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let's go to tennis star novak djokovic. he's in the news but not for his play on the court.o reports, djokovic has purchased the entire annual supply of the world's donkey cheese. it's the world's most expensive cheese at $585 a town. the cheese is made in his home country of serve ba at a donkey farm. according to reports djokovic will use the cheese at a chain of restaurants he's opening across hiss home country. the farmers must hand milk the donkeys up to three time as day. that's impressive. cleopatra, apparently maintained her beauty while bathing in the milk. although that's not what it's going to be used for. djokovic is not the first athlete/celebrity to make a foray into the restaurant business. can remember hulk hogan and his pasta mania chain restaurant. i hope this works out a little better for djokovic. >> i don't believe any of your donkey cheese studio. if you get it here in the studio, aisle try it. >> bill, if you've got the 585 bucks for the pound of cheese, i will get it for you. >> i will work on it. bottle collection. >>> still ahead on "way too early,"

djokovic and donkey cheese novak djokovic has bought the world's entire supply ofwhy you ask?nsidered a is actually the world's most expensive cheese at between $500 and $1000 per pound it is made at a farm in djokovic's home town in serbiaand djokovic is spending millions to buy all of it - says he will use it in a chain of restaurants he plans to open. weaver just saying that was what he'd do that? >> restaurants. >> we were just wondering. we will see you at 8:00 p.m. (music) you won't take my life. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪ aids is going to lose. because we know how much you do. to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. >>> the new investigation into the plane crash that killed a singin

what rare delicacy is novak djokovic reportedly buying up by the pound? sam?it's very rare. >> one of the world's most expensive cheeses. and we're hearing he wants to serve it at his restaurant chain. >> is it really the milk of a donkey? or does it smell like a donkey? >> no. amy. >> are you okay? we have another hour left. >> it's made from donkey's milk. >> 43 more minutes. can i have a single shot here? >> all of us together. >>> we're going to turn to the latest on brooke burke-charvet. it's about thyroid cancer. the "dancing with the stars" host is resting after throat surgery. that made her feel like she had been hit by a car. >> reporter: hers was the face of courage. brooke burke-charvet dazzling the ballroom at the season finale of "dancing with the stars." but the brave smile masking her fear for her health. >> a whole lot of research and a whole lot of doctors' appointments for me. >> reporter: she had a thyroidectomy, to remove a nodule on her thyroid. tweeting this from the hospital, last looks at my neck. and now, brooke burke-charvet is openin

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and there was a case called oldman against evans which was a libel case against evans and novak, the columnists. and scalia decided that the plaintiff had a good case, i decided he didn't have a good case. well, we were both arguing from what we thought were reasonable premises related to the constitution. we came out differently. that will happen. it's not to be expected of the judges no matter how dill gem, no matter -- diligent, no matter how committed to originalism will come out the same every time. they won't. >> host: it's quite fascinating. wanted to switch things slightly different. the madisonian dilemma is at the center of a lot of your writings. i'm wondering if you can describe that briefly. >> guest: yeah. well, i picked up that phrase from a professor at yale university. and the idea is, what he phrased it was that we allow majorities to rule just because they're majorities, for no better reason. in many cases. but we also want some protection from minorities someplace, and you can't allow the majority to decide which freedoms the minority will have, nor can you allow

basically today there was an annual investor meeting and the company's ceo david novak giving guidance on china saying same-store sales there should be in the mid single digits in 2013, this comes after the company's forecast of a 4% drop in china same-store sales fourth quarter. china is the biggest market, company saying it plans to open more higher margin pizza hut stores in smaller cities where the competition is less and the costs are less as well. >> joe, news like this coming out from the ceo making what are perceived to be fairly positive comments after what were incredibly negative metrics in comments regarding china wouldn't the stock be up more than 1% if the street liked what he was saying? >> i don't think so. i think there's a lot of negativity off the earnings the other day. i bought the stock the other day. you know that, and i left myself a long runway in essence to be incorrect on the purchase. it's not about timing. it's about the thesis and understanding that i think in 2013 yum, which is so tethered to the chinese economy, i think that economy turns around. ultimat

and if they don't, they have no purpose. >> no purpose, yeah. >> that was bob novak.f a sudden we're faced with a set of circumstances where we're talking about cutting taxes on spending, and now we've got stuff on the table to react to, and conservatives don't feel comfortable with what's on the table. >> so what is it that conservatives would like to have happen? in other words, compromise. you need compromise to get a deal done, but you're sort of saying don't compromise. >> no, we're saying have a serious conversation. the president is proposing taking an aspirin when we've got a bad case of pneumonia. you've got a trillion-dollar deficit this year, $172 billion just in november. 60% of our budget more or less is on entitlements. and he's proposing not to touch entitlements? that's a nonstarter. i mean, that is an irresponsible position to take. you've got cost of living -- >> that's not his position. it's not his position. >> he said no entitlements. >> no, he did not say that. >> sequester is not going to happen. well, look at the campaign. he said three things.

