. >> abercrombie and fish will pay 57,000s totdz two women, plus attorney fees and change employee appearance policy. hani khan she was fired because she wore a hijab says it wasn't about the money but the policy. >> i'm just happy they're able to change their policy and they're able to accommodate for the hijab now they've taken a lookt their policies and changed them. it's been a roller coaster for three and a half years, i'm happy it's been settled. >> part of the new policy is an appeals process for workers key denied religious accommodation autos still coming up at 6:00 troops regain control of the nairobi mall taken over by terrorists. one uc berkeley graduate got caught up in it all. >> and the first of a series of reports on what you can expect when you sign up for obama care as early as next week. for over 60,000 california foster children, extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. joining the soccer team. getting help with math. going to prom. i want to learn to swim. it's hard to feel normal, when you can't do the normal things. to help, sl

. >>> abercrombie and fitch lost a discrimination lawsuit today. a judge found it violated anti- discrimination laws when it fired a muslim worker. the judge said the company hasn't credibility evidence that the scarf caused them to lose sales. >>> analysts say diminishing fears of a strike on syria sparked gains on wall street today. these were the biggest gains in two months. >>> george zimmerman had another runin with police today. his estranged wife called police saying zimmerman punched her father in the nose and threatened them both with a gun. she and her father apparently went to zimmerman's home to get some of her things. police say they detained zimmerman, but did not arrest him. authorities also say that zimmerman says it was actually his wife who was the aggressor. >>> funds are finally in place to finish a memorial to those who died on flight 93 during the september 11 attacks. the national park has reached a $43 million goal to finish construction at the crash site in shanksville, pennsylvania. it memorials those who fought back again

look here, first, at abercrombie, up one and a quarter internet. they got a buy rating, several names upgrading. the buy rating for abercrombie and lulu lemon and expedia upgraded today. interesting how the retail sector started as a neutral, but highlighted, chico the standout, jumping initiatives, a buy rating, and $9 o price target. back to you. >> thanks, nicole, back -- see you in a bit. >> going into next week's fed meeting with an open mind whether or not to taper the bond buying program. peter barnes in washington, d.c. with the second thoughts perhaps,? >> they are dialing down the program later this year despite friday's weaker than expected jobs report, but williams said he would not commit to cutting bond purchases next week. as you said, he'll have an open mind and did not add importance in one month's worth of jobs data. still, plenty of fed watchers expect the fed to pull the taper trigger next week. they bought $85 billion a month in bonds for pressure on mortgages and other loans, and research expects a 15 billion taper in bond pur

the fox having chased the dog says this. [ screaming ] wait, what i really want to know is who told abercrombie and fitch they could use my ad. and also known as six castles that cost less than an apartment in new york city. castle number one, at nearly 14,000 square feet overlooks the country side. priced at a million, 621, but for just a little more money you can get this 1200 square foot apartment conveniently located near nothing interesting. this ten million castle, for the $00,000 more, this four-bedroom town house in brooklyn, with the potential of a back yard, but wait, there is a castle in france, for this, for nearly 3 million, everything you want in a house, minus the house, just an 80 x 20 foot lot, garden hose not included. and as read by brian cranston, the star of "breaking bad itself. >> i am holed up in my apartment, watching all seasons of your show. i am in love with it all. and what this amounts to is that right now i'm fantasizing about having sex with aaron paul. yikes! >> and for you to be there watching. it says i am not sure what your role would be. but i think i want y

