dillard's department store is one of those stores. joining us is dillard's spokesperson, julie.ith us. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> so with so many stores as of recent jumping in on this trend of opening up on thanksgiving earlier and earlier to get ahead on the market, dillard's decides no, we are going to maintain our policy and not have our employees work that day. why? >> you know, that's right. we have a strong family heritage at dillard's. we really believe this is the right thing to do for our associates and for their families. over the next several weeks, we're going to ask them to put in some pretty long hours and to really go the extra me to give our customers exceptional service. we think this is the right thing to do with them, allowing them this time off with their families on this special day to kind of take a breather before things get really busy. and we just believe that if we honor our associates in the long run, they're going to honor our customers as well. >> what's been their response from some of those working for dillard's? what does it mea

dillard had a chance to come join us today.he and his wife renee of 26 years have three children, tiffany, alexis and stuart. i appreciate them sharing him with us today. george has been my dear friend for many, many years. i have had an opportunity to pray with him in public, pray with him in private, hear him preach in his church. he is a very eloquent individual and is such a great public chin certificate elephant in that he is so active, not just in peachtree city christian church but all over the community of peachtree city. he -- he has been the guest chaplain at our across the capitol neighbors, the house of representatives on a couple of occasions. he regularly is the guest pastor in the georgia legislature under the gold dome in atlanta. and i am just very pleased that he's here today. i thank him for taking time to join us and thanks for his well-spoken words of getting us started here in the senate today. thank you, george. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia

and dillard moving higher on news of a analysis calleding for a reit spinoff. a 75 increase from current levels. marcato owns 4.9% of dillard. >> a lot of companies are using the reet strategy lately. what is behind the trend. why the interest in reits right now? >> well first as the pleasure to be onset with all of you. indicative of the strength of kmeerl real estate in general. tremendous recover, really tied to job numbers. at the same time you have little new supply going on. and with low interest rates, investment interest has pushed up valuation. that opens up the market for corporate strategies like sale leasebacks. disposing of the real estate but renting it. and this is really indicative of that pattern. >> you would be a smart investor for certain if you have been investing in reits. they have outperformed the s&p and various sectors in there lodging the kind of things we're talking about: hospitality, have been outstanding performers. >> they have been on fire. the skcyclical parts of the rei world have been on fire. and there is very little new con

>> i would say yes. >> breaking news on marcato and dillards.g it to marrakesh, morocco. ♪ >> innovation and entrepreneurship are the focus today in morocco. conversation the is a singer-songwriter, producer, hip-hop superstar akon , who is investing in africa with his lighting africa project. hans nichols is with him now. take it away. >> we did hear about your twerking off-camera. i don't know if we are allowed to talk about that. we are going to talk about investing. i'm here with akon. are you more of an artist or businessmen these days? >> these days, more of a businessman. >> you want to electrifying a million homes is the goal? >> when we started the idea was to light up a million homes. now we are in 14 countries. likeve surpassed our goal beyond. >> you don't think of yourself as a nonprofit. you are doing this to make money. >> clearly. i think it got mixed up in the nonprofit because everyone kept saying it was an initiative. we were doing so much good for africa itself that they assumed it was nonprofit. not too many artists to get i

wield the spokesperson for dillard's -- we had the spokesperson for dillard's on yesterday. this is what she had to say. >> this is the right thing to do for them, allowing them this time off with their families on this special day to take a breather before things get really busy. we just believe that if we honor our associates, in the long run they will honor our customers as well. >> some retailers on the other end are saying thanksgiving is falling late this year, which always shortens their season because black friday being the busiest shopping day of the year, if that falls late in november that shortens their peak time. every year that thanksgiving falls late, they're praying it's going to be a good year. >> are your parents open today? >> they're not. >> tomorrow will be -- >> you spend all day with the family and get the in laws in -- by the way, we have great tips on how to survive that later on in the show this morning. but you're crammed in there, cabin fever all day. i know the feeling. when i was growing up just want to get out of the house a little bit. >> a lo

. >>> y dillards recibe una mala nota. y zales por su tarjeta de crÉdito.paquete. y una temporada que tiene a muchos ansiosos. >>> no considero que la econÓmica estÁ donde tiene que estar. >>> los compradores no gastaran tanto. segÚn un sondeo que se hizo de la federaciÓn de consumidores. algunos expertos opinan lo contrario, mÁs cuando se habla del consumidor hispano. >>> el grupo latino gasta mÁs dinero en transporte, al bajar el precio de petrÓleo esto se pasa a consumo. los expertos piden tener un plan antes de comprar, y un plan de ahorro en enero. en miami, angie sandoval. >>> y no se pierdan lo que hizo un hombre con su vestido de novia. se le ve haciendo barbaridades con el traje de novia. >>> no estÁ tan blanco. lo uso para lavar trastes, usar de bolsa, hasta para pescar. >>> al parecer su esposa de 12 aÑos lo dejÓ sin mÁs. y parece que su gran sentido de humor. >>> miren esto. >>> hizo algo bueno. >>> lo usÓ de paÑal. >>> pensÉ que era... ahora sÍ. y se volviÓ a casar y tiene hijos. >>> no con la misma esposa. >>> no. >>> te imaginas? >>> tuvo que

