lululemon c.e.o. thinks his product is defective and it's your fault because as patanjali says in the yoga sutra "cultivate friendliness to the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous and indifference toward the wicked. also, no fatties." (laughter) now, not every c.e.o. has the marketing savvy to live by the mantra "the customer is always fat." (laughter) but chip here knows that calling out your clientele's chub-rub is just good marketing. it makes them feel insecure about their bodies, that's causing them to work out more which means they need more athletic clothes-- cha-ching. (laughter) by the way, cha-ching is also chip wilson's nickname for chinese people. (laughter) hi-rarious! and after his critics barked that it was time for him to roll over and apologize he released this heart felt statement. >> i'm sad. i'm really sad. i'm sad for the people at lululemon who i care so much about. i take responsibility for all that has occurred and the impact it has had on you. i'm sorry

and taking another hit, lululemon. the company's billionaire founder apologized sort of for his now-infamous comments on the yoga pants in a thank you youtube video. here with the word on wall street, is brian fazi. let's dig right in. i want to start with tesla. what clooney said in northern esquire in an interview. i had a tesla. i was one of the first cats of tesla. i've been on the side of the road a whilen that thing. look guys, why am i always stuck on the side of the f-ing road. make it work one way or the other. oh that has got to hurt, no? >> i think george clooney basically confirmed what we're all thinking about in terms of tesla. every dealership we pass in the mall, we're wondering how do we charge this thing? what if i'm driveing? i know it says it gets 450 miles, whatever. if it is snowing, is it raining, will the car be broke down the side of the road? i have videos on youtube with batteries going up in flames and people completely stranded. you have to make a big investment, 80, 90 grand in these cars.

now in today's big deal lululemon athletica has made a ten billion dollar business out of selling up with dean women's behinds brands that kind of was weird but basically signed hot pants that make their butts look better but last spring the company face sheer terror when its famous black yoga pants was recalled after customers complained they were see through. now the recall cost christine de her job and now it looks like the hot pants are again in the hot seat customers are complaining that loom movement pants are killing what's going on here is this is this part two of what we already saw with lululemon pants not being so hot well in a sense it is in the people are concerned again they're like you know the quality control here if there's killing taking place at the same time the last two lululemon big transparency scandal that we saw resulted in seventeen percent of the pants being recalled that's a huge amount what we're hearing this time is kind of a much more infrequent almost kind of story basis like a couple of people have their own personal takes they're bringing them to fac

so i would have to buy lululemon. alan: lulu just keeps making too many mistakes. did you see video where you can actually look through the pants? andrew: you go to the store anytime and it's crowded. it's more crowded than the apple store! alan: abercrombie and fitch has gone down so much. it's at 33. 30 is a huge baseline of support--- andrew:---have you seen the people that work there? why would you not go into lululemon? alan: 30 was the baseline of support---a 2009 break out. we've come right back to that. lean on 30, you can buy some january of 2015 25 calls. your break even's only a dollar higher. angie: topic number three--- trading touchdowns. trading touch downs- the company "fantex" offering investing and trading in football players recently ipo-ed-- are you an ipo buyer? alan: it's just another way to take advantage of those financial markets. if you can control your risk, i'll trade anything. but these two players, so far vernon davis and another guy---i don't follow football that well. but it's a present value of future earnings equation just like bow

lululemon is worn by women across the country.id on bloomberg television last week. looking shaken lululemon founder chip wilson said he is sorry for what his comments caused. >> i'm sad. i'm really sad for the repercussions of my actions. i'm sad for the people of lulu lem money who care so much about who have had to face the wrath of my actions. >> the apology came after he discussed problems with the black yoga pants which were recalled earlier this year because they became see-through. >> they don't work for certain women's bodies. >> so more likely that they'll be more see-through in some than others? >> no. i dodge thing that. it's about the rubbing through the thighs, how much pressure is. there i mean ore a period of time. >> interesting. not every woman can wear a lululemon yoga pant. >> i think they can. it's just how they use it. >> reporter: the issue was actually with the stretchy fab lick used to make the pants but some thought his interviews with blaming women wearing them. lululem lululemon's brand hmay have bee da

