i'd rather buy the socks at kohl's than buy the stocks of kohl's. don't move, "lightning round's" next. right that's a fifth-floor probleok.. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocking a shot. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. [ male announcer ] to hold a patent that has changed the modern world... would define you as an innovator. to hold more than one patent of this caliber... would define you as a true leader. ♪ to hold over 80,000... well that would make you... the creators of the 2013 mercedes-benz e-class... quite possibly the most advanced luxury sedan ever. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. [ lorenzo ] i'm lorenzo. i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united states postal service® works for thousands of home businesses. because at us

kohls could be a buy out target. look, i like to shop at kohls. shirts constantly otherwise you think i'm sick. it's got engrained in my collars. what? you think i looked this good naturally? and kohls are an inexpensive shirt. by the way, it's my go-to place for socks, wearing them right now, as a matter of fact. and as a terrific slacks franchise. i've also bought a lot of kitchen goods there. is this really the right time for a department store? is this really the moment where you could see kohls 30% higher than the stocks are right now? the last part is okay. but you can get hurt by it from here if nothing happens. so i've got to tell you to pass on that opportunity. finally, there's the off-rumored best buy take out. yet, the minneapolis star tribune says a deal -- i mean, they're flogging this story. it is still on the table. terrific. it's been on the table for nearly seven multipoints now. although the stock did dip well below these levels. let's think about it. would the minneapolis star tribune really know what's going on here? would any

i'd rather buy the socks at kohl's than buy the stocks of kohl's.ove, "lightning round's" next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. the lexus ct hybrid. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. transit fares! as in the 37 billion transit fares we help collect each year. no? oh, right. you're thinking of the 1.6 million daily customer care interactions xerox handles. or the 900 million health insurance claims we process. so, it's no surprise to you that companies depend on today's xerox for services that simplify how work gets done. which is...pretty much what we've always stood for. with xerox, you're ready real business. >>> it is time. it

. >> let's talk about kohl's. would think kohl's would be the beneficiary of jc penney's lows, not so much. >> not so much. up almost 17% at the year-end. they have inventory, but the wrong inventory. the other problem is a real estate problem. if they don't like what they see, it is harder to turn around and walk into kohl's because kohl's aren't anchored at the malls. it is a thoughtful trip to kohl's. >> exactly. >> as opposed to a strip mall. >> let's talk about sears which had it its own problems. some better than expected and maybe better for the wrong reasons. >> when we say bet are than expected, a handful of analyst cover sears because the float is so small. expectations, i would even almost take with a grain of salt. so yes, they beat on those expectations but they did a lot of cost-cutting. if you've been into sears, you can tell, they haven't made much investment in the store or inventory. people want newness. >> yeah, kmart too. same thing. just not competing as much as they should. simon, down to you

a fantastic environment here at the kohl center. our officials.ning tip controlled to the buckeyes. >> bill: man-to-man. great environment, isn't it? >> tim: it really is. our first trip in here and it is magnificent. >> bill: nice, empty side, ball screen. the southpaw, prettiy stroke. >> tim: deshaun, junior from fort wayne, indiana, he has one magnif cent stroke. here is bruesewitz right on cue answering and we're tied at 2-2 just 30 seconds deep. >> bill: how do you play it? pindown on the catch. solid, organized offensive play. a lot of clock. nice penetration. >> tim: williams was not ready it seemed for the past from lenzelle smith, seemed startled to get it. >> bill: bruesewitz does so many things to help this team. on the defensive end, there he is with a screen. >> tim: wonderful charismatic personality too. ryan evans missed critical free throws in the narrow loss to minnesota earlier in the week, did not practice yesterday because of a stomach virus. >> bill: psychologically, that was a big basket for him. a little bit of heat. nice on

