howie kurtz is host of "media buzz" here on fnc. travis from stars and stripes where we just you know, there was -- i tried not to put any judgments in there. i tried to just have him lay the claim, the statement and what the guys are claiming. >> that was a great visual timeline, megyn, that proves without a doubt this was not a one-time memory lapse or fog by brian williams. he has versions of this tale of the chopper in iraq which either was hit by an rpg which he was on or following right behind the evidence collected by stars and stripes makes clear he was nowhere near the chopper that was downed and fortunately everybody there survived. this shows why late today nbc news president announced an internal investigation by nbc into the actions of its chief anchor and why she has not in that memo or publicly ordered support -- >> how about tom brokaw? what a weak statement he put out. >> well, brokaw who helped bring brian williams to nbc news with the hopes he'd become the successor, reported based on anonymous sources saying he w

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joining us now, host of media buzz, howard kurtz.several news outlets showed the stills of this pilot's murder. fox news channel didn't show the channel but the dot com posted it. where do you stand on what ought to be aired? >> megyn, i see the argument on both sides. i understand the case that we ought to show the pure evil that is isis. and i thought our colleague bret baier handled it judicially by showing a couple still images. but i disagree with the fox decision and here's why. isis -- i fear many of the us in the media are helping isis spread its propaganda using its fear tactics. and i felt the same way with the beheading images almost became wallpaper for every story about isis. when that became familiar, these terrorists, butchers, went to the more sick and depraved and barbaric method of burning a man to death. and i just have a concern that we are helping spread the fear that isis so badly wants to spread. >> you know, generally on this program i have a sort of personal philosophy of going toward the light. what that mea

leopold's agents of whom the mythical kurtz was one, raided, slaughtered, mutilated and pressed into of the population, in a bloodthirsty quest for first ivory and then rubber. when independence finally came, the belgians trashed what they could, and left behind a completely unprepared tribally divided and largely ungovernable land mass, filled with stuff that everybody in the world wanted. and things pretty much went downhill from there. ♪ >>> but this story begins with the truck stop. in rwanda. stocking up in rwanda. my expectations for food in the congo are more measured. if you're looking to get to the eastern congo, and many would ask why you would even want to do that, the best way is to drive across from neighboring rwanda. this country, of course, not too long ago, suffered its own appalling genocide. behind the wheel, dan. he's been living in the drc for two years, working on a documentary about some of the several dozen rebel groups in the country. riding shotgun, dan's close friend and associate horeb, a congolese. they're taking me across the border. one side, rwanda, ho

i'm howard kurtz and this is "#mediabuzz". bill o'reilly hit back hard against the mother jones speech challenging his war reporting. david corn writing that the fox news host had suggested he was in the falklands islands covering the 1982 are war between britain and arrest again see in a. >> basically david corn, a layer, says i exaggerated situations. >> o'reilly says he's allege made clear as a cbs correspondent, he covered a violence protest in argentina in the war's after math. >> i was there in the street with my camera crews. the violence was horrific. soldiers fired into the crowd who were responding with violence acts of that ieir own. i never said i was on the falklands islands as corn purports. i said i covered the talk lands war, which i did. >> bill owe really'reilly gets out there and calls me a liar.lands war, which i did. >> bill o'reilly gets out there and calls me a liar. says he didn't say what he said and he's accusing me of pedaling garbage and swil and not really responding to the issue. >> and joining me

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harry kurtz and steve hayes next on the fallout on this. plus, with the trial about to wrapup for the man who murdered allegedly the "american sniper," judge alex tells us what he expects when we come back. >> half these guys were civilians six months ago. >> let's coach them up. i was a unit on the street. >> can't do that. we need you on overwatch. >> come on. if i'm on the street mark -- >> it's the deadliest job here, man. you got some sort of savior complex? >> i just want to get the bad d d d d d >>> a federal nutritional panel has issued a nearly 60 with what americans should be eating and what they shouldn't. along with the suggestions to consume more fruits and veggies and eat less meat for the good of the environment. i don't know if this is about the -- anyway. they argue meat eaters have larger carbon footprints. critics suggest the advice is based on sound science. final guidelines won't be out until later this year. stay tuned. >>> tonight, one of the top potential contenders for 2016 is facing one of her fiercest controversie