out to lululemon. time that chip wilson has taken aim at full-figured women. in 2005, he said, if you go to plus sizes, they would have to use 30% more fabric. and he would have to charge 30% more. and he wouldnasn't going to do . >> people are speaking out. we asked people on twitter and asked everybody, what do you think about this? about the apology? and kristen said, they're having to apologize a lot. i'll spend my hard-earned money elsewhere. and puddle says, sure. why not? it's true. spandex is not for everyone. he was telling the truth. the truth is hard to take. grow a backbone, america. all right, puddle. and the tea lady says. i fully accept lululemon's pants are not flattering on my body type. so, i wear brands that are. >> he's a businessman. this is josh's point. you know, this has got to be bad business. >> you would think. >> you can't sell to part of the population. >> after 2005, the fact they've been in business this long, is no small miracle, i would argue. but all right. there you g

businesses and we're not talking about adam smith we're talking about mckinsey and company plus lululemon is having some transparency issues and we'll discuss all of that on today's big deal stick around we'll be right back. i would rather as questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question or. considered one of the most prestigious management consultancy firms in the world mckinsey and company is not only incredibly powerful but it's played a fundamental role in molding american capitalism as we know it today started in one nine hundred twenty six by accountant james mckinsey today the firm also mckinsey better known to those in the know as the firm employees over seventeen thousand people and grossed more than seven billion dollars in revenue last year now over the years the firm has had some tremendous accomplishments and equally as stunning failures but joining me now from now our new york studio to discuss is jeff macdonald financial journalist and author of the new york ti

lululemon lululemon's brand hasmay have been damaged. >> some customers thought wilson's apology posted the customers he fat shamed. >> the people were angry about some of the commented he made. he didn't apologize for the comments but for the repercussions of the comments. >> the chief consecutive has resigned. they tried to put their see-through pants in the past after the second quarter earnings but since the remarks the company's stock is down 4%. lululemon declined to comment for this story and said chip willis is not willing to respond. >> chip wilson should sit quietly for a while. >> there are some who would >>> good morning. it's a sunny and cold start to this day. we have at least lost the wind. i know you're looking at that condensation where the harbor cam is. frankly, 30 stories up you're going to get a breeze. 42 degrees will be high. 70 would be better. 25 tonight. tomorrow in the low >>> malcolm gladwell says when a little guy takes on a giant it doesn't have to be a mismatch. how does that work? he's hour. he's an author. he'll explain the real meaning of david & goliat

an apology by the founder of lululemon is doing little to help nerves. >> good morning.shionable crowd willing to pay a premium for the label, but even many of them were taken aback by what wilson said during an interview on bloomberg television last week. >> reporter: looking shaken lieu lieu founder chip wilson said he was sorry for the firestorm his comments caused. >> i'm sad. i'm really sad. i'm sad for the repercussions of my actions. i'm sad for the people at lululemon who i cared so much about that have really had to face the brunt of my actions. >> reporter: his apology came three days after a television interview where he discussed problems with the company's black luan yoga pants which were recalled earlier this year because they became see through. >> they don't work for some women's bodies. >> so more likely that they'll be see through in some women's bodies than others? >> no even our small size would fit an extra large. it's really the rubbing through the thighs how much pressure is there over a period of time and how much they use it. >> not every woman c

lululemon has issued a teary apology for making comments. the hugely successful workout wear company recalled 70% of their yoga pants after discovering you can see through them. that's a bad thing? last week when confronted about the disaster founder chip wilson blamed women's thighs and their tendency to touch the material. >> frankly some women's bodies just actually don't work for us. it is the rubbing of the thighs and how much pressure is there. >> finally somebody says what everybody has been thinking. the commentary sparked on-line outrage and he was criticized for fat shaming. so on friday he did what every guy has to do, posts this video. >> i would like to talk about the last few days of media that occurred around the bloomburg interview. i am sad. i am really sad for the repercussions of my actions. i am sad for the people of lululemon i care so much about that have had to face the brunt of my actions. i take responsibility for all that has occurred and the impact it has had on you. >> i am so embarrassed for all of us. he also pr