kohls, nordstrom, and macy's all posted double digit sales increases. >> if you are trying to clear winter goods that didn't sell over the holidays, the cold snap is a big help. we had a bunch of weather events-- cold, wet, snow, ice, so things are selling out even if they've been marked down. that's really cleaning out inventory that needs to get out before the spring. >> reporter: but to be fair, there was also a quirk of the calendar that gave many big retailers a fifty-third week in their fiscal year. that meant an extra week of sales in january. >> but spending is not expected to be strong heading into spring. americans are paying more for gasoline. and many families are now feeling the pain of higher payroll taxes. >> reporter: and many families may be making fewer trips to the mall because of other spending priorities: >> automobile sales have been coming back now for a full year. that is cannibalizing some of the discretionary spending power out of all the other categories, whether it's apparel, sporting goods, etcetera. >> reporter: johnson predicts retail sales overall will rise

. >> look, i like to shop at kohl's. go through shirts constantly because of that pancake memory they've got -- you thought i look this good naturally? >> someone tweeted @jimcramer and said i look sick today. it buoys my thinking. by the way, it's my go-to place for socks. >> wow! >> if there's a shot here where i'm going to show my socks. okay? >> i'd rather buy the socks at kohl's then by the stocks of kohl's. >> frank. >> pepsico, or do you buy the coca-cola corporation? let's have a taste test between pepsico snacks and coca-cola snacks. not fair. cool ranch. this is the real definitive test. okay? pepsico. definitely better. >> this week in the internet. after capturing the world's imagination, "mad money" presents its rendition of the harlem shake. ♪ ♪ and do the harlem shake where. one call to hoveround and you'll be singing too! pick up the phone and call hoveround, the premier power chair. hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more maneuverable to get you through the tightest doors

kohl's was down 1%. target slipped 0.6%. trading volume was heavier for both of them.four of the five most actively traded exchange traded funds were lower with the emerging markets fund losi 0.9%. the nasdaq 100 tracking fund squeaked out a small gain. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: when the final international trade numbers for america are released tomorrow, it will likely show overseas sales of u.s. made goods last year hit a record. that's good news for american manufacturing, and their investors. we spoke with doug burntnick, senior investment manager at aberdeen asset management. >> doug, thanks for joining us ton, how does the improvement that we've seen over the past 12 to 18 months number u.s. exports shape your investment strategy? >> well, the export story is actually really interesting. and what we are finding is the companies are both seeing external demand for their products, for everything, from machinery to electronics to chemicals. and they're starting to think about where they really want to manufacture those products. >> that's a big de

>> i am worried about kohl's.he right things to reduce the inventory levels. they brought in spring goods that are better. don't expect to see kohl's turn for back to school. >> what do you like, liz, going into this earnings season? >> well, i've been on ralph lauren, like that one, and they already reported. i think it's got a lot further to go. i'm also recommending coach. that's been a little bit of a choppier story. you know, i'm not really recommending much. i've moved to the sidelines on most of my recommendations. i do think retail is off to a slow start for this year, and i think that the likely here below census guidance for a number of names. i've got a shopping list, but i'm keeping that to myself at this point. >> jump in, court. >> we learned a decent amount about the consumer from walmart. revealed quite a lot. more details than they normally do. that's a key interest and is that what all consumers and retailers are feeling? are they really pulling back because of the delays in the tax refund and hi

>> i'd rather buy the socks at kohl's then by the stocks of kohl's. >> frank. >> pepsico, or do you buycola corporation? let's have a taste test between pepsico snacks and coca-cola snacks. not fair. cool ranch. this is the real definitive test. okay? pepsico. definitely better. >> this week in the internet. after capturing the world's imagination, "mad money" presents its rendition of the harlem shake. ♪ and do the harlem shake ♪ bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. [ male announcer ] from the way the bristles move to the way they clean, once you try an oral-b deep sweep power brush, you'll never go back to a regular manual brush. its three cleaning zones with dynamic power bristles reach between teeth with more brush movements to remove up to 100% more plaq