the spokesperson for dillard's joined us. >> it's the right thing to develop.lowing them time off with their families to take a breather before things get really busy. if we honor our associates in the long run they're going to honor our dmcustomers as well. >> maybe we'll shop at those stores. if you choose to shop today walmart, k mart, macy's and target. >>> if you're one of the retail employees that goes to work. you might be cashing in big if you live in ohio. proposing that if stores want their employees there on the holiday they need to pay them triple wages. his bill would also allow employees to take the day off if they choose without getting penal penalized. >> a thanksgiving feast fit for a king. a new york city restaurant is offering a $35,000 thanks giving meal. the nine course dinner at old homestead includes a roasted farm-raised stuffed with filet mignon. it's worth $200 per pound. sweet potatoes topped with caviar and swedish moose cheese. the restaurant selling at least two of these pricey din piers. >> -- dinners. that's crazy. >> here we hav

the sign was spotted in the girls section of a dillard's store in west palm beach, florida. the dillard's company says the sign was not supposed to be in the girls section. >> it was supposed to be funny but some people didn't get the joke. >>> no a matter of hours, hundreds of thousands of people will be on the national mall for the concert for valor. we are live to tell you how police plan to keep everyone safe. >>> plus keeping an eye on when your kids have off school. the controversial part of the montgomery county school calendar up for discussion today. >>> and it is cold out there so far for a lot of folks, but things will warm up. how the high temperatures will climb hour by hour in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:31. "news4 today" keeps your weather and traffic live all morning. >>> keep an eye on the screen throughout the break. we'll be showing you live storm team 4 radar along with how traffic is moving on i-95 in dale city and on the topside of the beltway. ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are

that sign was spotted in the girls section of the dillard's store in west palm beach, florida.rd's says the sign was not to be in the girl's section. >> now the stores are removing the sign from the sales floor. >>> setting the debate over days off. the decision in the hours ahead to determine whether your child gets the day off from school on religious holidays. >>> and you'll need a coat leaving for work now, but you may be carrying it home with you. the warm up in store today with your hour-by-hour forecast at 5:31. >> a live look at the national mall where tens of thousands of people are expected for the concert for valor. the security measures you need to know about if you're planning to go. it's 5 26. 5:26. if you can't be in front of your tv, catch news4 on the go with your smartphone or tablet. download the nbcwashington app. >>> it is 5:29. the man accused of abducting a girl off the streets will be turned over to the fbi in the day ahead. >>> and the doctor who had ebola in new york city is now considered ebola-free. >>> and tens of thousands of people will descend on

well, dillards says it will remove the sign from all sales floors. >>> after six days with his head stuck in a plastic pumpkin, look at this deer, it finally is free. volunteers with an animal sanctuary in owe owe were able to catch the animal and take the pumpkin off. can you imagine six days with that. hopefully the deer could get food and water. >> candy. >>> here is a story, if you may like twinkies, but could you eat 120 of them? >> look away. >> in six minutes. this is disturbing. that's what matt stoney did to make himself the world twinkie eating champion this weekend. beat out the defending champ joey chestnut. stoney won $2500 and in case you're wondering, some of the other accomplishments, and this is a list, include eating 43 cheeseburgers in ten minutes, and five pounds of birthday cake in nine. >> i'll put you on the spot, if you had to do an eating contest, what is one food you would try to do? >> blueberries, yeah. >> that's a good one. messy. good visual. setting it up. >> i can't even eat a twinkie, let alone 25 of them. >> we'll look for a blueberry festival next summer

the dillard family seems to be firmly in control.ot expensive here, but i wouldn't buy it on the reit only hope. >> pop for intel, up 5%. grasso? >> this is the stock that owns 80% of the pc market. they used to be a bad thing, actually a good thing. they own 98% of the server market. the stock is up 38% year-to-date. probably room to move higher here, if they can make it a more efficient for their mobile units and filter them into the pc unit. it could grow higher from here. >> gmc, our big drop today. >> steve will question some of the organic growth here, mel. people use that as an schoouf to get out of the stock and get out, they did. again, one of those 10 million share turnovers. normal, i think, is little over 1 million a day. so that's a flush, but i think it might have more to go, because the aggressive run it's had to the upside. >> pop for lennar, up 3%. guy? >> existing home seas the catalyst. this stock had trouble with 45 early in 2013. had the same trouble earlier this year. closed above it today. the trade is, you sta