"lululemon" lost millions when it recalled the see-through pants last spring. wilson's comments sparked outrage on the company's facebook page. he backed off a bit later in the interview saying, i just think it's how you use them. >>> a bay area woman found a creative way to fight her pre- surgery jitters. before her double mastectomy this week, she did this. ♪[ music ] >> a dance party in the operating room. dr. deborah cohen and her medical team grooved to beyonce's hit. the video already racked up over a million hits on youtube. cohen was discharged from ucsf medical center at mount zion yesterday and you can watch the entire six minute clip on our website, kpix.com. i highly recommend you do it. it will make your day. great attitude. >>> all right, paul. we're enjoying perfect weather here. this typhoon that i heard about earlier, you have better pictures of it? >> this typhoon about to hit the philippines or hitting it now could be one of the biggest storms ever recorded anywhere on earth anytime. sustained winds right now are upward of 200 miles per hour!

. >>> founders from lululemon's image.as we listen to the united nations on climate change you would think we're all doomed. buckle up though. more "varney & company" about to begin. charles: okay, right off the bat we are starting with numbers right now and well, it is not good news for the economy. more than 2/3 of small business owners now think it is a bad time for them to expand. half are blaming what is going on in washington. liz, this is obviously really bad news. small businesses are engine of growth for this economy. connell: what they were actually saying, essentially they don't have huge lobbieses to lobby washington, d.c. they have known that. when we don't have the front operations to deal with tax and regulatoryypolicies it really hits us hard and hits job growth hard. charles: it is crazy, to your point. they don't have a voice. they go down there and a few organizations here and there. they don't get carveouts big business get. they don't get the tax breaks big businesses get and they're the engines of gro

brian, lululemon shouldn't have an obligation after market/make their products for everyone.n't go to business school. but i don't know. >> i don't want to tell everyone how to run their business. but if you make clothes for a certain group of people, you should be able to sell them. but you shouldn't insult everyone else. the point is, why don't we -- don't be mean. how about that? >> i like that. that's our new catchphrase. >>> let's move on, everybody. this is an interesting story. we've been talking about it. one man's message about marriage. it's really floated on the internet. 27-year-old seth adam smith has written a blog about his fear of commitment. in which he declared that marriage was not for him. the post has been seen 25 million times and counting. it's not exactly what it seems. >> thank you. >> reporter: seth and kim smith. the picture-perfect image of young love. >> kim and i met in high school when we were 15. definitely the most beautiful girl i've ever known. >> reporter: friends for nearly a decade, they fell in love and got married. after just a year and

lululemon fanatic on the new york stock exchange., but as woman or consumer, how does that make you feel? >> overall, i think that these companies, abercrombie & fitch and lululemon need to be very careful. if the customer is 100-pound more than you would like, too bad. they are not your runway models. that being said, if someone is in lululemon pants, which are the tight, tight, growing today pants and they don't like great as maybe they could or they would like to, then maybe i just don't need to look or maybe they're stretching material beyond what it goes. i don't know. but i can tell you no one wants to hear whether you're slim, heavy, whatever, i don't want to hear, you don't fit in these clothes because you're too fat. that's terrible? liz: reminds me of abercrombie & fitch crack from the ceo. i don't think it's a good strategy to offend a big swath of your customer base. i have yet to see these yoga pants come with instructions so they don't get pily as he is talking about. charles: to a certain degree a copout. our pants are

