dennis: the market will go to a more personal homey pitch and spend more money on viacom networks. 15,000 people. >> that is right but seriously, this upbeat generation, marketers should be marketing to them. they want to consume. dennis: the older marketers are depressed too. thanks for being with us, bob backis. cheryl: home-improvement retailer hiring employees in wisconsin, there's a catch to this story. the jobs are in north dakota. the worker shortage in the booming oil state is so tight that they have to fly 50 employees on a company jet every week to work at this store and they will say in hotels and flown to wisconsin after each four day shift. presently they at 270 stores in 14 states and the unemployment rate of 2.3%. this is a permanent solution for -- as far as we can see. different story on jobs. dennis: i like it. you watch. the irs will try to tax all the stuff they're giving them to help them travel. try to tax the income. cheryl: don't worry, be happy. dennis: gas prices up 30% on average nationwide in the past five years. cheryl: how you feel about paying even mo

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. >> we do have some media news today, viacom is out with some numbers. >> viacom is not as bad as i had feared. the market numbers down about 6% for the company which is perhaps a little bit better than might have been expected. if you take a look over the last few weeks has been down somewhat dramatically. look at that. and so there was an expectation built in that the company might miss the quarter. it doesn't, in fact on the bottom line, it exceeded many of the estimates and the analysts who follow it. you're heading into fourth quarter. we are getting some headlines out of that, from the company's ceo. don't expect to see growth and add revenue. it's expected to reach 10% in domestic revenue this year, but the stock holding in there, again, given how much of it is sold off, it's not as bad as the quarter. viacom bought back $700 million worth of stocks. $14.2 million worth of sales in the quarter. the underlying story in media for many of these companies, because it wasn't a great quarter, this is the last of the media companies that i recall that will be reporting. is the conti

if viacom's into question they may put other states into question it may change the ballot. we knew was going to come down to the wire. most of us did. i knew it when scott rasmussen said that don't know what's going to happen. if ohio is still in play it makes you think that perhaps some other states may still be in play. the first date that comes to mind harkening back to 2000 as florida. neil: california coming in. the ohio. you said 30,000. we are at the magic mark. that gets to be, as they say, problem. >> more a problem for ross. neil: within a quarter of a percent. it would almost -- an automatic head takes ten days. of course december 7th, i believe, that it's official. dec. 12th. neil: we aren't there yet, but g this to your attention. another thing you brought up earlier ito was interesting. all the second-guessing them will go one, missed opportunities, bin gauzy, whether he didn't go after the president aggressively enough and left it to surrogates on hurricane sandy and all that. >> i think -- i guess we all have individual preferences, but what strikes me the m

other than perhaps the salazar burger family at that owns the times, most are owned by comcast, viac viacomat, he isn't shy about interfering in his own news rooms suggests that jewish americans have a hidden agenda in which their religion trumps their commitment to journalism. that's atrocious and beneath rupert murdoch. >>> it is now clear luke russert has some of his brass. when nancy pelosi said she was staying on as minority leader, he asked a question related to her age and she didn't like it one bit. >> some of your colleagues privately say your decision to stay on prohibits the party from having a younger leadership and will be hurt the party long term. what's your response. >> you always ask that question, except to mitch mcconnell. i think what you will see, and let's for a moment honor it as a legitimate question, although it's quite offensive. >> i'm sorry, congresswoman, it was a legitimate question and russert asked it respectfully. >>> speaking of questions, president obama was wrapping up his white house news conference when bloomberg tried to send it into overtime. >> thank

you can see some media name are languishing here with viacom. one of the names in the green today on a very tough day, nicole petallides is looking at everything. one stock that's bhooming after third quarter -- that's blooming after third quarter numbers. nicole: that's a good hint right there. anybody who has been to the outback steakhouse, the national chain, you get the blooming onion, it turns out you can see the stock is soaring. it is really jumping about 14% today. the restaurant chain swung to a quarterly loss. did have their ipo. you may remember that. but the shares rose because they posted a surprise profit on an adjusted basis. so the outback steakhouse is doing quite well for blooming brands. you can see an up arrow liz on a a day where we're seeing a lot of down arrows; right? the dow jones industrials down nearly 60 points. tacks on to yesterday's losses. back to you. liz: nicole, great to see you. nicole: thank you. liz: this girl she has energy and great color that she is wearing today. we are hoping it will help the market. le

i'm buying viacom, hillshire. i'm buying companies like inap, which will get taken over., which is "walking dead." nice to see you. >> love you. thank you for joining us. our coverage continues online, by the way. go to cnbc dpoikt. is it good to invest during uncertain times? check out investorsummit.cnbc.com. bill, how do you like that? >> i knew that he couldn't go that long without giving you a stock pick of some kind. >> i'm a stock guy. you deal with all these guys on the phone. >> you're the ultimate stock jock. >> i agree with that. i'm a fundamentalist. if you're telling me the market has to go through 1380 to get to 1381, what do i know? >> we'll take a break. >> we're sitting at 1349 right now. >> we're going to take a break. we're going to talk money. somebody here says we can grow our way out of this crisis. rick santelli could not disagree more. that's ahead next. stay with us. >>> later, time permitting, it's the interview you cannot afford to mis. we really mean it this time. the former co-chairs of the debt commission, alan simpson and erskine bowles weig

