. >> we're watching shares of us airways ticker lcc rising just shy of 3% on an announcement this morningthey signed a nda or nondisclosure agreement with american airlines to explore a possible merger. this would be opening the kimono on behalf of american after nearly a year ago entering chapter 11 bankruptcy, but if you look at lcc shares in that time, they are up 91%. my worry is what do the shares do if this doesn't happen, send it back over to you, guys. >> thank you very much, kayla. who is trading the airlines, anybody? >> we've had bearish shares on delta and continental, pete, that have shown up because the price of crude oil has made that move. i wouldn't be surprised if crude oil can adjust and come back down although it did make that v-shaped move i spoke of earlier today. i think if it does come back down, the airlines can rally, otherwise i think kayla's exactly right that there's a real risk here that american if they don't move forward with lcc that's a bad move by lcc and the pop will wear off quickly. >> all righty. >>> coming up on the "halftime report." don't blame it

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airways lcc. >> i think if you have to own an airline which i don't want to.f you put a gun to my head but you take the gun away from my head. this company could be buying amr. i will bless it for that trade. i need to go to john in connecticut. john. >> boo yeah, jimmy john from bethel connecticut here. thanks for your help just manufactured this week. >> we can do it. that's a victory. >> glad to be there. i had a pretty good run in health care. i'm wondering if you think there is anything left in the tank? >> you bet there is. doesn't have the exmoesher people should worry about. i want to go to floyd in my old home state of pennsylvania. >> go eagles. >> go eagles. what's up? >> my stock is mv -- >> if you are going to own a speculative technology company i will send you them. the semi conductors are so hard to own. that is a good one. that is the conclusion of the lightning round. [ male announcer ] let's level the playing field. take the privileged investing tools of wall street and make them simple, intuitive, and available to all. distill all that data

airways, lcc. they came to an agreement with a flight attendants union. 6,8 0 flight attendants. you see that afternoon spike in the stock. sue, back to you. >> indeed. up better than 4%. thanks, brian. >>> speaking of things moving up, check out this look at corn. up 15% in the last month. now, 16.5% in the last month. it's up almost a full percent today alone but now one group is saying watch for it to keep going up. big time. jane wells is live with the details. hi, jane. >> hi, sue. no one watches more grain prices than the restaurant. how expensive? association today released what david maloney calls a down-right scary moment. the green line is short-term moving average on corn. the blue is long-term. corn usually rises 21% meaning we could see $9.50 corn. corn has been up and down today as everyone waiting for one of the biggest usda reports of the year. this friday, the first projection based on field surveys of how bad the crop is going to be. back to you. >> jane, thank you very much. >>> it's restaurant week on wall street. outback steakhouse making the public debut on