it's not like oshkosh or cbi.annot afford or would not -- maybe i could afford to, but i wouldn't be able to pay what a synergistic buyer could pay. it's not a comparison. a buyer in this company could pay a bigger premium. >> like what? >> i'm not getting into that but it's very under valued. >> like a hundred bucks a share? >> someone came in, eli lilly and he said, what do you make from inclone. he said, tell me a price. i told him, i want it -- i said i'm giving you a price. i don't want to negotiate. do it or don't do it. i said 70 and he took it. i can't tell you, you know, what somebody is willing to pay. i think it's worth a great deal more with low interest rates. i'm not telling you a number. i can't. >> all right, carl. we'll leave it there. thank you very much for calling in. >> good talking to you. i'm sorry that i'm the baeshish view. that's what i believe. i don't think the world is coming to an end but there are problems ahead. >> carl icahn, of course. we should note to button up the oshkosh situa

i saw some of the biggest man i had ever seen in my life, the oshkosh prison guards, and i said to them what are you doing in the capitol building? taking it over. so who do vote for? >gov. walker. why? he did not say that he would go after our teachers and their wives and our nurses. i saw someone in the freezing cold outside, an older gentleman with white parents over glasses marching with a sign saying "irs auditors against walker. " and you knew that gov. walker was in trouble. president obama did not swooping in and join people. it was surprising. when he ran for president, he said he would be running with -- he would be joining the picket line with people. and you see what happened in september-october 2011. thousands of people forming a circle around the white house, a ring around the rose garden, demanding that president obama halt the keystone xl pipeline from alberta, canada to the gulf of mexico. and then people moved on to new york and that was occupied. that was occupy wall street. that was significant. in the corporate media, there was silence and then they mocked them. bu

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why these might be an embarrassment to bieber, it's an amazing windfall for oshkosh b'gosh. does he have the record for most-watched video on youtube. gangnam style has surpassed justin bieber's "baby baby baby baby baby baby baby." maybe psy gets to date selena gomez. the video "baby baby" watched 5 million, gangnam, 830 million. i think that comes from people rewatching to figure what the hell is going on. speaking of trying to figure what the hell is going on, r. kelly premiered chapters of his hip-hop "trapped in the closet" on ifc. if you haven't seen it, it's an ongoing musical, r. kelly plays all of the singing parts. he's the tyler per riff mury of drama. a lot of great moments but this is my favorite. siylvester played by r. kelly, goes backstage to meet a mobster played by r. kelly. if you like music and or r&b musicals you will be completely confused. ♪ they walk in and then they make a left ♪ ♪ and then a right ♪ and now down there and [ bleep ] ♪ ♪ now we poppin' ♪ then they make another left and another left ♪ ♪ then up the stairs ♪ third floor ♪ elevator >> ji

just last week there was bad news in the middle of the state in oshkosh, wisconsin, a company by thedefense, they make military vehicles, they announced they will be laying off 450 full time united autoworker employees. that will hit that very small region in the middle of the state very hard. president obama was in that area yesterday. governor romney is here in the milwaukee area today. kete happened in gree throughout the entire state, but you can imagine that the folks who are tied to the defense contracts will be leaning towards mney because it hits home for them. bottom line here in wisconsin, like many other states across this coury, jobs is the number one issue. >> the recovery here in nevada has beenott pl ithe country. 11.8% here in clark county. 12.3%. we're on top of the stratosphere here. this hotel and casino has poured more than $20 million into renovations in the last couple of years. they are optimistic that things are going to get better. they even added jobs, more than 100 in the last couple of months. and there are others smaller signs that things are getting bett

>> mandy, carl icahn is sending a message to shareholders of oshkosh.e says the board there is obfuscating his message. he says he does not want to take the company private. he has a tendered offer he has extended. he is the biggest shareholders. he's offering shareholders $32.50 saying surrender your shares to me. he wants to kick out management because he thinks they're not doing a good job or install his own slate of directors. the company says carl icahn's offer is not good for shareholders so the debate continues. nonetheless, stock today is off the market, 2.7%. >>> next up, another good reason to keep popping that cholesterol pill. >>> and speaking of cholesterol, brian, a big miss for two fast food giants. what's the deal here? are people trading up to upscale fare or are we basically losing our appetite for eating out? "street signs" is back after the break. customer erin swenson bought from us online today. so, i'm happy. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! s