. >> abercrombie and fich lost a discrimination lawsuit. fired a muslim worker for wearing a head scarf. argued the scarf violated policy governing the look of employees. a judge said the company did not present credible evidence the scarf caused the company to lose sales. >>> microsoft getting ready to unveil new tablet. hold a media event on september 23rd. that's when the company is reportedly going to unveil both the surface 2 and the surface 2 pro. the new model is said to look the same as the current one but start at $349. >> all right. time now 6:52. it's been three years since the deadly pipeline disaster in san bruno. the settlement announced and why the state and county will not file criminal charges. >> what police are saying about the deadly fall at the 49er's game and another incident at the colts/raiders game. this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. i gotta have that bag. i

instead of a trendy line from american eagle or abercrombie these ladies will be sporting candy couture. the candy store chain wants to sell you sweets the way victoria's secret sells you lingerie, a little cheeky, a little rebellious and with a lot of flair. >> bananas are great for the cereal in the morning. >> reporter: they are the brain child of jeff rubin, self described chief gummy bear. >> she depicts what our barry bonds is. tongue-in-cheek. >> reporter: what made you go for the victoria's secret brand of marketing? >> we have seen junior retailers do it successfully. there were two ways to play it. disguise it or it is what it is. sugar, we're fun, cheeky, irreverent. >> reporter: an overwhelming experience. nearly 8,000 different edible items for sale in each store, ranging from old-fashioned standbys to random japanese fruit candy to 26 super sized versions of the all-time favorite sweets like this giant box of nerds. at 3,120 calories, it contains about as many calories as six big macs. >> president obama's wife, mayor bloomberg, a lot of high-level public officials are com

. >>> abercrombie and fitch lost a discrimination lawsuit today. a judge found it violated anti- discrimination laws when it fired a muslim worker. the judge said the company hasn't credibility evidence that the scarf caused them to lose sales. >>> analysts say diminishing fears of a strike on syria sparked gains on wall street today. these were the biggest gains in two months. >>> george zimmerman had another runin with police today. his estranged wife called police saying zimmerman punched her father in the nose and threatened them both with a gun. she and her father apparently went to zimmerman's home to get some of her things. police say they detained zimmerman, but did not arrest him. authorities also say that zimmerman says it was actually his wife who was the aggressor. >>> funds are finally in place to finish a memorial to those who died on flight 93 during the september 11 attacks. the national park has reached a $43 million goal to finish construction at the crash site in shanksville, pennsylvania. it memorials those who fought back again

she worked in the stock room of the offshoot store from abercrombie and fitch. they will announce details of the settlement at a news conference later this morning. >>> gasoline prices nation-wide are down about six cents in the last two weeks and they may go lower. the average price in the continental u.s. is just $3.50 now. the california average is $3.97 a gallon. that is up 16 cents since the first part of this month. but bay area prices have slipped slightly in the last week according to aaa. san francisco has the highest priced gasoline in the nation. $4.08 a gallon. it's $4.01 in san jose. oakland's price $3.99. they are forecasting it matron as much as 45 cents by halloween as we switch over to winter blend gasoline. >>> later this morning san francisco your ed lee will kick off electric vehicle week. this is an effort by the governor to get 1.5 million zero emission cars on the roads by 2025. mayor lee is inviting bay area drivers to find out the benefits of all electric and hybrid cars. >>> coming up next in our 6:00 hour new explosions this morning in

abercrombie and fich lost a discrimination lawsuit. the u.s. district judge ruled the clothing company violated antidiscrimination laws when it fired a muslim worker for wearing a head scarf. argued the scarf violated policy that governors the look of employees. the judge said the company did not present credible evidence that the scarf caused the company to lose sale. >>> released a list of the colleges of the most student debt. it is not the ivy league schools that are topping the list. college in massachusetts comes in number one. 82% of graduates have loans averaging $49,000. ana maria college in massachusetts, second on the list. >>> instagram has topped 150 million active users. that's double the amount from february. that puts the photo sharing site just behind twitter which recorded 200 million users. instagram had 22 million users when it was bought last year. >> that's a lot of users. >>> ranking the best of the best amongst the nation's colleges. what a national list is saying and where the bay area's best colleges are ranked. >> plu