howard kurtz is the host of media buzz on fox news channel and joins us now.ard, it's an incredible series of events which have led to this historic moment. >> brian williams had everything shep and he kicked it away. this is nothing less than an attempt by nbc universal to stop the bleeding, to stop the hemorrhaging of its credible caused by the fabrication of its star anchor, top rated network news anchor told about being hit in a copter in iraq back in 2003. it also is an attempt to save brian williams' job. because the atmospheric has turned so toxic so many other questions being raised by williams' other reporting. so many people saying they would have a hard time viewing him the same way in that anchor chair. so much vile being spewed online about brian williams that the six months represents a cooling off period. one more thing, shep, nbc initially botched this by letting brian decide that he was going to self-deport off nbc nightly news for a few days. it sounded like nobody was in charge. now we know who is in charge, steve burke, comcast and nbc univ

fox's howard kurtz has more. >> reporter: brian williams the face of nbc news the top rated network newsfor a decade is in a credibility crisis of his own making. williams told viewers last week at a ceremony honoring a veteran that he had been involved in harrowing incident in an army helicopter over iraq. >> the story actually started with a terrible moment. a dozen years back during the april vision of iraq. when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. >> reporter: but that is false. williams was not on the chopper that was hit as he reported back in 2003. on the ground we learn the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> several soldiers on that mission told the stars and stripes newspaper they were disturbed by the accounts they knew to be untrue. >> they were puzzled as to how you could make a mistake like this. they were on mission. it was their first day of the inn vague of iraq. so these are memories that are seared into their minds experiences that were live changing and they'll remember for the rest of their lives. >> repo

joining me now, chris stirewalt and howie kurtz, host of media buzz.that it's governor walker rand paul and jeb bush who just got hit by the boston globe for his alleged bullying 44 years ago. i was in the delivery room. but i need to pay attention to this apparently, why? >> well, i don't know that you need to pay attention to it. i would leave it to brother kurtz to outline the journalistic propriety to reaching back to somebody smoking jays and pushing kids around in tenth grade. but i will say this, for scott walker at least, this is a strong indication that he has arrived. he has made it to the top tier. he is a republican of national interest because there's a huge fascination now about what he age 47, was doing when he was 20. >> but you know, chris, you remember when barack obama was running for office back in 2007 for the first time to become president. and i remember them doing several in-depth pieces on his college years -- oh. >> wait, hold on. no, i think you're thinking of george w. bush. >> yet. and mitt romney too. >> and mitt romney. t

howard kurtz, what's this all about?he attorney general would rather have melissa harry perry on msnbc saying you're as smooth as a duck and would you please quack for us. i'm sure eric holder doesn't want to be pressed on fox news about why he said we're winning the war against isis, his role in ferguson his relationship with al sharpton. but what he really doesn't want to be pressed on shannon is outrageous assault on press freedom that was the james rosen case where the attorney general authorized, as you know, surveillance of our fox news colleague. and in a separate case reporters at the a.p. and even authorized james rosen to be named as a criminal co-conspirator for doing his job. >> yeah, going through james' e-mails and those of some family members and certainly he would have to address that. i would imagine by any of us at fox that would interview him. but does he help us by walking out the door and slamming it in our faces essentially saying i'm not going to try to address your audience. it is by far the large

howard kurtz is the host of media buzz on fox news channel and joins us now.d, it's an incredible series of events which have led to this historic moment. >> brian williams had everything shep and he kicked it away. this is nothing less than an attempt by nbc universal to stop the bleeding, to stop the hemorrhaging of its credible caused by the fabrication of its star anchor, top rated network news anchor told about being hit in a copter in iraq back in 2003. it also is an attempt to save brian williams' job. because the atmospheric has turned so toxic so many other questions being raised by williams' other reporting. so many people saying they would have a hard time viewing him the same way in that anchor chair. so much vile being spewed online about brian williams that the six months represents a cooling off period. one more thing, shep, nbc initially botched this by letting brian decide that he was going to self-deport off nbc nightly news for a few days. it sounded like nobody was in charge. now we know who is in charge, steve burke, comcast and nbc univer