you know the quality control here if there's killing taking place at the same time the last two lululemon big transparency scandal that we saw resulted in seventeen percent of the pants being recalled that's a huge amount what we're hearing this time is kind of a much more infrequent almost kind of story basis like a couple of people have their own personal takes they're bringing them to facebook the financial journalist financial journalist kind of seized upon it the stock fell on friday and then has kind of stabilized once again today so are there but they're back a few minutes you can get it seems about they're back at even and it doesn't seem like it's going to have as big of an effect what happened in march actually at the end of the year may end up costing. anywhere from fifty seven to sixty seven million dollars in sales it doesn't look like this new round of healing is going to be the same thing also i would add on kind of a more personal note i would rather have pants that pill than pants that are super all together you know what i mean they're special because. lumen was saying i

you've already said that lululemon won't make pants bigger than a size 12. make pants significantly more expensive to make. and you couldn't charge bigger women more for bigger sizes without a public relations disaster. then there was that time that you explained that breast cancer is partly caused by women working outside the home and taking birth-control pills. yup. and the fact that you put the catchphrase on lululemon's shopping bags and claim that your vision for the company was inspired by the book which was based on objectivism, the school of thought that everyone should be just out for themselves. a yoga store. now, all that could maybe be forgiven if the $100 pants were perfect. but they're not. in march lululemon had to recall 17% of its pants because they were too sheer and the company's stock and reputation took a hit. even then the company suggested that the pants weren't the problem. what women were wearing was the problem. they were wearing the wrong size. but here's the thing. despite what thigh gap inspiration would have you believe, most wo

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now lululemon is fielding new complaints about quality. a number of consumer also say the pants are still too sheer and some are falling apart just after a few months of wear. which is not what you want to think about doing downward dog. you can't get into that. >> exactly. thank you very much, bertha. >> it is close quarters there, too. other people's problem there, right up -- yeah. guys in speedos doing yoga. christina loren is back, if you are going somewhere might want to take a jacket. >> cover up a little. >> a little more than a speedo this morning. that will get you going on a monday. we have a good looking start to the day with mostly clear conditions across the bay area. it's cold throughout as a result and yeah, we're watching for potential temperature record out in napa. your temperatures are chilly. we're going to drop off throughout the next hour or so so bundle up. bundle up the little ones as well. that time of year where temperatures get in the freezing zone as we head throughout the early morning hours. this is what we'r

lululemon stock is sagging follwing an analyst downgrade. lululemon's c-e-o chip wilson, recently blamed some women's bodies for the pants' see thru quality issues. wilson later apologized. sterne, agee and leach downgraded the stock to "underperform" from "neutral" saying the ceo's behavior reflects poorly on the company. shares dropped nearly 4 percent on thursday to $66.21. a stock in the home improvement sector needs a quick fix. shares of tile shop were selling off so fast yesterday, it tripped nasdaq's short sale circuit breaker. the stock plunged around $8 dollars after research firm gotham city recommended investors sell their tile shop stock immediately-- claiming the company puffed up earnings by 200% using its china based supplier, the company denies the allegations. turning our attention to matters overseas.... the eurozone economy has yet to hit its stride. g-d-p grew just a tenth of a percent in the second quarter, as output slowed in germany and declined in france. economists expect the eurozone's economy to expand only slight

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one of lululemon's founders is on the hot street.rview he seemed to imply that the lieu lieu lemon pants are not for every woman. you may remember that they were so sheer that they had to be pulled off of shelves. >> what's the problem? >> exactly. everybody saying the exact same thing when we did that story months ago. >> yeah, well. >> the biggest problem for lululemon. they don't carry bigger sizes. they don't restack the bigger styles. a lot of bigger woman had complained about that. then we had the sheer situations. the guy's name is chip rosen. he was doing the interview with his wife by his side. he said, frankly, some women's bodies don't work for it. >> talking about the women? >> blaming it on the women's body. it's really about the rubbing through the thighs. how much pressure is there over a period of time, how much they use it. his wife, by the way, tried to give a nicer or more piecy explanation. the interviewer said, wait a minute, not all women can wear lululemon pants, it's how you use it. don't sit on a cement floor