wait, what i really want to know is who told abercrombie and fitch they could use my ad. and also known as six castles that cost less than an apartment in new york city. castle number one, at nearly 14,000 square feet overlooks the countryside. priced at a million, 621, but for just a little more money you can get this 1200 square foot apartment conveniently located near nothing interesting. this ten million castle, for the $200,000 more, this four-bedroom town house in brooklyn, with the potential of a backyard, but wait, there is a castle in france, for this, for nearly 3 million, everything you want in a house, minus the house, just an 80 x 20 foot lot, garden hose not included. and as read by brian cranston, the star of "breaking bad itself. >> i am holed up in my apartment, watching all seasons of your show. i am in love with it all. and what this amounts to is that right now i'm fantasizing about having sex with aaron paul. >> yes! >> and for you to be there watching. it says i am not sure what your role would be. but i think i want you there. >> no word on whether

jeffrey kent, the founder of abercrombie has two private jet tours in africa is launching a new one called "around the world with jeffrey kent." 50 guests start with a sail and then to easter island and downhill sledding, then samoa, new guinea, bali, sri lanka and then go to a cocoa plantation. all of that for $105,000. not too bad. the national geographic is getting into the game, running six jet tours next year, scientists, naturalists come with you, go to monuments like petro and jordan, machu picchu. four seasons the hotel chain is getting into the game, big player in the space. they get 56 guests, take them to all the top hotels, a special jet. they start in hawaii, go helicopter tours, volcanos, paddle boarding, bora bora, sydney, rafting along the river. >> i've done that, not for that price. >> and then a jungle resort, turkey, london, finally back to the u.s. >> my shed is spinning. can you customize it a little bit? >> yes. that's why these are really big. you can say i want to do this rather than this. i want to eat this. >> the ring tailed lemur -- >> probably meet the king of

you had a controversial one, abercrombie which you liked post the blow-up? >> they're a rocky story. it's been a tough go for the second quarter. i do think they're transitioning from a sales story to a margin story. margin, capital deployment. they're going to be buying back stock and cutting expense and all of that could be positive for the bottom line. >> do you think there is a play in some of the retailers that sell bigger ticket items like furniture or other home goods? >> macy's does the best business in my coverage in the furniture category and they're having very strong results there. that's one of their strongest performing businesses. if you look at the numbers they look like they've been doing a bit better than the soft lines categories and broad lines. >> best retailers going into the holiday season. >> i think that's probably macy's. i'm not currently recommending it but i think they're very well positioned. they've got strong trending categories. they've got big ticket items and are sort of a read on every consumer. >> thanks for your time. st

abercrombie and fitch. not the high the real visible teen retail. the hot place to be that it was. j.c. penney, they have many, many other issues. so you got to be selective. i'm in macy's still, that's down about 20% from its highs. yet, earnings haven't come down 20%. so i think you got to find those areas, ross stores if you talked out on the store, they're a category kimmer. >> was was added to the conviction yesterday. dr. jay, what about you? what retailers would you buy today, if any, maybe none? >> well, i noticed jeffreys pout out a nice note on the mall retailers. aeropostale, american eagle. both of them moving up nicely today. i think they were perhaps hit a little too hard. they've given back a little of the early morning fizz as they were up better than 2% across the board t. paul retailers, they've pulled back a little bit. i like the way that they're acting. i think it was an overreaction to not terribly well investigated bloomberg report yesterday. because i read the same e-mail. i came up with a different conclusion than the reporter at plume berg came up with. i

sugar store and it's time to dress the mannequins but instead of a trendy line from american eagle or abercrombie these ladies will be sporting candy couture. they want to sell you sweets the way victoria secret sells you lingerie, a little cheeky, a little rebellious and with a lot of flair. >> bananas are great for the cereal in the morning. >> reporter: they are the brain child of jeff rubin, self described chief gummy bear. >> what made you go for the victoria secret brand of marketing. >> we have seen junior retailers do it successfully. there were two ways to play it. disguise it or it is what it is. sugar, we're fun, cheeky, irreverent. >> reporter: an overwhelming experience. nearly 8,000 different edible items for sale in each store, ranging from old-fashioned standbyes to random japanese fruit candy to 26 super sized versions of the all-time favorite sweets like this giant box of nerds. at 3120 calories, it contains about as many calories as six big macs. >> president obama's wife, mayor bloomberg, a lot of high-level public officials are coming out and leading the fight against obesity

