. the m s n b c news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth and like take. a. look at it's because one whole attention in the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on you. look. at our teen years we have a different. oh because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not like you there but i'm not how. you guys stick to the jokes will handle this stuff. welcome back to the r t sport lympics special and let's raise you with ice hockey after the american junior team won all four of their round robin matches to win the state is the annual under eighteen's ice hockey tournament just outside moscow micrograph janko reports. last year's winner is russia with the hosts as

dan rutherford has 13 percent, kirk dillard has eleven percent, and 15-percent say they're undecided. rauner also has big leads in every demographic including gender, location, and income. the poll was taken last wednesday through saturday. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. an off-duty cook county sheriff's sergeant shot and killed a robber. it happened last night at 103- rd and cottage grove. three people approached the officer at a gas station. they demanded, and got, his wallet. but then, one of them pointed a gun at him. so he pulled his own gun and shot the man in the head. the other men ran away. no names yet. authorities are trying to trace a threatening e-mail that led devry university and the chamberlain college of nursing to close their campuses in chicago, tinley park, and addison - yesterday. devry officials say the email suggested there would be several explosions at unspecified locations. officials found nothing suspicious at the schools. opening statements begin in the murder conspiracy trial of a former policeman. charged with plotting to kidnap a s

but state treasurer dan rutherford and senators kirk dillard and bill brady did. former mayor daley is out of the hospital after being checked out for stroke like symptoms. daley walked out of northwestern memorial yesterday with his son patrick. he waved to reporters but did not stop to talk. daley was hospitalized for eight days after he returned from a business tip in arizona. a former chicago police officer, turned criminal, goes on trial today for plotting to murder a if suburban businessman. steve mandell has been linked to as many as eight previous murders. prosecutors say he hatched a plot to kidnap a wealthy man, torture him to extort money and real estate, then kill him and cut up his body. he was arrested in 2012, before he could carry out the plot. mandell will stand trial for kidnapping conspiracy, attempted extortion, and murder- for-hire. a key figure in the rod blagojevich corruption trial faces sentencing today in a separate case. raguveer nayak was once named as the man who offered to raise money for blagojevich's campaign for governor, if he app

state senators bill brady and kirk dillard and treasurer dan rutherford accused rauner of pay to play politics and pointed out his lack of experience. but rauner referred to them as career politicians, not reformers. here's what the candidates envision, if they become governor. >> more jobs at lower taxes better schools term limits on politicians. that's where i will lead. >> nobody has the bipartisan working ability that i have in the race for governor as well as just a proven track record of doing that. >> bring the legislator together and use the strength to fit what in the interest of the people. >> as your governor, i will not sign any revenue into law without it being part of a complete package dealing with cuts, the idea of borrowing, consolidation of state agencies. >>all the candidates will debate again here, on w-g-n on wednesday at six p-m. the primary is march 18-th. so-called "revenge porn" is closer to being *illegal in illinois. no senators rejected a proposed ban yesterday. the bill would make it illegal to post nude, or sexually explicit, pictures of another person, w

a big rally on wall street but dillard's not part of it.store operator at session lows after reporting weaker than expected fourth quarter earnings. the company saying markdowns designed to boost sales cut into its profitability. the stock down 6.4%. back over to you, sue and simon. >> thank you, seema. >>> more evidence today that frozenomics is the main topic for business leaders from coast to coast. morgan brennan is at the port of elizabeth where ice and snow has been causing major delays. first to steve liesman at a key conference in arlington, virginia, where the weather has become job one for economists. >> reporter: a lot warmer here than it is for morgan there. a lot of long range talk here about long range growth forecast, budget deficits but also the short term. understand the loss of momentum in the economy from q-4 into q-1 and increasingly economists are pointing the finger at weather which is taking a bigger bite out of the economy, especially housing, over the next several months as the data come in. one of the big stories h