how "lululemon" is turning its scandal into a marketing opportunity. ,, the so-called "second chance pants" include an extra layf fabric in back, and new mesh st gs. >>> the too sheer yoga pants are back in stores. the so-called second chance pants include an extra layer of fabric in the back and new mesh strips on the legs. the tag on the bottom reads, this is what is celebrating failure looks like. the company told business insider it reworked the recalled pants so they wouldn't go to waste. the march recall could cost "lululemon" up to $67 million in revenue this year. >>> several chihauhau pups boarded a flight at sfo this morning on the way to new york. nine of the dogs got their wiggles out before joining a full flight of passengers. there is an overpopulation of chihauhaus in california but on the east coast, department dwellers want the small dogs. virgin america teamed up with san francisco animal care and control to get the dogs adopted. >>> well, now for a look at what's ahead on the "cbs evening news." we have scott pelley in new york. scott? >> reporter: airport security

what do you think about lululemon? >> i'm so torn about lululemon.et me tell you why it's really, really hard. because they keep screwing up! every time i look, there's like a recall. i mean, aren't they just making pants?! but in the end, it matters. i see your lululemon and i raise you with under armour. yes, sir? >> hi, i'm brian. i'm stationed local over in brooklyn. with how the smartphone industry is going these days and how blackberry has been slowly on the decline and up and down, do you buy, hold or sell? >> i don't want to touch blackberry. i'm a believer in best of breed and best of breed still remains apple. i know it looks dead in the water, but it could be a sleeping tiger. thank you for serving in brooklyn. and thank you for serving in iraq. all right, tonight is a special salute to the troops, "mad money" style! we're fighting for financial knowledge and freedom. next week, it's about conferences, not earnings. learning, not acting. "mad money" will be right back. >> just ahead on "mad money" salute to the troops, cleaning up? from cl

"lululemon's" founder says the women are to blame.n told bloomberg tv, quote, quite frankly, some women's bodies just actually don't work for the pants. "lululemon" lost millions when the pants were recalled last spring. he backed off the interview saying i just think it's how you use them. >>> struggling retailer abercrombie & fitch is going back on its word and will start selling larger sized clothes for women by next spring. the company doesn't carry sizes larger than a 10 right now. might recall abercrombie & fitch's ceo stirring controversy in the past saying their clothes were meant for the cool and attractive people. the company has lost about 30% of its value since last year. >>> time now is 5:51. coming up, a simple act of kindness. why this man says he allowed a complete stranger to fall asleep on his shoulder. >> and one couple bringing a whole new meaning to until death do us part. coming up. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. >>> a traffic alert in san jose. pedestrian hit and killed on the ramp to both

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lululemon now call them second chance pants. this is what's celebrating failure looks like. >> i'm still thinking about the college pages. we had one and three. communications and journalism. meet roll jip wasn't on there. wind and freeze alerts. you got coastal flood concerns. big waves, still breezy conditions. otherwise, take a look at the deep south with the deep freeze on in places like southern georgia, alabama, the mississippi gulf coast all the way down into new orleans. this is a far reaching november freeze. boy, it will be a cold one tonight, crystal clear skies, aiding and abeth. a few high thin clouds and that's it. you had about parkton today. we go up into northern baltimore county. it was cold here this morning and did not warm up a whole lot today. early sunset is making it feel chilly. the air is bone dry very dry. now is a good time to fire up the whole house humid fire. otherwise it will be cold and dry. 48 by noon, low 50s by 4:00. cool tomorrow evening. you got hour by hour forecast. the current temperature

. >> later, lululemon >>> today in san francisco a hearing called by legislatures >> they want to know what is being done to prevent another accident like one that killed two men in october and why something wasn't done to prevent it. >> we're live at the state building in san francisco. heather? >> this hearing was scheduled for before the double fatal accident, postponed twice for difficult bart labor negotiations when it did happen today, legislatures wanted a lot more details about the fatal accident but they, like rest of us, will have to wait for the ntsb investigation to wrap up in about three weeks. immediately after the october 19th accident that killed christopher shepherd and lawrence daniels, bart suspended use of a practice called simple approval, leaving track side safety up to workers today assembly labor and employment committee asked why that practice was in use when osha said it contributed to two prior bart deaths in 2001 and 2008. >> it's a gut wrenching kwechlt you ask you did it now. why you didn't do it then? >> bart assistant manager of operations says lessons w