. >> a federal judge in san francisco has ruled trendy clothing retailer abercrombie & fitch wrongly fired a muslim worker who insisted on wearing a head scarf. u.s. district judge yvonne gonzalez rogers said the company violated anti- discrimination laws when it fired hani khan from its hollister store in san mateo, calif., in 2010. rogers issued the ruling on tuesday. the company claimed the head scarf violated its policy governing the look of its employees, which it said was part of its marketing strategy. the store argued that deviating from its look policy would affect sales. an oakland woman has been identified as the victim killed in a triple shooting sunday morning outside a party at a skating rink on the contra costa county fairgrounds, . amber abangan, 31, was found shot along with two men outside the paradise skate roller rink at 1201 w. 10th st. in antioch shortly after 1:36 a.m. a fight had broken out outside an "adult late night skate jam" and later a suspect with a gun was spotted there before the shooting. delta medical center in antioch but died from a gunshot wound

. >> you'd rather own this than an abercrombie? >> i like this for the long term. it's a different product. they can still sell $100 pants that are great and versatile and different. >> jamie, are you that long-term optimistic? >> i think there's a lot of potential for growth over the long term. but i do think that the teen retailers are pretty well oversold at this point, so there could be some opportunity there, as well. >> what do you make of that argument? >> well, my take is that lululemon has a much better differentiation, and we're seeing great looking denim at 9, 10 discounted at abercrombie, and seeing high levels of teen unemployment, high 20s to 30s, which is an all-time high. so that worries me a lot for the teen. and people could be spending on houses and homes and other items like autos instead of giving their kids money for these products. >> yeah. taking it back to your note from a couple of weeks ago, talking about cheap and the acronym of what people really are spending on. we were mentioning j. crew's comps, guys, when they have challenges, you k

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there's an apparent settlement in two cases of religious discrimination filed against abercrombie & fitch. one of the cases involved honey con, a worker at the hillsdale mall. she was fired from her job in the stockroom for wearing a religious scarf. details will be announced at 10:00 a.m. this morning. >>> many amazon workers are upset about the time they spend going through security checks and have filed a lawsuit. workers say they are not being paid for the time it takes to go through anti-theft checks at the beginning and end of their checks. they add it can take as long as a half-hour a day. a similar in nevada resulted in employees being paid for that time. >>> the trial in the michael jackson case against aeg, that trial is expected to start tomorrow. the lawsuit was filed by michael jackson's mother. it accuses aeg of hiring and supervisor dr. conrad murray, the man convicted of the death of michael jackson. last week, jury members heard final testimony from jackson's long time personal doctor and lawyer. >>> police searching for a man suspected of attacking a woman after their do

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. >>> the big clothing chain abercrombie & fitch lost to a discrimination lawsuit. a judge ruled that the company violated anti-discrimination laws when it fired an employee for wearing a muslim scarf. the judge said the company didn't present any credible evidence that the scarf caused the company to lose sales. >>> a tragic mystery in san jose, investigators now trying to find out what caused the death of a baby at a daycare center. >> reporter: we're live in cupertino at apple headquarters where the tech giant is expected to unveil its newest products. we'll tell you what to expect. >>> very slow traffic in the east bay. a crash is making things worse. but san francisco traffic does look good. it's improving. >>> well, temperatures which warmed up yesterday will start to cool down today. even with the sun, we have a lot more fog to deal with. we'll have the cooler forecasted highs in a couple of minutes. ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/bayarea. this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the..