dozens cleaned up the rooms at the dillard house in north philly.eyewitness news" here on the 30 hounded dread block of north 22nd street. last fridays' fire broke out inside a third floor room and one resident was killed. volunteers have been very busy today. >> we've put in some windows. we've washed down some walls so far. we've just cleaned up some -- got rid of some trash inside the rooms and things like that. >> investigators say it appears the fire victim fell asleep while smoking in his room. >>> crews are ready to give it yet another shot. work resumes to remove the remaining iconic letters from a top a philadelphia high rise tomorrow. back in august, if you'll recall, workers used a helicopter to remove the pnb letters from one south broad. the operation had to be suspended because the letters were more fragile than first thought. only three of the 12 letters were removed. there will be road closures in that area so do you want to give yourself a little extra time to get around. >> also now the latest afford care ability act open enrollly

dozens cleaned up the rooms at the dillard house in north philadelphia.eyewitness news" on the 3000 block of north 22nd street. last friday's fire broke out inside a third floor room. one resident was killed. volunteers have been very busy today. >> we've put in some windows. we've washed down some walls so far. we've just, you know, cleaned up -- got rid of some trash inside the rooms and things like that. >> investigators say it appears the fire victim fell asleep while smoking in his room. >>> also crews are ready to give it yet another shot. work resumes to remove the remaining iconic letters from atop a philadelphia highrise tomorrow. if you'll recall back in august workers used a helicopter to remove the pnb letters from one south broad. well, the operation had to be suspended because the letters were much more fragile than first thought. only three of 12 letters were removed. there will be road closures in that area so give yourself a little extra time if you're going to be around that part of the city. >>> now, the latest affordable care act open

it happened just before 3:00 this morning at the dillard house on 22nd street. the victim's body was found in a room on the top floor of the building. the fire commissioner says he may have been disabled. 23 other residents were able to escape without injury. they are being housed at another facility tonight. >> happening right now, members of septa's largest union are casting their votes on a proposed crack. yes you heard this one before. so they're voting yes or no on the new two-year deal. yes or no to a strike. voting is happening now at 19 septa depose much the union and septa reached a dole last week and the new contract includes a 5% wage increase. >>> animals in camden county are in dire need of your help. >> county animal shelter has just enough food to feed 300 cats and dogs for just one more day. it's been dipping into facility's budgets to feed the animals. it costs roughly $300 a day and non-profit says it doesn't have the means to cover that expense for the long term. >> they're hungry. they're starving, and we have to feed these animals every sing

at the dillard house at north 22nd streets in north philadelphia, firefighters found a 51-year-old man dead on the third floor and more than 24 other residents were able to escape without injury. we'll have more coming up on "action news" at 12:30 this afternoon. >>> the man who allegedly kidnapped carlesha freeland-gaither was moved to another jail, he was transferred from maryland to virginia to face charges in a separate attack and it could be a long road before he faces justice here in philadelphia. david henry is joining us live at northwest detectives with the latest. >> reporter: rick, detectives here are trying to tie up loose ends while they draw up a full profile of the suspect and his activities here in philadelphia before the abduction, we are learning more about delvin barnes by the people that have been victimized by him. >> he is pure evil. >> anthony had a terrifying encounter with delvin barnes here in philadelphia. his daughter was married to delvin barnes, he savagely beat her and he inveened and he broke a glass bowl over his head and he spent seven years in jail. >

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we'll also get the costly earnings reports from a plethora of stores, department stores, macy's and dillard'sld see higher profits. even jcpenney is expected to report a smaller loss due to an uptick in business and plans to grab even more by opening early on thanksgiving, even earlier than macy's, sears, and kohl's. kohl's and wal-mart income are likely to fall. those are two of the places where you could see really good holiday deals. housing is still moving up, and several home builders like d.r. horton could see profits more than double. and b is for birthday. or maybe for, can you totally believe it? "sesame street" turns 45 years old on monday. the show has stayed relevant by changing with the times. the cookie monster sometimes actually eats fruits and vegetables. fruit monster just doesn't have the same ring, though. i'm simon hobbs. get all your business news on cnbc. >>> coming up next, we'll have a preview of the eagles' monday night match-up against the panthers. plus, this was a record-breaking run, but coach james franklin didn't seem too happy after the game. he was actually pr