i'm chip wilson, founder of lululemon.d the bloomberg video. i'm sad -- i'm really sad. i'm sad for the repercussions of my actions. i'm sad for the people of lululemon who i care so much about that have really had to face the brunt of my actions. i take responsibility for all that has occurred and the impact it has had on you. >> you know, i think, first of all, just a terrible video. but secondly, i'm thinking just looking at him from here up, his thighs probably rub together too. >> i'm thinking they touch. >> when he -- >> joe says they do. >> jen? >> absolutely. >> you see that? he's got a thigh problem too. >> it came from inside. >> he's fighting his own demons. so the "usa today" research is showing the number of driver who is surf the web while behind the wheel is on the rise. state farm insurance the number has doubled. drivers who are 18 to 29 of course are the worst at it and that number has jumped almost 50%. >> and this is from cnbc's home page. we've all heard of flipping loans for cash. now billionaires are

. >>> so lululemon has found a way, we had to say it, to turn lemon into lemonade. that are see-through that were recalled and they're going to sell them? >> that is exactly right. lululemon saying that it's transformed the see-through pants through laminated recycling. that means they put a patch on the back side. they're calling them second chance pants. the tag reads this is what failure looks like. you'd think ute get a discount on these. they got 92 bucks. only 6 bucks less than the other pants. not cheap at all. i listened to the conference call after the whole sheer pants thing happened. the ceo said we had quality control in place. but to detect this problem, chris, you have to bend over. >> cnbc's jackie deangelis, leaving me speechless. thank you. see you soon. >>> if you're looking for a side dish to go with that turkey this thanksgiving, "entertainment tonight" have a list of celebrities who have published cookbooks. stanley tucci has the tucci cookbook. there is the dolly fixings. eva longoria. tony danza, don't fill up on the pasta. on ted nugent, kill

lululemon had to pull its black yoga pants from shelves in march after customers said the fabric wast recently, more customers have emerged accusing the new pants of other flaws such as bad seams and continuing thinness. >> online wal-mart shoppers stumbled across the sale-of a lifetime wednesday the giant discount retailer had wildly low prices on generally expensive items. fisher price battery powered ride-on john deere tractors were listed at 29- dollars. instead of the normal 239-dollars. flat screen computer monitors.normally priced at 185-dollars.were listed for 8-dollars-85-cents. the microsoft x-box 360 console was going for 18- dollars. instead of 299.wow! if it seems to good to be true.that's because it was. wal-mart is blaming a technical glitch for the price crash. >> the cia is paint at&t $10 million a year to access the vast databases of customer phone records. according to reports at&t provides the spy agency was called data from phone numbers at the agency believes are connected with overseas terrorism suspects. the arrangement not only covers a cole's of at&t custome

lululemon continue to make mistakes, we saw it in the news with the quality control. they nailed it in terms of fashion, the denim jeans, colored jeans, it's a good buy. >> use #bull or #bear. we'll give you results as we do at the end of the show. market flash with dominic. >> well, scott, how about this in shares of herbalife down in trading, third straight day of declines. concern that hedge fund manager bill ackman going to take another go at bringing down herbalife. he put on a high profile bet against the shares. since your report on thursday, last thursday, ackman was going to put that big presentation on later this month, shares have lid around 9%. but herbalife, remember, up 86% this year. that trade is definitely not going ackman's way up until now. we'll see if anything changes that. >> thanks. the stock guys, have been hanging out in the upper 60s for a couple of months minimum. people are wonder what ackman has up his sleeve, he's got another presentation coming. >> i wouldn't be too worried. after the first presentation, trade down and the stock received