joining me now, bernard goldberg, fox news media analyst, and howard kurtz. we begin with bernie who is on the phone tonight. bernie, your reaction to the breaking news? >> well, i've been wrong about every facet of this story, right from the beginning. i thought the story would go away, as i once put it in the blink of an eye. and the thing that changed it and i didn't see this coming is that it was a page one "new york times" story. once something like this hits page one of "the new york times," it gives permission to everybody else in the media to pile on. "the new york times" is the bible of liberal journalism. "the new york times" allows other journalists to know what's newsworthy and what isn't newsworthy, what they can cover and how to cover it. once it hit the front page of "the new york times," that became brian williams' problems. then the new orleans angle cropped up. then you have a million dick tracies out there on the web who are checking every facet of this out. i'm just immensely surprised that it has come to what it's come to. >> that's the t

harry kurtz and steve hayes next on the fallout on this. with the trial about to wrapup for the man who murdered allegedly the "american sniper," judge alex tells us what he expects when we come back. >> half these guys were civilians six months ago. >> let's coach them up. i was a unit on the street. >> can't do that. we need you on overwatch. >> come on. if i'm on the street mark -- >> it's the deadliest job here, man. you got some sort of savior complex? >> i just want to get the bad d d d d d no pictures of trucks pulling boats. no photos of men working on ranches. just a ram 1500 ecodiesel that gets 156 more miles per tank than the ford f-150 ecoboost. get more facts at ramtrucks.com. huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker? i look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have...oh boy. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. we live in

harry kurtz and steve hayes next on the fallout on this. plus, with the trial about to wrapup for the man who murdered allegedly the "american sniper," judge alex tells us what he expects when we come back. >> half these guys were civilians six months ago. >> let's coach them up. i was a unit on the street. >> can't do that. we need you on overwatch. >> come on. if i'm on the street mark -- >> it's the deadliest job here, man. you got some sort of savior complex? >> i just want to get the bad guys. i'm louis, and i quit smoking with chantix. i told myself for so long that i needed to quit smoking. i would quit then i'd go right back to it. chantix absolutely helped me quit smoking. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix helped reduce my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some people had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these stop cha

tom: bring in howard kurtz in washington. howard, brian williams repeated the story for years most recently friday night, and the big question always is for especially the anchors in this television business credibility is everything. >> and this created a huge credibility crisis for nbc. brian williams is the face of nbc news. now he made this mistake last friday on the air, and a lot of veterans are saying and a lot of journalists are asking how could you not remember whether or not the helicopter you were in was hit by a rocket propelled grenade and small arms fire. this isn't the first time brian williams embellished the story. he told it accurately in 2003 and deserves credit but with david letterman in 2013 and another with alec baldwin, told the same story about his copter being hit, the same false story for which he apologized. tom: what's with the bravado talk. hillary clinton had to take back a story about being shot at while on a tarmac or someplace on one of the battlefields. >> i don't understand. is this bar tal

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howard kurtz, what's this all about? >> i guess the attorney general would rather have melissa harry perry on msnbc saying you're as smooth as a duck and would you please quack for us. i'm sure eric holder doesn't want to be pressed on fox news about why he said we're winning the war against isis, his role in ferguson his relationship with al sharpton. but what he really doesn't want to be pressed on shannon is outrageous assault on press freedom that was the james rosen case where the attorney general authorized, as you know, surveillance of our fox news colleague. and in a separate case reporters at the a.p. and even authorized james rosen to be named as a criminal co-conspirator for doing his job. >> yeah, going through james' e-mails and those of some family members and certainly he would have to address that. i would imagine by any of us at fox that would interview him. but does he help us by walking out the door and slamming it in our faces essentially saying i'm not going to try to address your audience. it is by

i'm howard kurtz, and this is "#mediabuzz". >>> television world was stunned when jon stewart suddenly announced that later this year he'll be stepping down from his comedy central franchise. >> 17 years is the longest i have ever in my life held a job by 16 years and five months. thank you. upshot there being i am a terrible employee. but it in my heart, i know it is time for someone else to have that opportunity. >> the openingly liberal comedian rarely criticizes president obama, but when he does it stings. >> how could obama not be there? look how many world leaders he kind of bowed down to and apologized. >> when john mccain told me stewart is unfair to republicans, i got the treatment. >> from immigration to world nations to conflagrations this past sunday our nation's leading journalistic lights sought answers to the day's most pressing questions. >> you've been the on "the daily show". is jon stewart fair to republicans? >> all this in contrast to stewart's friend and frequent guest brian williams out on suspension as head of nbc universal calls his conduct unexcusable and the