quote: stuart: i think the best business idea that i ever had -- actually it was jake novak, our formerd why don't you start a chain of tattoo removal parlors across the country? david: i had a former rap star on my old show who said he spent a fortune removing his tattoos. that's the extraordinary thing. very easy to put them on. very difficult to get them off. stuart: anna wintour could be the next u.s. ambassador to the u.k. or france. what? my take on that next. stuart: superstorm sandy made landfall in america more than a month ago. some businesses are still seeing the effects. shares of darden restaurants, that's the company that owns red lobster, olive garden, they are down today after the company announced it expects to make less money next year than it originally forecast. the company is blaming superstorm sandy for its lackluster performance. republicans submitted their solution to the fiscal cliff yesterday. white house and other democrats dismissed it immediately. take a look at how that affected the market this morning. not at all. the dow is up 43. 13,000 is where we are.

. >> it is the perfect time to leave your house novak of set the approach to the bay bridge toll plazaerday that activated the metering lights earlier than usual. we saw big and the lay is coming from all the approaches especially the nimitz freeway. no worries now. all is well at the toll plaza speeds have improved up the incline in the upper deck. here at the san mateo bridge traffic moving well past the toll plaza this ride is 13 minutes from end to end. the golden gate bridge shows we are seeing more cars on the road compared to our last report. still seeing traffic moving at the limit however, dense fog and portions of the north bay be aware of that. over to our traffic map we have a lingering overnight road work south bound 1012 westbound 92. read on your screen pier is currently close to the 6:00 hour. in the east bay all is well for the east shore freeway. westbound 24 a clear shot to the caldecott tunnel and for the macarthur maize. northbound 101 doing good coming out of the coyote valley. we are trouble-free along the entire stretch of interstate 280. >> thank you erica. on

throw me a -- >> novak. >> turning to professional poker. turning sharply. like this. poker. you just broke a record. >> i need you to bring it down a notch. unbelievable. who could he possibly be sleeping with? it's oz. okay. soledad. i like soledad. soledad. >> soledad. don't pronounce the last "d." >> soledad. but i say to myself, soledad. i know what's happened to tony, soledad. >> that's not bad. not bad. all right. we will continue -- >> not going to talk to him about poker? >> i'm actually have to hit a break. >> nancy grace bumper? you can't give me 30 seconds? >> yes. we'll have you back for that 30 seconds on the other side. back in a moment. you're not leaving yet. >>> welcome back. >> that was the best massage. you have hands -- >> magic fingers. >> you have hands like -- >> i've been trying for a few minutes to get a question in about -- you're a poker player. >> i am. i'm not a very good poker player. >> you just won $100,000 or -- >> listen, soledad. you have to read the notes. >> and finally, you are a professional -- hang on. i'll read the notes. final

with me this hour, lynette c calfawny cox and david novak. >> what do i have to do to get 10% on my money like to know? wouldn't we all like to know? >> tall order. i'll be nice. you have to have realistic expectations, so far. i saw he was an elderly gentleman. if you're used to getting a couple of percentage points, you have to take on more risk. there is no way to do that. and it is not guaranteed. look at things like stocks, growth stocks, mutual funds are an option, of course. but recognize there really is a trade-off between risk and reward. the higher the returns that you want to generate, 10% is pretty high in this market, the more risk you have to be willing to take on. >> maybe he'll get 10% on 25% of his investments and be conservative with the rest. >> right. >> that's an option. the other thing you need to be careful about is if he really wants to be aggressive and invest in stocks, he needs to understand that it is something that has to be for the long-term. and that he needs to hold it and understand that maybe going up and down a bit in a given year, if he's comfortable wi

there was a case against evans and novak.calia decided the plaintiff had a good case, and i decided he did not. well, we were both arguing from what we thought were reasonable premise is related to the constitution. that will happen. it is not to be expected. judges, no matter how diligent, no matter how committed will come of the same way every time. they will not. >> you had a discussion in the book that was quite fascinating. wanted to switch things slightly different. the dilemma is the center of a lot of your writing. i am wondering if you can describe that. guest: i picked up that phrase from a political philosopher at yale university. the idea -- the way he phrased it was that we allow majorities rule does because they are majorities with no better reason. in many cases. but we also wanted protection for minorities some place and cannot allow the majority to decide which freedoms the minority will have. nor can you allow the minorities decide. which means there is a dilemma of the heart of democracy. that dilemma is so

