jim hormel takes his apology.k has promised to work with and support lgbt members of the military and their families. once again republicans like john mccain and lindsey graham are playing politics with national security. it is disgusting. chuck hagel will make a great secretary of defense. hey, folks, have a good tuesday. come back again tomorrow. i'll have all of my voice back then.

then he made as you alluded to some very unpleasant and really horrific comments about jim hormel whenident clinton was trying to make him ambassador. >> eliot: so the question, the theoretical question i don't know chuck hagel i can't peer into his hard and see if he changed or not. but it raises the question, a can people change their views to make you sufficiently comfortable, and how do you deal--i never understood, i thought this was an issue whether you understand or you don't. you don't evolve on this. you get it or you don't. >> well, as usual we completely agree. i think that is the key issue here. you know, when people change, i think when people change and they say look, my views have changed over time, i think everybody is entitled to their journey on this. some people were earlier to it, like yourself. a leader on gay rights issues since before you were governor. but some people come to it over time. and i think we should welcome those people to the tent and we should say, listen, if you want to be an ally, great. but you have to do more than just say--it has to be more th

now my son, who's also jim kellogg, is 16 and started to do the same. what are your thoughts on hormel, jim? >> oh, man, i think that acquisition they just made is so good. >> buy buy buy! >> i know it's spiked, but i pushed it very hard on the acquisition. i pushed it before the acquisition. and i'm pushing it right here. i think it goes higher. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round! >> the lightning round is sponsored by t.d.ameritrade. >>> now that apple's become a stock leper even as i actually think it's worth buying at these levels because it's a value name apple's products face real competition. maybe it's time to turn our attention to the company behind the touchscreens in all non-apple devices. cypress semi. the stock has basically been cut in half. it has a number of business lines. he this make what are known as programmable systems on a chip which are small low power semiconductors used in mobile phones and tablets. also chips that power touch-screens, a super fast growing business even as they don't sell anything to apple. they have contr

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they say, jim, you think unilever is a great company. why can little hormel do better with skippy than unilever. >> we've always been successful with niche categories. we've been able to compete in multiple categories, we're in mexican food and in the packaged food meat areas against the krafts and other companies. we can more than hold our own with the skippy brand and we're really excited about the global prospects for the brand, nearly $100 million in sales are outside of the u.s. >> many are not aware that skippy is also a big player in natural foods, that this is not just something like spam in a can, which, sir, i've got to tell you, people think that's not all that natural. you guys are moving aggressively into natural area with all of your brands? >> we've had good luck with the natural brand. that was one of the attractive things about the skippy brand. hats off to unilever for the first no-stir, no refrigeration product. >> i've praised you as being one of the great dividend payers on this planet. no change there, right? you're still committed to yo

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nominated chuck hagel and, as you acknowledged, he had made those 1998 anti-gay comments against jim hormel is there some kind of statute of limitations on when someone can make anti-gay remarks and still be deemed acceptable by the administration? and if so -- >> i think ive addressed the question about senator hagel. and i would simply point you to president obamas record on lgbt issues as representative of his beliefs and convictions, his policies and where he believes this country is moving and where he hopes to lead it. >> jay, can i clarify one question? >> i'll try. >> i heard you unequivocally rule out using the 14th amendment on the debt ceiling. i heard you unequivocally rule out negotiating with congress. but you did not rule out this trillion-dollar coin idea. so can i ask you just a yes or no question -- does the white house rule out the idea of minting trillion-dollar coins as a way of dealing with the debt ceiling? >> i would refer you to treasury for the specifics of this question. i can tell you that the president does not believe that there is a backup plan or a plan b or

hormel, i don't expect it to come in. that stock is very inexpensive. that's a transformative acquisition with skippy. i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow! honorable john a. >>> therefore, the honorable john a.. boehner of the state o ohio having received a majority of thevo votes cast is duly elected the speaker of the representatives for the 113th congress. >>> all right, good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." the new sizzle, the republican john boehner. hung on to his speakership despite some challenges and some tense moments on the floor of the house. and he keeps his job as speaker. but where does he go from here? has the battle over the debt ceiling and a possible government shutdown are all around the corner. but the gop has nothing but fiscal problems ahead of itself. nothing but problems. a few moments ago, new texas senator ted cruise told me that a government shutdown should be on the negotiating table that's what cruise said. >>> plus, we go out to san francisco, the middle east backed news network al jazeera is buying al gore's current tv for a whopping 500

jim crimer on twitter. >> oh, 60 bucks. that's nice. let's move on here, what goes together than spam and peanut butter? >> everything. >> it's true. hormel says it will buy the skippy peanut butter business from unilever for $700 million. skippy ranks as the leading brand in china and sold in 30 other countries and five continent he is. hormel expects skippy to modestly add to its 2013 earnings. the backdrop is last quarter, hormel posted weaker-than-expected earnings. maybe this will turn it around. >> i think b and g foods, heaping skippy would get that, b and g bought cats and dogs from own lea unilever. the peanut butter business is good, not great r i remember two years ago, jim seine national, former ceo at costco, a dissas route crop, a little bit of you what i regard commodity worry with hormel beyond just beef. who are smell well run, a very long, established dividend policy and positive for them. >> did you know peanut butter around gelly is the number two sandwich in the united states behind ham? who are me, make other africaned ham like product. >> after thermonuclear war, there will be roaches and there will be spam. >> is t

former ambassador james hormel coming up at the bottom of the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. i'm guessing he is really going to like his new name jimfancy committee, i just remembered, you are on the house app probations committee, so you know a little something about something here. let's talk about the debt ceiling fight. >> he president will not play that game over the debt limit, this is holding the american country hostage. it costs billions of dollars last time that we don't have. so if they want to fight over shutting down the government that's up to them. but the debt limit just can't be something that we periodically bring the country to the brink over. >> stephanie: we were talking about some of the republicans literally waxing nostalgic. and not only was it a disaster for them politically, we were saying this isn't 1995 anymore. we are in a weak recovery, are we not? >> that ex-exactly right. and it's astounding to hear them talk about the fondness. it is do not what they should be talking about now. they should be talking about finding a way to work together to solve our economic challenges. but they seemed to have lear