. >> i look at shares of macy's and dillards. would say that those shares still represent attractive valuations. macy's is trading at 6.6 times gdp-a and they are trading for more than jcpenney. >> looking at the broad term, what is jcpenney's plan for dealing with the middle income consumer in the united states? >> i think that continues to be a challenge and they are very promotional. i think they provide a lot of value to that consumer. that is the private brand strategy. at one point the private brand was over 50% of their revenue. this has declined during the johnson era, but now this has been brought back and those resonate with the consumers. they provide high margins to the company and at the same time deliver good value to the consumer. i think that that is going to address that. as you can see, the retail environment is so competitive and that is why you see a gradual improvement in sales, after a pretty steep decline. >> the real question is, how do you see consolidation in the sector? who do you see as being the top p

. >> dillard's yesterday talked about markdowns and the kind of environment we've been seeing with sales profitability. who else is that going to hit particularly hard this season? >> we'll find out over the next week with jcpenney reporting after the close and kohl's reporting on thursday morning, dillard's to your point, you know, gross margins were down i believe about 180 basis points and i believe that was another bright spot here in the macy's quarter, their gross margins were up only two basis points but they were actually up which is impressive given how competitive it's been out there. i think that's one of the things we like about macy's, along with the fact the inventory levels this quarter were up 4.5%, a little higher in sales but not atrocious. we think inventory levels are good and current heading into the spring season. >> hey, chuck, for all the cynics who think that water is being used as an excuse, what do you make of arguments that say, look, cold weather in the south was also an aberration that actually drove some demand? is that not true? >> i think that's a good po

dillard's losing ground after reporting weaker than expected fourth quarter earnings. >> i think we haveur front porch. we used it in the ceiling. >> did you lay the boards yourself, bill? >> oh, you bet i did. >> i guess they're not boards. >> they're not real wood. they're fake. >> you have to have something to hold up against this ice and weather. >> i'm not a carpenter. i just play one on television. heading towards the close, record territory for the s&p, but the dow is nowhere near that. we're well off the highs of the session. the industrial average was up 196 at the peak. up 147 points right now. >> yes. and investor optimism about the state of the economy, is that one reason why the s&p 500 is closing at a new high today? coming up, we'll hear from someone who says the economy is actually a disaster right now, and that's echoed among a lot of people. what does he see that most investors don't? find out coming up on the "the closing bell." like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 yea

. >>> dillards is falling in premarket trading. they earned $2.87 a share for the fourth quarter.mate by 13 cents. the ceo says he is disappointed in the company's performance. that stock down by 1.75%. >>> pfizer is reporting a study for a pneumonia vaccine was successful. >>> fed chair janet yellen will testify later this week in front of a senate committee. let's talk investment strategy, interest rates and the fed with mark keisel, pimco's deputy chief investment officer. i read it again. but i'll start at a completely different place. you lost alareon. your owe guy is running for governor. they just recently named you and three or four other people as deputy chief investment officers. are you moving or at leaf going to market more equity investments? is that why you're here now? >> well, joe, as you know, that's always been our plan. we've evolved from fixed income. when i started at the firm almost 18 years ago we were one office in 60 billion. today we're basically in ten offices and $2 trillion company. this evolution into equities has been a part of pimco's strategy for t

now they are bringing back 3 with austin dillard, and by the way, he's on the pole.t to the green today. >> we talked to him yesterday, do you think he has a chance to win it? there are there have been youngsters who have won this, do you think he has a chance? >> we had jimmie johnson last year, but it can produce surprise winners. jamie mcmurray back in 2010. the way the restricter race works for 500 miles, if you just keep yourself in position, if your car cranks when they say gentlemen and ladies start your engines, you can win this thing. >> when i first came to daytona 500, it's been eight years ago, i immediately fell in love with the sport. a lot of people don't get it. it is not like football, baseball and basketball that you grow up with, to those who say it is just a bunch of cars driving fast around the track, how do you say to them to understand how dynamic this sport is? >> they are driving for 500 miles. that's the distance from daytona to charlotte where most of the drivers call home. and think about it, that's like going from daytona to charlotte and