what do you think about lululemon? >> i'm torn. let me tell you why it's really hard.ecause they keep screwing up. there's like a recall. aren't they just making pants? in the end, you know, i see your lululemon -- i raise you with under armor. >> hi, i'm brian. i'm stationed local over in brooklyn. with how the smartphone industry is going these days and how blackberry has been slowly on the decline and up and down, do you buy, hold or sell? >> i don't want to buy blackberry and i believe in best of breed, and best of breed. thank you for serving in iraq. tonight is a special salute to the troops. "mad money" style. we're fighting for financial knowledge and freedom. next week it's about conferences, not earnings. learning not acting. "mad money" will be right back. >> just ahead on "mad money" salute to the troops, cleaning up? from cleaning to cooking and everything in between. clorox has it hands on some of the world's biggest brands. but does it have the growth to wipe out wall street? cramer sat down with the ceo to find out and hear about its commitment to hirin

and lululemon is fielding new complaints about the quality of its yoga pants. earlier all-of pants because they were too sheer. some consumers say they're still too sheer and fall apart after a few months of wear. >>> honda is voluntarily recalling 2007 and 2008 to fix a minivan problem. >>> ikea is experimenting with a second hand online flea market for their customers who want to unload their gently used furniture. >>> massive cache of paintings thought to contain work by picasso and matisse were recover covered among 1500 works of art, the pieces were confiscated by the nazis in the 1940s. >>> just ahead, all your football highlights and >>> plus, things get heated at a soccer match in serbia. next. >>> hello, kent. >> well, well, well, rachel maddow. >> kent, i'm going to tell you the most important mistake you ever made, after this break. so, kent, that mistake you made that fundamental life changing error, that cosmic fail -- >> just tell me already! >> after this break. >>> sponsors, got to pay for the program, now the latest in sports. we start with "su

as stock number one is lululemon and no jokes about the new rating either. >> i figured a little ledbe great for this segment. talks about sweet talk which is like street talk. lulu lemon with an overweight rating at jpmorgan chase which has gotten sideways glances. after plenty of bad pr analysts believe they will see top and bottom line -- in fact talking about the big bottom line, growth accelerating, $84 target, so they see about a 20% upside to lululemon share price. >> the founder did come out and apologize for those comments he made about how those pants don't fit every -- >> not the brightest comments. >> nonetheless he did apologize. stock number two, coal is hard money u.s. steel getting an upgrade. >> the x up 1.5%. an upgrade to an overweight to equal weight at morgan stanley. they think the u.s. steel has room to improve their margins. kind of quietly u.s. steel up over 24% in the past month. by the way, in the same call morgan stanley downgraded nue to an equal weight. >> this is a big one, qualcomm, a lift from goldman sachs. >> i heard jim and carl talking about it. j

. >>> and lululemon's problems surfaced again today. they are hit with complaints that some of their pants are see-through, shares plummeted when they had to recall their new line. shares rose 2% to 69.33. >>> and we've all heard the stories about the problems with the healthcare.gov website. now a new poll shows what people's experiences with the on-line marketplace insurance has been like. 65% of people eligible say they are aware of the marketplaces. but only 17% have actually logged on to check out the options. also, roughly one in five investors to the sites, according to the poll, actually enrolled in a new plan. >>> for anyone looking at sears, they announce they will open their doors at 6 a.m. on local time thanksgiving day and stay open round the clock through 11:00 p.m. on black friday. >>> and coming up, buying jefferson the most sought after pieces, as the fall art buying season gets under way. >>> the justice department is looking to avoid a trial scheduled to start this month regarding the u.s. airway's merger. they are cu

. >>> coming up at 5:00, the see- through yoga pants caused a pr mess for "lululemon." how the company's founder is blaming women for the problem. that and more coming up at 5:00. >>> an olympic first blasting into space. a three-man crew successfully brought the olympic torch to the international space station this morning. >> and we have liftoff of the soyuz rocket. >> they will take the torch on its first spacewalk ahead of the 2014 winter games in sochi. for safety reasons, the torch will not be lit. the flight is part of the longest torch relay before a winter olympics. i would think so. >> i was thinking that. how do they light that up there? >> they're not. >> don't start a fire up there, guys. >> have a great afternoon. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com to those whoworried...... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a p