i'm howard kurtz and this is media bus. "#mediabuzz". "#mediabuzz". >>> he brian williams told his staff yesterday it's become painfully apparent that he is too much a part of the news due to his own actions, but that he'll return to nightly news after several days of leave. the dramatic development rooted in the invasion of iraq when he was on an army helicopter ground grounded by a sand storm and he recounted what happened to another chopper. >> on the ground, we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> but his story kept changing and by 2013, the anchor was telling this version to david letterman and alec baldwin. >> two of our four helicopters were hit including the one i was in, rpg and ak-47. >> what happens the minute everybody realizes you've been hit? >> we figure out how to land safely. and we did. we landed quickly an hard and we put down and we were stuck. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly.d hard and we put down and we were stuck. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly. >> he repeated i

this is "media buzz," and i am howard kurtz. >> brian williams told his staff yesterday it is painfully apparent he is too much part of the news because of his own actions but he will return to nightly news after several days of leave, this dramatic development rooted in the invasion of iraq when williams was on an army him corporate grounded by a sandstorm and he recounted what happened to another chopper. >> on the ground we learned the chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. >> by his story kept changing and by 2013 the anchor told this version to david letterman. >> two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire including the one i was n. >> what happens when everyone realizes you were hit? >> we figure how to land safely and we did we landed quickly and hard and we put down and we were stuck. >> did you think you would die? >> briefly. sure. >> last week he repeated the false account in a ceremony honoring a piece that aids on nbc. >> it started with a terrible moment, a dozen years back during the invasion of iraq when the helicopter we were traveling in was forc

howard kurtz it's terrible. it's terrible. >> that was the most cringe inducing thing i have seen since glozell green was in the bathtub full of froot loops interviewing the president. i know she was trying to end on a light note but when she lowered her voice and you're fighting for justice underneath, i thought she was going to get down on one knee and proclaim her undying love for eric holder. like an "snl" skit. >> like, will you quack for us? like may i hold you? i've never seen anything like that. what was she doing? >> i guess if the attorney general of the united states would have gone viral and everybody would have been high fiving. >> humiliating for her. does she know how she just humiliated herself? >> i guess not probably because it seemed kind of rehearsed. she had this whole thing, this is what we call you. it just reinforces the notion about the throw up the leg that a lot of nbc -- >> brian williams may make up things but i take him any day over her interviewing attorney general. speaking of bri

howard kurtz. fcc commissioner robert mcdowell for the latest on this. you have differing views.et's begin with the emotional part of it. that's something you watched very closely, howard. but we're putting a spin the on this. business oriented. will this situation with brian williams change or affect an already questionable merger between timewarner and comcast? >> at the very least, it doesn't help. brian williams credibility crisis now the suspension has become the nbc universal credibility crisis. and i'm hearing that the six-month length of the suspension surprised a lot of insiders may be quite related to the fact that comcast wants this whole story off the front burner, off the front pages, off the newscasts and the cable shows so that it can concentrate on getting the merger with timewarner cable. >> there are 81,000 complaints submitted not necessarily through the official channels of the fcc, robert. but also as we talk about submitted. this was already an imetleembattled issue. do they now take into account that we have 16,000 official complaints with the fcc on top of

in an interview with howard kurtz, o'reilly said about the author of the report "david corn is a liarr merchant, and will do anything to injure me and the network. everybody knows that. everybody -- everything i've reported about my journalistic career is true." let's dig into this. joining subcommittee monica voyeurlynn. co-editor of "mother jones" magazine and our senior correspondent and host of reliable sources "brian stelzer. welcome. how did "mother jones" begin to know about the possibility of a story o'reilly's background? how did this come to you? >> this has really been discussed for years. there have been stories over the years challenging bill o'reilly's assertions about some of the things he says he has seen and done. but it became relevant in the wake of brian williams and in the wake of bill o'reilly lashing out at brian williams and everybody else in the media for distorting coverage. that prompted us to take a close look at what he said about his own work. >> okay. more questions for you -- first brian stelzer. i think this is so different from brian williams' story f