>> i'd rather buy the socks at kohl's then by the stocks of kohl's. >> frank. >> pepsico, or do you buya-cola corporation? let's have a taste test between pepsico snacks and coca-cola snacks. not fair. cool ranch. this is the real definitive test. okay? pepsico. definitely better. >> this week in the internet. after capturing the world's imagination, "mad money" presents its rendition of the harlem shake. ♪ ♪ and do the harlem shake ♪ ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ from td ameritrade. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're

>> i'd rather buy the socks at kohl's then by the stocks of kohl's. >> frank. >> pepsico, or do you buya corporation? let's have a taste test between pepsico snacks and coca-cola snacks. not fair. cool ranch. this is the real definitive test. okay? pepsico. definitely better. >> this week in the internet. after capturing the world's imagination, "mad money" presents its rendition of the harlem shake. ♪ ♪ [ angry gibberish ] [ justin ] mulligan sir. mulligan. take a mulligan. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] truth is, a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ angry gibberish ] [ fake coughs ] sorry that was my fault sir. [ male announcer ] alka seltzer plus severe sinus. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! [ male announcer ] try alka seltzer plus severe sinus day and night for complete relief from your worst sinus symptoms. [ male announcer ] try alka seltzer plus severe sinus day and nigh

bmo last night mentioning kohl's. think they said $60 a share sounds good to them. >> i see you 60 and raise you 61. hold 'em. >> after amr u.s. air and -- >> i know. you want to short kohl's in the rumor mill? david, i think there's a paper that says -- i mean, it is so pervasive. then bingo. office depot is kind of like, hold it, you were short office depot. for a second you're winning. >> right. >> by the way, i'm sure if that combination does come to pass, as i expect it still will, office max/office depot, there will be a lot of synergies. when it comes to this -- listen, analysts should be out there doing lbo models. let's not forget that the dell deal was not typical. heinz certainly not typical. and don't expect we're going to see massive -- quite a big number. there's still great resistance on the part of the lps. limited partners in the private equity funds saying, you, you, and you, you have to come together on a check for 2 or 3 or $4 billion. they don't want that. by the way, the funds that have been rais

you go to kohl's -- >> as you know i often do. i buy slacks there >> kohl's has great slashing sonoma. get a half a pant for $6. >> i forgot park i buy trouser there not slacks. >> you guys laugh at me. i go to kohl's, i have a good one on route 22 in new jersey, you would be surprised, tremendous, just they don't have the good credited card penetration, jc penney, not very good -- this shut problem with penny's, jc penney has sephora, i don't need to go to sephora, pbh, i can go -- there's nothing-to-distinguishing. if you said to me, jim, where did you get a suit, i said jc penney, would you say uh. it's the name. like no one feels like -- and there's no distinguishing -- why i'm amazed run gren is able to distinguish macy's, argue jc penney's, a loft home turn around on martha stewart. what happens if martha stewart loses that court case? just another thing johnson did wrong? >> had how long he lasts, is there a point which investors say i'm not going into a holiday season again with this guy. right? >> right. i think it is tim

kohl's might have to work harder to grab shoppers leaving jc penney because kohl's locations are off sear's department stores are located in the same malls as jc penney. only a handful of analysts even issue estimates for sears so consensus isn't truly representative for that name. after the bell specialty retailer gap does report, and that's a retailer that has been a bright spot recently. i'll bring you earnings when they cross. i've not been inside a sears to actually purchase something in a very long time. >> i couldn't tell you where my local sears is, to be honest. >> it's a problem. >> i'm not sure there is one near me. >> i don't either. >> oh, come on. >> i'm serious. >> in and out of sears all day long. >> listen to her, miss shopper here. >> let's get to eamon javers with breaking news from washington about the new treasury secretary, yes? >> reporter: hi, bill, that's right. well, it was a very low key debut for treasury secretary jack lew. he was sworn in this afternoon as treasury secretary. they did not allow the media or cameras to be in the room so we'll have to basi