." >> david novak saying he was expecting solid mid single digit same-store sales in china, its largest week's forecast that same-store sales in the country for yum brands which operates kfc amongst other restaurants would decline 4%. he expects same-store sales to be stronger in china. the stock is up about 2.5%. carl back to you. >> mary, thanks. when we come back who do americans really hold responsible for gridlock in washington? we'll find out. >>> co-chair of the campaign to fix the debt former senator judd gregg joins us live to tell us why congressional leadership could be standing in the way of a solution. >>> first rick santelli is working for something later on in the hour. >> in about ten minutes we're going to have ira harris and have some interesting topics. ira harris has a notion of who may be most impacted if we go over the fiscal cliff and i don't think you'll be expecting the answer he'll give and touch on mario draghi and ecb, maybe a little berlusconi all coming up in ten minutes. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you wan

and i believe in david novak that yum is going to be able to readjust, build a lot of kentucky friedckens in the two, three, four tier cities. they're equal to chicago, right? >> yeah. 200 cities in china the size of chicago, in terms of population. >> and those are small. >> can you imagine the lines at starbucks there? a cappuccino machine goes down, it could shut down the whole city. >> my daughter was asking, how did there come to be so many people in china? >> 200 years ago, i guess, that's a long time -- >> the nation building? >> i didn't have an answer. >> discovery will do us -- >> fill me in. i need to brush up on my -- >> but david faber isn't ignorant. his hair looks better. china, here's the story. >> hair looks better. then china better. relative issue. >> it's a relative issue. thank you. very nice. >>> let's check with mary thompson, on the floor in for bob pisani today. >> weakness across the board. weakness in the nasdaq, down about 20 points. the dow lost in early trade. a little more modest in the s&p, down 4.25%. traders saying the fiscal cliff headlines will con

. >> take a look at what happened to tennis star novak djokovic.on his legs as fans surged forward to get his autograph. he wasn't seriously hurt, but he did appear to limp off the court, and he cancelled his post-match news conference. he returned to play later in the day. he called the incident a bit of a shock. >> and insurance giant aig wants to say thank you to you. it's launching an ad campaign thanking the american taxpayers for the $200 billion government bailout that kept the company from collapse back in 2008. aig has paid the money back, and notes that taxpayers netted more than $22 billion profit from the deal. wolf. >> thank you, mary. countdown to the new year. we're going live to london where it's almost midnight. key west, florida, where the party is just getting started. >>> a little bit more than six minutes from now, they're going to be bringing in the new year in london. you're looking at live pictures on the right there, big ben in london. six minutes away right now from the new year in london. you're looking at live pictures o

if david novak -- >> taco bell. >> yeah, taco bell. >> is that really meat?xt -- >> no. all right. the restaurant -- research in motion, rim shares coming off a seven-month high on news that the u.s. immigrations and customs enforcement agent are going to use the blackberry 10 on a trial basis. that is on news, did you see this, that the agency is going to ditch the iphone in favor -- >> okay, so why? >> i don't know. i just want to say, so blackberry was one of the sponsors of the thing yesterday, at the dealbook conference and they showed off the blackberry 10. >> kel me about it. >> they have one with a keyboard and one without. i actually, forgetting about being a journalist or related to a sponsor, i actually thought it was neat. i, as a consumer was thinking, i may have to get this thing. because i have not made the move. >> i know. >> you may have to wait. >> you may not -- >> wait for this thing. >> we've got to go. >> coming up pimco manages more than $1.5 trillion with a "t." find out how the company is planning for the fiscal cliff. sfx- "sounds of

president, i ask unanimous consent that steven garrett, christopher hannah, sean novak, lauren felise and richard chevanak of the finance committee be granted floor privileges for the duration of senate consideration of h.r. 6156 and for the remainder of this session of congress. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. hatch: i thank you, mr. president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll of the senate. quorum call: quorum call: mr. kerry: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: i ask further proceedings of the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kerry: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until the majority leader comes to the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator is recognize as if in morning business. mr. kerry: mr. president, i'm going to speak in morning business, but as if we were in fact on and moving to the question of the russia pntr. and i would ask simply that my comm