i'm howard kurtz. i hope you like our facebook page..e you next sunday. >> thank you for always watching fox. more news >>> i am john roberts here for chris wallace. president obama hosted a summit on violent extremism but would not use "radical islam," to define the enemy. >> the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. >> you cannot defeat an enemy if you refuse to agency what it is. >> we will discuss the land to combat isis and the ongoing stand off over the executive actions on immigration. with homeland security secretary jay jeh johnson. >> the united states outlies a military offensive in iraq. are we tipping our hand? >> it is mystifying a

fox news media analyst and host of "media buzz" howard kurtz says it is much ado about not very much. reporter: the beltway drama has been building. the latest fiscal cliff a showdown that could cripple a key government agency, the nation's security at stake. that's how it's playing in the media. >> the president, the white house, the department of homeland security are all warning congress that if the department of homeland security does not have funding by this friday, that department will shut down. >> the alternative is unthinkable. the alternative is allowing the homeland security department to partially shut down which in the age of terror is unthinkable. >> reporter: and as the obama administration playing politics on homeland security by trying to scare you the american people, about possible terror attacks? but this is an old washington ritual with more smoke than fire. the underlying issue is serious. republicans using the threat of a funding cutoff to try to block president obama's unilateral action on immigration. everyone knows this is political shadow boxing, that the de

. >> joining us now from washington to analyze, lauren ash burn and howard kurtz host of media buzz seensundays 11:30 a.m. we saw hillary clinton say she was under fire in the balkans, wasn't true. saw richard blumenthal say he served in vietnam that was false but people elected him to the senate anyway. is this case any different? >> people expect politicians to fudge the truth. a journalist doesn't have that luxury because he depends on the audience's trust. this is a huge credibility crisis for brian williams at nbc because when the top rated network anchor tells a story and he we peteedly tells a story that is blatantly false people wonder why would a journalist of his stat tour do such a thing? >> well, do you have an answer for that question that wandering question? i have turned this over in my mind again and again. maybe he convinced himself this happened it was 12 years ago. it is inexplicable to me. when he first reported this in 2003, it's on tame. he told it ache rathly that it wasn't his chopper that was hit it was another helicopter. >> all right. so you don't know why he d

>> this is to the point howie kurtz was making last night.ke your family, birthday party, nan na did something fun, his point was how do you misremember something like your chopper got hit by an rpg. >> and here's the bottom line, america is a country of forgiveness -- >> hold on out there. >> -- we know there are more heinous things. you watch the news tomorrow -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> but let me ask you this, mark. shouldn't his history -- and i realize some people don't like brian williams. but many people do. he's been the number -- >> i like the guy. >> but it's not like he's some serial liar right? >> correct. >> so doesn't his history count for anything? >> absolutely. and let me just say this, i have nothing but love for that man. >> you're saying he should be fired. >> listen to me while you listen to the words that flow from his lips on tomorrow's newscast, you will have to question -- >> what? no you won't. you're absolutely wrong. >> he admitted it. >> because you know people in your everyday life who you know have told you

joining me now fo reaction, howard kurtz, and hollywood reporter melissa guthrie. thank you both for being with us. howard, what's your reaction to this? they say they want railroad brian to -- they want brian to succeed and come back. >> this is nbc salvaging its own credibility as well as brian williams and getting a shot at being able to come back after a six-month cooling-off period. i was told brian williams now recognizes the magnitude in fabricating his tale about his experience in iraq, and the way in which he botched the apology. it was lame, it was short it contained new inaccuracies that got knocked down. nbc belatedly realizing, in my view, that it had to show who was in charge, had to show williams was going to be punished. but at the same time because hoe's such a franchise player and face of nbc news trying to work out kind of a compromise where he could possibly return to 30 roc. >> let's go to what howie was referring to there, the january 30th, 2015 report. and the botched apology. >> the story started with a terrible moment a dozen years back, du