kohls of how i. now find out how things going. and going to take a nap in the backseat. of. the winter row takes them along the ice bound linna river thousands of years ago the ravines on its banks provided shelter. of god all of which there are lots of rock paintings really curious here but they haven't yet been studied properly of. the rocks a crumbling away from erosion causing many paintings to disappear. nobody knows when they were made. most of the rock cart features the elk master of the siberian tiger are another animal depicted as the bison one of the main targets for hunters according to archaeologists primitive humans killed off the last bison you could hear some six thousand years ago scientists of. numerous bones of magnificent beasts the ancient nomad camps. but recently direct descendants of the siberian bison reappeared here in the early twenty first century. these large mammals have an excellent sense of smell bison love that an area because they always smell of hay they keep the bison and good health communicate with them and even help with their private li

and traffic kohl has to be part of your consideration in doing this. * control i went through dpw to try to get speed bumps put on peralta. they said they need a study [speaker not understood]. but they denied it. they said it couldn't be done. [speaker not understood]. one car totally destroyed by people speeding. [speaker not understood] thank you. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to comment today on item number 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. mr. fong, would you like to respond to some of the comments we've heard? >> supervisors, john kwong for department of public works again. i'd like to thank the neighbors and citizens for providing that video. the video actually provided more clarity i think to the members of the board in this case. if you notice, they're showing the rainwater is actually running down along the retaining wall where the gutter line is and it continues to run down. and at the very end when they were showing upstream, there was a driveway cut immediately above it. so, if there was rainwater that was jumping and

kohl's not that great a number. macy's. i think macy eis the correct analog.en you spoke to terry lundgren, he will say jc penney. >> is it saveable? >> is j th penny's saveable? >> yes. >> first we have to change the name. you have already alienated all of the old people. have you great merchandise. i was on the website, surfing the website. they have some great new merchandise. but he has to accept the fact that the old guys are gone. >> i tweeted this out last night. earnings released within line caught my eye. we are working hard to reconnect with old customers. can means, we lost them. >> like gm trying to beat toyota, you can't do it. >> all right, your company name gets longer every time we are on the show. and jan, you know, you forgot more about running retail than most people know. okay? is this the worst single quarter in the history of mass market retail? >> i couldn't come up with bun that was worse. i couldn't come up with a department store with 24% gross margin. yes, it's horrible. but i haven't changed my mind. i've been positive on the guy th

. >> extended it and that's lowering than natalie kohl's superbowl -- longer than nataliekohl cole'serbowl record. >> so it was long. >> yes. >> and it was beautiful. >>> beyonce took the stage and wowed the crowd. >> ♪ [ music ] she >> she sent the crowd into a frenzy including a reunion with destineie's child and sang few songs with her girls from destiny's child before ending the set alone. one audience member really enjoyed beyonce performance. look at this. and poked fun at lip syncing at the national anthem. shaquille o'neal mouthing the wrong to hailo as -- halo as she sings it during the halftime show. >> it was a nail biter of a game that had many of us wondering can we really win? >> are we going do it. the ravens managed to hold off the 49ers and take home the trophy. we will have a recap of everything if you missed one second we will fill you in. >> celebrations went well into the night here. some may be going on. but you know they are rocking the house in the big easy. jammy costello will -- jamie costello will have sights and sounds from the super dome when we continue.

. >> tim: fans at kohl are loving it. the maestro pulling all the strings.of the 2013 men's national championship.

kohl's up 13%. look at the stock of the major department store chains.y well. department stores fell out of style the past couple years. they're making a major comeback in 2013. the reason i point out kohl's, guys it is very cheap heading into the retail sales number on wednesday. price to earnings just 11. macy's price to earnings, just 12. they were below 15. where the concern, guys, discount retailers, big ones like wal-mart we don't get numbers like we did last week from wal-mart and target. wal-mart up 4%. target are up 6%. when people cut back on paychecks and shrinking they're much more careful at those stores. tracy, ashley, those will be numbers to watch. ashley: very good. >> thank you. ashley: thank you, sandra. tracy: it is quarter past. it is time to check on the markets. we go back to lauren simonetti on the floor of the exchange as we do every 15 minutes. >> hello. we're taking a look at boeing shares. the dow component is down a little bit today. not too much. there will be a second test flight of a 787 dreamliner to figure out what happe