mercado owns 4.9% of dillard's.tock trading up over 8.5% and will end with intel after they increased to 96 cents a share. it's had revenue growth for 2015 will be in the single digits. that stock trading up near 4.5%. over to you, bill. >> thank you very much. let's talk about the economy. a rather encouraging economic data out this morning on manufacturing. somewhat on housing and on the jobless claims. is the economy here in the u.s. doing better than most believe? that's the question. >> let's ask cnbc contributor greg and our bob assani, it's great to see you down here. and it was posited by the folks at citi today is the u.s. actually in the middle of a boom that nobody appreciates? >> there actually is behavior in this cycle that's a bit unusual in that the usual business cycle has you coming out of the starting blocks really strong right after the recession. and then things taper off to trend rates of growth later on. the offset seems to be happening where look at the payroll numbers. the decline inton emplo

dozens cleaned up rooms at the dillard house in north philadelphia "eyewitness news" was there on the 3,000 block of north between the second street. last friday the fire broke out inside a third floor room. one resident was kill. volunteers have been busy making repairs there. >> we have put in some windows, we have washed down some walls so far, we just cleaned up some, got rid of some trash inside the room and things like that. >> now investigators say it appears that the fire victim fell asleep while smoking inside his room. >>> well, thousands of people laced up their running shoes and channel will their inner rocky, coming up next the philadelphia race straight out of the movies, we will take you to the one of a kind run, coming up. >>> also ahead a local veteran cured of a life licensing illness from a new treatment he got right here in our area health reporter stephanie stahl has the exclusive. >>> and bugs in berks county in what agricultural officials are doing to stop the spread of an insect causing lots of concern in parts of our region. we will be right back. it hurts. yo

it happened just before 3:00 this morning at the dillard house on 22nd street. the victim's body was found in a room on the top floor of the building. the fire commissioner says he may have been disable. officials are investigating whether the alarms in the home were working. >> at this time we still trying to discern whether or not the alarm system was working. we've had mixed reports some people say the alarm was working. some people say the alarm wasn't working. we'll have l and i come out and check the alarm system. there's also report that is the alarm was turned off. >> the 23 other residents were able to escape without injury. they're being housed at another facility tonight. >> happening right now, members of septa's largest union are casting their votes on proposed new contract. here we go again. yes, or no on the new two-year deal which means, yes, or no to a strike. voting happening at 19 septa depose. the union reached a deal last week and the new contract includes a 5% wage increase. >> police in california say they may have made an arrest in the mu

it doesens cleaned up the rooms at the dillard house in north philadelphia, "eyewitness news" was there on the 3,000 block of north between the second street. last friday a's fire broke out inside of a third floor bedroom. one resident was kill. volunteers, were busy. >>> we have put in some windows, we have washed down some walls, so far, we have just cleaned up some, got rid of some trash inside the room and things like that. >> reporter: investigators say it appears that the fire victim fell asleep while smoking in his room. >>> we will be right back. >>> back now on "eyewitness news", you can see chopper three is live there over the iconic pnb letters there at top of that philadelphia building, of course, being removed this morning. three of the 12 were removed back in august, but they had a little bit of trouble there. so it turns out they are going to have to remove the rest of the nine letters here this morning. it will cause some traffic backups. our syma chowdhry is live with the very latest and we will track this all morning long. right now though plenty of power in philadelph

dillard's, jcpenney, a number of department stores do the same.and fashion jewelry deeply discounted and apparel because the cost of cotton and synthetics down over 50% the last few crop years so apparel will be number one gift giving item. colder this winter and last year and help retailers' profitability and sales. >> sam, i see this as a giant game of chicken of the consumer and the retailer. both armed with their best source and in other words mobile phone or the data on customer stopping habits and react accordingly. how much of this holiday season is going to be a phenomenon of people almost like they used to shop for flights watching, watching, watching prices and moving the prices around based on what the customer's doing? >> well, i mean, i think that's the case. but i mean, remember that if they could sell this stuff at regular price or lesser of a discount they would. so i think a lot of these discounts may be great deals but on deals only end up at being at the value down there. i mean, you don't hear about apple discounting iphones. y

i think the one that is squeezed is dillards. those who are underinvested is dangerous.of which fits the mold. i think then as you think about the mid-tier it does go back to your question on jcpenney. i think both are in a pretty tough textbook stuck in the middle case here between more promotional macy's model and that off-price sector. >> thank you for joining us this morning helping us through the beginning of what may look like the holiday season. >> thanks for having me. >> among other things we're waiting on key economic data that will highlight the health of the consumer this week including a handful of results. here to break it down for us, head of equity and quantitative strategy at bank of america and a complete grinch this morning. you're sticking with your 2000 target on the s&p. >> we are. >> news flash. it's at 2,031. >> thanks for letting me know. >> you're negative? >> i think there are balanced risks and rewards at this point. i think there's a lot of investors that are betting on this year-end catch-up rally because hedge funds and active managers are