fox news media analyst and host of fox news media buzz, howard kurtz is here this evening. >> what thent is getting moving over to the white house is a loyalist from the 2008 campaign who also knows how to engage in combative tv interviews. but she'll be moving out of the line of fire into a more behind the scenes role now that she and her deputy at the state department have become so high profile and at times controversial defending the president. now she's respected by her press core, but occasionally drawn flak for sound pollyanna. but the thing to remember bret, when people beat up on press secretaries, they're paid to deliver the boss's message. >> triggered a controversy at the state department this week, as well. >> i only criticize for telling msnbc that we can't fight our way out of this war on terror and consider root causes as a lack of jobs. and at the same time, you know we have to say that some republicans have said similar things in the past but it really sounded off-key for this reason. and that is it came after a state of those brutal videos of isis showing the beheadi

i appeared on media buzz the sunday program of our fox news colleague howard kurtz, you were a guestl on a different topic. and in response to a question i expressed dismay at the treatment of jen psaki and harp on social media you described the internet a sewer whether there have been photo shopped images as a valley girl mall rep. phone sex operators. women in a mental ward with their underwear showing. they have been called dumb bitches and. partnershipy long stockings. let us be clear to discern an element of sexism in all of this which sin arguable not to endorse everything they have sewed or the way they have ted. >> let me get a few questions. in number one, i don't go into the sewer so i don't know about these terrible things said about those women and you are absolutely right to defend them rosen, and i respect that. i think you are absolutely right. >> thank you. >> but, the sexism card, they used it against me that was absurd, i hammer everybody. >> when they impaleudissed sexism to you i rejected that. when i have been in a state department briefing room i have given each

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bill o'reilly and howie kurtz sounds like must-see tv to me. >>> two of america's political dynastiesnews in the run-up to 2016. jeb bush declaring he's his own man during his first major speech on foreign policy as he looks to possibly follow in his father and brother's footsteps. plus, we learned that the clinton foundation is once again accepting foreign donations, something it stopped doing after hillary clinton became secretary of state. want to bring in our panel on that. ed rollins is former principal white house adviser to president reagan and been a longtime strategist to business and political leaders. he's a fox news political analyst and judith miller is adjunct fellow and a pulitzer prize winning author and fox news contributor. jamie weinstein is senior editor at "the daily caller." thanks for joining the conversation. ed and judy, always wonderful to see you. jeb bush says i am my own man. he had to say something like that because this is the criticism around his campaign. >> fine for him to say he's his own man but he's in front of the pack because his name is bush. he

while some see the suspension as a way to push williams off the air for good fox's howard kurtz says nbc hopes to have him back one day. >> as strange as it sounds for nbc to be suspending its star without pay and to use words like inexcusable and breach of trust, this is an attempt to save brian williams' job. >> nbc news says that lester holt will continue to fill in for brian williams least for now. >> so what happens in six months? he comes back after lester holt who is solid, does a great job? after six months in exile. don't know how that's going to work. >> do you think everyone deserves a second chance? but i think trust is hard to get back. >> i think they'll investigate a bunch of things. if they find more i think that will determine if he comes back in six months. and if the ratings don't move with lester holt, it is hard to imagine brian williams coming back. >> there is a story that when nbc wanted to move jay leno that man wanted to get the job. good news for him jon stewart is leaving the daily show in about six months, so maybe he can slide right in there. >> later we

kurtz coming out for luminary numbers saying -- hurts coming out with preliminary numbers.ys a separation of its equipment rental operations will not happen until all of those restatements are done. we are watching retail earnings. tjx coming up with numbers. it earnings beating estimates. it looks like it's first-quarter numbers are short of what analysts had been anticipating. target as well. that company, looking strong in the fourth quarter. it's best sales since 2013. you have the year-over-year comparisons with the data breach quarter. that is something to keep in mind. looks like the company's first-quarter forecast is below the average analyst estimate. betty: julie hyman, our senior markets correspondent. potential buyers are being forced to decide whether aging brands like ann taylor can adapt to a more useful -- youthful focused culture. macy's, whose shares sunk yesterday after it issued a disappointing profit forecast for 2015. for private equity firms turning around underperforming businesses in this environment might be more to bite off than they can chew. li