kohl's has work to do. >> yeah.nce is concerned at the moment, dana, what's the implications for, you know, our forward looking earnings targ s targets? >> i think overall first quarter is going to be a real challenge. you have an earlier easter, you still have weather that's more winter-like than spring transition like. i think you're having conservative guidance coming in below consensus. i think the ability to beat consensus numbers comes in the back half of the year. i think the companies overall who could issue solid guidance, i think you could see solid guidance out of tjx. >> yeah. is it going to be -- what's going to win out here? the general environment or company specifics? >> what we're seeing right now is the general environment is winning out more than company specifics. investors overall are cautious toward the group. they're investing in brands. brands that overall have come under pressure where they are looking. so it's been like df corps who reported last week and overall the guidance was okay, but

it's happening in kohl's. it's a serious disconnect.he sector is being driven by big media names north by northeast. disney, time-warner. under the hood, more stocks are deteriorating. >> all right. we want to go to dan tonight for the trade. what we really focused in on here is it's going to be a certain kind of consumer more so than others. you're focused on costco. the consumer is much more like the nordstrom consumer than the walmart consumer. >> to me, i think it will go across all stratums here. i see the walmart news. i'm looking for derivative plays. costco will report march 12. to me this is a company that has low implied volatility. actually the 30-month implied is trading near 52-week lows. i'm looking to buy puts. with the vix i'm getting murdered owning premium. if you can find a catalyst, a derivative play to play something that's what i want to do. that's why i was looking at costco. i have this identifiable event coming up. >> walk us through the trade. >> as simple as it gets. when the stock was 102 i bought the march 1

yes it is that it has been a tension kohls the subject over many centuries but it's only really bubbled up over the last couple of years but really i believe that the genesis of this is not the united states but rather the governor of tokyo who decided that hey we're going to spend money the government of tokyo to buy these privately owned land and then the japanese government intervened and said ok well we can't get the tokyo government to buy it so we've the national government is going to actually buy these islands washington again is wants to play a neutral party in this but let me play the devil's advocate. say the united japan feels more strongly strongly about going in. to take military action to take to take over these islands because it has the united states backing what would happen then then china has an excuse to take military action against japan then the united states and japan can declare war on china and and then china will possibly have backing from north korea and we see this big big fall out and we are seeing and we would see a repeat of one nine hundred fourteen worl

yes it is that it has been a tension kohls the subject over many centuries but it's only really bubbled up over the last couple of years but really i believe that the genesis of this is not the united states but rather the governor of tokyo who decided that hey we're going to spend money the government of tokyo to buy these privately owned lands and then the japanese government intervened and said ok well we can't get the tokyo government to buy it so we've the national government is going to actually buy these islands washington again is wants to play a neutral party in this but let me play the devil's advocate. say the united japan feels more strongly strongly about going in. to take military action to take to take over these islands because it has the united states backing what would happen then then china has an excuse to take military action against japan then the united states and japan can declare war on china and and then china will possibly have backing from north korea and we see this big big fall out and we are seeing and we would see a repeat of one nine hundred fourteen wor

. >> thank you very much, chairman kohl ski. i'm very pleased to be up to serve on this committee with you and ranking member shelby, and i'm particularly pleased to hear you talk about the effort to return to rig or in terms of our budgeting process. i think that's very important for the senate. for all of our panelists, thank you very much for being here and for the work that you've done to date, because as the congress we've been unable to deal with this country's debt and deficit. and i was impressed and pleased to hear all of you talk about, in your remarks, the fact that these automatic cuts that are going to go into effect aren't just going to affect government jobs and government programs, but they're going to fix private sector jobs and private sector efforts to put people back to work in this country. so that they're going to have an impact on businesses, on families, on the jobs that we are creating. and ultimately they will have an impact on economic activity in this country. i'm sure all of this, you refer to this,

and traffic kohl has to be part of your consideration in doing this. * control i went through dpw to try to get speed bumps put on peralta. they said they need a