could be fixed by governor abercrombie. he is not budging. are his antiwar sentiments still lingering. joining us now former p.o.w. seven years. or son swindle joins us at american hero. we are grateful to have you this morning. thank you. as i understand it, the state of hawaii has gone along with a federal ruling that basically says 4500 homes owned by veterans don't nt have potable water even though they do have potable water. and this prevents those veterans from getting va loans or having va loans financed. is this right? >> tucker, slightly different interest from that there is something like 60,000 homes as i recall in the 2000 census in the big island catching systems, off the roof and filtration process. 60,000, a way of life as most people around the world know it's a way of life in many places. roughly i think about 16,000 veterans who live on the big islands of hawaii. and what the state did, not the federal government but the state bureaucrat under neil abercrombie placed on their web site a catching water is no longer acceptable

a few names to keep an eye on, abercrombie & fitch, gaining around 2%. also, garmin, and len nar, and amazon. so a very, very wide array of discretionary stocks leading the way higher. still, consumer discretionary one of the sectors to watch, because today, we have a nice move up in stocks. >> thank you very much, dominic chu back at hq. it's a sad day in washington. police are still looking for answers a day after 13 people were killed in a shooting at the weighing navy yard, including the gunman. eamon has a lot more. hi, eamon. >> reporter: hi, carl. that's right. we're starting to learn a little more about aaron alexis, the man who just yesterday walked into this building behind me here at the washington navy yard and killed 12 people in cold blood. he apparently had psychological issues and had been treated since august by the v.a. and the question is, how did a man who had this kind of a track record, including paranoia, he had sleep disorder, he had -- he was hearing voices in his head, how did a man with that kind of background get the security

you used to have teenage girls, so, already ilo likes abercrombie and fitch. and so i went in with her. i said, i'm going to boy some cargo shorts. she said, oh, no you are not. i said, yes, i am. i am going to wear them out. we don't go -- >> you are not allowed. >> because she thinks i'm not hip. i'm not cool. i can't wear those. oh, she's right. >> you can rock 'em. >> isn't there some perverse pleasure in embarrassing your children? >> i don't know. >> you can drop them off at parties and wave. >> when they're that young. >> for halloween, we dressed up our son as a cow or a rock. we sat around, he doesn't know. >> because they're going to make your life difficult anyways. >> you might as well enjoy it if you can. >> the picture in the bathtub, you threaten them down the road. >> you know what i'm going to do, the nicknames, let's do them real quick. women find people, men with short names sexier. i give al roker. >> there you go. you are not willie. >> will. >> isn't it short in that case? >> we can. >> honestly, it's not the nail that does it. i'm sorry

clothing chain abercrombie and fitch has reached a settlement. 21-year-old honnie kong will announce the settlement. we'll have much more in 30 minutes at 11:00. hope to see you then. >>> we're back with more of "today" on this monday. it certainly is a fun day out in los angeles. still celebrating after last night's emmy awards. >> a lot of funny moments and few surprises, but, of course, a lot of us watched for the fashion. >> here with the headlines are "extra" most maria menounos and zania roberts rossi. hello, how are you? >> hello. >> looking fine. >> maria, you watched the whole deal. what were your takeaways from the emmys? what surprised you? >> i felt like it was a little bit of an emotional roller coaster. a lot of highs and lows. and i just loved all the funny. i thought that was really refreshing for the emmys. i loved the host bit and then ending it with kevin spacey, amazing, as his character. julia louis-dreyfus accepting as her "veep" character was incredible. amy poehler and tina fey crawling up the stage. i mean -- >> michael douglas' speech, he was something, huh?

sugar store and it's time to dress the mannequins but instead of a trendy line from american eagle or abercrombie these ladies will be sporting candy couture. they want to sell you sweets the way victoria secret sells you lingerie, a little cheeky, a little rebellious and with a lot of flair. >> bananas are great for the cereal in the morning. >> reporter: they are the brain child of jeff rubin, self described chief gummy bear. >> what made you go for the victoria secret brand of marketing. >> we have seen junior retailers do it successfully. there were two ways to play it. disguise it or it is what it is. sugar, we're fun, cheeky, irreverent. >> reporter: an overwhelming experience. nearly 8,000 different edible items for sale in eachstore, ranging from old-fashioned standbyes to random japanese fruit candy to 26 super sized versions of the all-time favorite sweets like this giant box of nerds. at 3120 calories, it contains about as many calories as six big macs. >> president obama's wife, mayor bloomberg, a lot of high-level public officials are coming out and leading the fight against obesity