fedex, toyota, viacom are all now among the biggest donors and that list is growing. one advisor told me mega checks from the wealthy will come, they always do. back to you, michelle. >> i'll take it, robert. >>> we're going to dive a little bit deeper now into the business of charities. best ways to collect and distribute money after a disaster like the one the east coast has gone through. with us, ken burger, president and chief executive officer of charity navigator. welcome. what does charity navigator do specifically? >> we evaluate the performance of charities. we rate them on a scale of 0 to 4 stars on their performance on finance and on governance to help people find the best charities for their dollars. >> most importantly on finance, the percent of every dollar that goes to programs as opposed to overhead or other things. >> as well as their ability to sustain themselves. >> we're going to have a big telethon tonight. what is the record of telethons in helping after disasters like this, like katrina, after 9/11, things like that? >> well, they're mixed. on s

and jon bon jovi will contribute towards a fund for entertainment to help with hurricane sandy and viacom will also contribute local and national. disney donated $2 million with one half going to the red cross and the rest to local organizations. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news it is 4 days until americans cast their ballots in this year's presidential election. and the candidates are making sure to hit the campaign trail with their message. will have an update on the can of its, next. plus the city of san francisco, the giants and the major-league baseball spending big money on the giants world series celebration parade just how much did they spend? will tell you, coming up and get a look at the weekend forecast with erica, and check-in with robin on your morning commute. stay here with us, on kron 4 morning news. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents fabulous but...when i add chicken, barbecue sauce... and cheese...and roll it up woo-wee! i've made a barbecue chicken crescent chow down. pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky

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he bought more deer and-- viacom and nickelodeon, mtv- as if i was the go back i would probably be a would copy warren buffett. he is the best investment person of all time. you want to be like worn and investing. his cash flow is good. he is doing very well. >> yesterit is 9:19 a.m.. >> will will start of by looking at the ride outside. we're waking up to a mixture of sunshine and cloud cover. we're expecting some cooler air to be ushered in. as for tomorrow there will be on and off showers. there will be moderate downpours. we will continue to see the showers in to the weekend. if you are heading out the door right now the temperatures are warming up a bit. it is still clinging to the '40's and places like concord and livermore. it looks like that afternoon high will transition to the upper 60s today about 67 for loss gatos. 66 degrees for campbell and we can see 70 degrees to livermore. low 60's for the spatial this afternoon and downtown san francisco will have a high of 66 degrees. finishing off in the north bay will be mostly upper 60s. >> we are seen a system that is spinning

viacom has donated $1 million, and other organizations, disney, has donated $2 million to the red crosses are getting in on the action. the nfl and players union combined donated $1 million to the red cross. tv pregame and ingame messages to promoted donations during this weekend's game. >>> now to a travel story from new zealand. the national airline there has come up with an interesting way to get people to pay attention to safety videos. >> they did this because so many people who regularly fly on planes normally ignore the videos, but not this one. >> if you need a little more inflation, simply blow into the mouth piece. >> we provide life jackets to the very young, should the need arise. >> no smoking allowed anywhere as it's a fire hazard. >> cabin staff appear in the clip as characters from the hobbit movies. the films were shot on location in new zealand. air new zealand calls itself the airline of middle earth. that's good. >>> 8:42. coming up next, a one-of-a-kind civics lesson. >> bring your appetite. good morning, holly. >> reporter: you are right, it is a two-day food lover

we were the number one platform media company in the world, more channels than viacom and time warnerne great channel, discovery and the mission we've gone on over the last six years is to become a great content company. today we make over $2.1 billion of our 13 channels we started investing about $500 million in content. this year we invested over $1 billion but our market share is almost 10%. >> from 4. >> and our content works around the world so when you look at discovery, science, animal planet, investigation discovery, we took that content around the world, so this year we'll make more money outside the u.s. than we did as an entire company five years ago. >> you invested in content. why were cable operators so scared? for so many channels for so many years, bravo or what have you, it was a repeat business, just buying content that had already been and repurposing it. five, six, seven years ago people decided we have to change the game. >> there's two ways to make money, one is to cut costs, streamline your business and figure out where you spend your dollars to be more efficien

one of my friends, a guy from viacom made $84 million/year. mr.elastica 2.5 million out of her school. something is wrong with this. he made $84 million on the backs of my boys. [applause] and believe me, i know there's bad teachers. there's bad actors. but i saw more discouraged teachers. i really did. and the statistics bear it out. 30% after three years, almost 50% after five years quit. just as they get good, they've got to get out there. so all of that, that's my solution. i don't know how you'd implement. how about the messages you send the kids? i walk into northeast thai, great school, but you know schools have a look. and they say this is important and then they go to the mall and see what that looks like. no, this is important. and that's the thing. his messages constantly go to the kids. they've got to send us that their message. if the teachers do every day. it's what i try to do. like i said, considering the environment that we live in, i'm not sure how you go about doing that. for me, this was a journey once the cameras left, it was

one of my friends and from with viacom made $40 million last year. they cut 2.5 million out of her school and he made 40 million. something wrong with this. he made 84 million off the backs of mob wives. eh. [applause] so, and believe me, i know there's bad teachers. there's bad actors. [laughter] but i saw more discouraged teachers. [applause] i really did. i did. i saw -- and the statistics come it's crazy, 30 percent after three years, 50 percent after almost five years, quit. just as they get good, i've got to get out of here, are you kidding me. so, all of that -- that's my solution. i don't know how you implement it. here's another thing, how that the message you are sending kids. i brockington ortiz hi, good kid, don't get me wrong. but schools, you know how they look. and they are told this is really important, this is important and then they go to the mall and they see what that looks like. no, no, this is important. and that's -- that's the thing. these messages are constantly going to the kids pity we have to send this other message and th