, could kohl's be talking to someone?t's a mixed picture retail, depending upon whether you've got a lot of money, you don't feel that payroll tax, you don't feel the gasoline or you're striving and the striving people are looking to washington for help and look away, look away. >> let's talk a little office depot and office max while we're on the subject. they're both jumping in premarket trade following news that the two office ply chains are near a merger that could be announced as early as this week. the two companies are set to be working towards a price for the deal. it is expected to be an all-stock transaction. some estimates are that it could be cost savings of $400 million to $500 million on a conservative estimates. the industry in these two companies is particularly badly needs. >> in 1997, i remember a lot of people thinking this was going to be the great merger. office max was quietly doing a lot of things. that company came public. obviously, the justice department i think is in no mood to block this, given

. >> from your kohl's card to -- >> big department stores, car loans, anything that's not leveraged withy. >> so is right now a good time to think about refinancing? >> this may be the last time to take advantage of low interest rates? why? >> because interest rates have been held artificially low for so long. they can't stay where they are and when they bin to move back to a mohr normal range, 6% and 7% mortgages which sound like a good deal will be terrible because we have been spoiled by 3%. refinance if you can. may it down before you refinance. >> those that might be ray afraid of an appraisal? >> establish a savings. so if folks don't have one or haven't been putting money in a savings account, do it? yes? where. put away some of what you get on every check. we tend to use 15% even though that's steep. >> take advantage of tax breaks. certainly right now a lot of folks are starting to do taxes. >> federally and in maryland you're seeing payroll taxes come back. it's a great time to make sure you take advantage of your employer's retirement plan because it will matter. >> and what i

kohl they're coming in from the arctic. that is why we urgently. are chilly. we're watching weather systems. there is the jet stream later in the weekend. that is the first disturbance that comes into our area. this next one died self. that is the one that could run up into our area and get us off to awfully close to stone nextsnow next week. all with our neighbors throughout much of the united states temperatures are warm and then they were. see how these lines sag southward. that is a sign have colder air coming up to the north. 28 at ohare. the windchill isn't the teens and 20s. a moderate brand of late- season cold. it has been gusty at harvard. air temperatures at the twenties. we had some flurries earlier that have gone soft. speaking ofsouth. humidity 47%. the raid are showing little patches of snow. there are the flurries that went through the area. how are modelsof our models suggest that we will have patches of flurries later today and tonight. there will be an accumulation in that area. the western michigan snowbelts getting in on some snow. under i

in the 18th century, there was a man named matt kohl lander the who did exactly the same thing in newspapers, so we've had that experience. we've had experience where the line between news and entertainment were completely blurred. so if the front page of a newspaper in the 19th century might have a news story, might have an opinion piece, might have a poem, might have a list of what's come in on the latest ship in the harbor, and it looked more like a web page than it looked like a newspaper that we were familiar with in the 20th century. so we have experienced pieces of all this. what we haven't experienced is it all coming together with this new technology that we have. >> host: what are your main news sources? >> guest: that's a really great question. so, um, i depend on a lot of sources. i tend not to watch the three broadcasts, and when i do, it's more as my role as an academic to see what they're doing. i will, um, watch the cable news shows, usually flipping between cnn, fox and msnbc partly because i want to hear what's happening, but also was i want to hear -- because i want to hea

kohl shares are expected to last 18 months to 20 months while they continue working on the project. - last 18 months to 20 months. you will need to take the 695 outbound ramp. the eastbound southeast southwest freeway will be closed. back to you. >> thank you. students at a northeast d.c. high school are on alert. police are looking for a man who tried to abduct a fellow student. the 16-year-old h.d. woodson high school was walking along nannie helen burroughs avenue on thursday. the man forced into an suv. the suspects started suspectsher, opinion letter ago when she fought back. the school will send home letters today. just two days away from the super bowl. all the excitement building in the big easy. >> we checked in with john gonzalez this morning and saw what he called the freaks, what we usually call the colorful characters of bourbon street. >> identified before the big game. this is the city that does not sleet. hundreds are still partying on canal street and bourbon street which intersects this main thoroughfare which includes vehicular traffic and streetcars or trolley cars