they own oshkosh just had a significant expansion in the city of atlanta. and we're holding our real stars so the coca-colas of the world are expanding. we're holding them. home depot expanding, we're holding them. u.p.s. so it's not really all about the grab. it's also about holding your stars. >> we're going to let you go. we've got arthur blank here. we'll ask if he is going to guarantee a super bowl nap could be a lot of money for you guys, mr. mayor. thank you for joining ushappy h. see you again soon. >>> coming up next, what's the real motive behind all of those special dividends? we investigate for you. >>> and who do you have coming up as well next, brian? >> i kind of gave it away in that interview. newell rubbermaid. the ceo of one of their top five stocks in the atlanta region over the year. their ceo actually used to work just a couple doors down from us at cnbc. he's going to be our guest coming up. we'll see if they can continue their record run over the next 12 months. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allo

we heard oshkosh trucks did the same thing.makes it a little more difficult for potential acquirers to step in and swoop off the company. dagen: the economy, election and what happened to your taxes at the end of the year. we will tell you all about it. connell: both parties are ready flooring up. taking court action and some of the stakes challenging any kind of funny business in the election tomorrow. we will talk to the judge. here is how currencies are shaping up. we will be right back. ♪ >> @21 minutes past the hour, i am lauren green with your fox news minute. a car bombing in syria today. state media says the bomber targeted -- an autopsy is set to take place on a boy that was killed after falling into an exhibit of wild dogs at the pittsburgh zoo yesterday. the boy's mother put him on top of the railing and was immediately attacked. at the east coast, the cleanup after hurricane sandy. parts of the region are bracing for a nor'easter. the storm could hit new york and new jersey area wednesday with rain, cold temperature

oshkosh, they make military vehicles, announced that they're laying off 450 full-time positions eitherer employees in the green bay area, the president was there yesterday. governor romney is here in milwaukee today. the bottom line here in wisconsin, it is the same thing we're feeling across the country. one day there's good news. one day there is bad news. and the job losses in the green bay area is very bad news because those are very good jobs. that, of course, would lend to folks voting for mitt romney because their livelihood is directly attached to defense spending. that will translate, however, across the state. ali? >> ted, thank you. to cns kyung lah in colorado. unemployment there at 8%, just a little bit above the national average. will it come down to jobs for colorado voters? >> reporter: absolutely. you have it absolutely right, ali. it is about jobs. it is about how have people been personally affected by a job loss either within their own families or among friends? here in this very key swing state we've gone down to the counties, we've talked to the key demographics a

. >> where you have a cost of living a heck of a lot higher than it might be in oshkosh, wisconsin, oral north dakota. these aren't easy questions to answer. >> i've got a quick question for you, you're talking about the democrats up in 2014, and a lot of democrats in the senate are up in 2014. and they're not going to go out there charging going, yes, let's raise taxes. i'm curious, how did claire mccaskill handle the tax raising question over the past year while she was fighting for her political life in missouri? did she promise like the president to raise taxes? >> she was very -- she was skeptical. all the red state democrats, if you're running in north dakota, nebraska, missouri, they all handled it similarly. they didn't -- they did not side definitively with the president on these questions. they all said, yes, we're open to tax increases, particularly for the wealthy. they were much more cautious about how broad based those tax cuts would be. and i think that same dynamic -- >> does claire mccaskill now go immediately to the left and do what she did right after the president g

. >> you say you have -- he's saying you have a -- the turkey king of oshkosh.ferris beuller's day off." how do you make your turkey? >> fresh herbs and butter under the skin, 450 degree oven for half an hour, baste every 15 minutes. guaranteed moist, flavorful bird. also, don't buy a frozen bird, buy a nigh heritage bird. big difference. >> that's a step up from taking out of the wrapper and -- >> if it comes in a wrapper, and a pop-up topper, you're in trouble. >> mine turned out well this year. my father said he was going to bring provisional sandwiches just in case. look, tom. fresh out of my oven. and then my father gave it the "v" for victory sign when i asked what he thought. >> okay. >> this tastes like deli meat. >> that's what he was saying. >> actually ranked lawmakers on what basis? >> on food policy. food policy whether it's hunger issues, food safety issues, local farming and kind of rated them on food policy. >> what did you find when you dug in? >> we post -- in fact, today a letter is going to the house saying that it votes in the lame duck on t