. >> a guantanamo up -- a guantanamo bay prisoner accused of attacking the uss kohl is in a hearing.the hearing begins today. the notes will be showed to a viewing room at fort meade. the bombing of the navy destroyer killed 17 crewmembers. it wounded 37 others. >> one of israel's largest sur -- providers has been having issues with service. the service went down last night. they are investigating the malfunction. it is unclear when service will be restored. >> 7 is on your side this morning. things may be better for gay lesbian, and bisexual teams. researchers say that just over half of the gay lesbian, and bisexual teams say they had been bullied. by the end, that number had dropped to nine% per day and bisexual boys, and 6% for lesbian and bisexual girls. young and gay men were almost quieter times more likely to be bullied. president obama speaking out about the boy scouts decision to consider ending its longstanding ban on gays. in an interview with cbs, he said the organization should open its membership to gays and lesbians. he praised the scott as a great institution that pro

kohls up more than a percent. grocery store chains did bell. nice run up, safeway among the gainers there. also, wanting to look at the dow 30 right now. obviously, most of the activity is in the red. mcdonald's is the worst performer on the dow right now. a lot of speculation in the market places, this after president obama last night proposed raising the minimum rage requirement, and that could lead to the selloff there, accounting for the quarter of the dow's losses, and i want to finish, liz, with the commodity markets. big movers, natural gas prices volatile, up a couple percent right now at $3.29 per british thermal unit. there's silver, a story i've been talking about today, hsbc saying silver's going to be the shining star of 2013. not today, liz, but it has been outperforming gold so far this year. back to you. liz: buying opportunities. well, it's very much an industrial play. >> absolutely. liz: thank you very much, sandra, sandra smith, closing bell ringing in 17 minutes. real estate investment trusts are a way to get exposure witho

they start at $70 at kohl's and burlington coat factory starts at $25 plus.ive a dollar to womenheart.org for every dress you buy. >> february is the month. elizabeth, thank you. >>> keeping your love life hot after these messages. what makes your family smile? backflips and cartwheels. love, warmth. here, try this. mmmm, ok! ching! i like the fact that there's lots of different tastes going on. mmmm! breakfast i'm very impressed. this is a great cereal! honey bunches of oats. i hear you crunching. waiting for your wrinkle cream to work? clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. one week? that's just my speed. rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots rapid tone repair. from neutrogena®. progress-oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your progress-oh! story on facebook. now you can help too. when you buy a bag of

kohl's also reporting results just minutes ago. earnings of $1.66 a share.. revenue's just a little bit short. current quarter guidance, brackets, the street consensus. so, good, bad, well that's going to be down a little bit in premarket. >> good? >> i heard brackets. >> march madness? >> another huge night last night. i have no confidence in anything anymore. penn state had not won a game in its conference and they beat michigan. >> that's why my way of doing it is the right way. who has the better uniform. >> that's right. arizona looked unbeatable and i don't even know if s.c. played -- a lot of weird things are happening. it's fun to watch. so is the fed. fed chairman >> -- segues for 100. >> strange segues. exactly. you don't -- and you say if i say cockshire and pigeon hole. >> joe kernen said cocksure and ruffled pigeon feathers. >> it's a walk in the cake for me. when i do things like that. >> fed chairman ben bernanke reaffirming his support of the central bank stimulus policy yesterday in front of the senate banking committee. his comments and som

investigators caught her on video too, going to kohl's, target, lowes, instead of answering calls, supervising officers in the field. gonzalez ignored calls too during rendezvouses with her boyfriend. >> i still can't get my mind around that. that someone would just choose not to go. >> reporter: recently retired miami-dade police officer was in charge during the two-year investigation, which involves secretly taping the officers, and even putting tracking devices on their cars. investigators learned that the entire squad, gonzalez and four other officers ignored emergency calls and falsified activity reports. all told that they tallied 134 violations, department policies involving 40 different incidents. an act of betrayal against those officers and the squad that they served to -- they swore to serve and protect. >> if you don't want to go to calls, then don't sign up for the place and don't wear a badge. i don't want to tell you that, but it is minimum requirement. we tell you you need to go, you go. >> reporter: in september in the final act as director, he called in gonzalez and another o

from kohl's, these great gift sets.f you're having a spa party with your girlfriends, which we should do -- >> oscar night spa party. >> i love that. >> i'm going to put on an eye mask. that feels good. >> in the freezer, puffy eyes, perfect. >> jill martin, thanks. not sure what to do with this but it feels good. date night, sleep night or wear your mask night. which is better for your relationship? ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. the freshenator. the buddy system. the do si go. the two-handed tango. el cleaño. [ female announcer ] nothing leaves you feeling cleaner and fresher than the cottonelle care routine. try it. then name it. the not so pretty truth about their body washes. i wouldn't change. [

and then you you have kohl's, tj maxx, and cross stores. >> when your client ask you whether this thingound, you mentioned yet when we talked about it earlier, is this a yet or, you know, i think it will happen. >> i have to wait and see. i'm not based on financial chart. >> ron johnson said, three years at least. do you give them the three years? >> you better have the capital to last that long or you will spend money redoing 1100 stores. >> they just got the recriesed credit line which gives them a lot more money -- >> yes, it is. but borrowing number is never the panasea. >> what do you think. >> in three years you walk a lot of customers if it doesn't turn around. what i'm concerned about is getting back the older customer. customer beyond 30 years old. aunt, uncles. i grew up with that. >> they want the new hipper customer. so if you don't get them and alienate grandma, who do you have besides herb and mandy? no one is left to shop at your store? look at this tie. >> oh, my gosh. please. no. that's fine to try to get a younger customer but you also have to -- i'm not talking about

matthew, mark, luke, john, romance, first and second, corinthians, galatians and ephesians, philippians, kohl first and second peter, first and second third john, june and revelation. ooh! >> we are mission impossible! come on! >> the lord works in mysterious ways. >> go jesus, go jesus, go! >> 300 teams auditioned including the rockin' rabbi two rabbis and a theologian student in upstate new york who did so well they earned a place in the second season. >> think we're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to represent. we feel like within the old testament we know what we're talking about and we should be able to show that to the rest of the world. >> cain is absolutely right. congratulations. >> we had a team of rabbis on yesterday. when they told me that i said you realize they've only studied for half this test, right? we have a lot of uncovered material there. >> turns out foxworthy's biggest task is to make sure his punchlines don't reach the profane. >> here's my thought if the first thing you think when you see an angel i'm going to wrestle him, you might be a redneck. >> the bible i

best buy, kohl's, the gap, jcpenney, too. it's a good week to get a good gauge on the consumer, not so much from the earnings but the outlooks. >> without a doubt. what we have to watch more is it just becomes this theme that people are going to pile onto, as opposed to a company by company, who's managing it well, who's not. i don't think you saw a lot of panic in the likes of nordstrom, even though people thought there was that prospect. i'm not really saying the consumer's done. it's much more about where the market is relative to the news flow. i think when you have it on the week laet le week leading up to the sequester, people are going to numbers, maybe we thought the domestic fundamentals in the economy were a little better than they're showing themselves to be in the very short term. >> mike, have a great weekend. see you next friday. >> thanks. >> mike santoli. perfect segway to josh lipton who's watching a couple of retailers. >> two retail names. coach, the stock hitting an 18-month low today, down some 15% now th