today on "the morning blend," meet a cup of joe? today is your day as we celebrate all thing consecutive fear. take cuppy -- take colby home. and ken jeong. "the morning blend" starts right now. good thursday morning, everybody. we're talking a live look outside right now. downtown las vegas, we're live. you can get an early jump on next year's tickets. a limited amount of them go on sale at 10:00 a.m. thank you for joining us. my lovable co-host, shawn, will be joining us.

i love you, coffee. yes. and first up this morning, the doc is in. dr. ken is back and shawn is standing by with the man behind the hit series. >> shawn: dr. ken falls the career -- followed the life 0 of or dr. ken jeong, and here is dr. ken a friend of the show and al letter tsai. great to have you. >> how are you doing? >> shawn: happy for you. season two premiere last week. a lot of stuff already happening. >> it's been more -- season two, the big focus us on family. we're pivoting so there's know

is based on my life, my wife and i work at the same hmo. and my father loves into the house permanently and we're really into this really cool groove right now. >> shawn: that's awesome. what has it been like for you, albert? you're playing dave on the show. how is it going? >> it's an amazing experience. i'm so grateful to have it. it's >> ken is awesome to work with. >> he's great. uh-huh. i learn so much from him. >> shawn: obviously ken not your real father. however that said, he must be father on the set. he is kind of guiding you through the show. >> not really, love, love, love. [laughter]

everyone is amazing, and i learn so much, and we're all like a big family. >> shawn: that's awesome. ken, you know, the -- that was apple juice. clean it up. >> oh, yeah, apple juice. >> yeah, apple juice. actually, craft beer and line on the set. i'm like, in filming is juice and -- the wine is grape juice, the beer is something that -- does it taste good? >> no. i'm really acting. my best acting is when i'm drinking the alcoholic beverages on the show. >> shawn: you're getting your daily value of vitamin c. what can we expect the rest of the season? >> tonight's show, we share our

choose because of the styles. >> and our halloween show is a korean ghost story, there's effects, stunts, crazy costumes, makeup, and we're doing a crossover episode with shark tank. so it's a pretty cool suspect he is pitching it to the sharks and it was an awesome experience to audience to see it. >> we're big holiday shank tank "fans and it was amazing. surreal being on "shark tank. ." >> shawn: congratulations on season two and we look forward to seeing more. >> thank you, shawn. >> shawn: check out dr. ken every night.

fall is here and front fashion to everyday essential wes have the best products to help us transition. keri parker is here from san diego and has our top picks and fall must-haves. identity love to start with a brang new thing. >> let's do it. >> shop runner, you get free fish, free returns returns and partner with 140 different storees, calvin klein. and you can getally good deals and secret deals and join the membership offer an american express card holder they wave the membership fee. shop runner.com. >> sounds like an online department store. >> a good way to describe it.

today. >> yay. >> we have you kurig and i love my kurig, and pumpkin spice, everybody is ready for that. and if you go online to kurig.com you can get 15% off with the code green savings. and they're coffee pots are fair trade, and what better start fall than pumpkin spice. >> they have a new mon. >> is brews like a carafe. and next we have you women's rogain. 5% -- it's designed for hair loss. so as your hair starts thenning,

gain.com, in addition they have tons of checks how to make your hair look fuller, thicker, and this is the rogain is the way to do it. a two-month supply and use it once a day. you've have to be consistent with using it and you'll get great results. and then another fall thing is tights. i love tights, with a cute short dress or turn your look into fall look. >> you can t than it has been, a month ago. and i'm looking forward to tight weather. >> look how cute these are. >> tights with a dress and boots. >> instantly elevates the look. into these are the fashion colors, and then haines has a great power shaper, which has --

body's temperature. >> that sounds really good it can be uncomfortable in this region. >> so we're shaming and firming and keeping the body temperature regulated. so one haynes place.com and you he can check that out. my most favorite thing when it comes to hair is kera, and they have come out with a new product that is a spray oil for fine hair. finally. >> ah-ha. because i have fine hair, and there are very few thing is can put on my hair to consistent because it weighs down and looks wet. >> exactly. this is spray oil, not only does it give you that beautiful shine but their packaging is stunning. but you'll get this weightless,

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you have a clear aligner. >> what is that warm, fuzzy thing. >> jp penney is a one stop shop for fashion. >> i want to do this. take my coffee. >> spice it up. >> just go over there on the couch. >> can i come with you? so this is from jc penney, from liz claiborne, a >> cute blanket. >> it's only 65 bucks. so a little lamb. a homey look, we have the family pillow from the home collection, and just a nice waitron signatures your home also in the fall. >> i love it. you brought us so many fun things. >> i love being here. >> from beauty to fashion to everyday essentials in home

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shawn welcome back. it's that time of the year, summer clothes packed away, the smell of autumn but our next guests say there are other things to specifically had to do with your finances. abe shark ton and strobelt. never's retirement brothers on this lovely -- >> that's fancy. share no expense. that's perfect. >> shawn: how are you. >> i'm good. say hello and goodbye. running a marathon on saturday. >> shawn: where?

>> shawn: i understand. >> -- it means because i died on saturday. so nice nothing you. >> shawn: do you now own a car. >> i do. it was just my wife made me do it. >> shawn: ah. >> the things we do for our live. >> shawn: into thises the best advice. three things to be on the lookout for our finances. >> the first thing is an interest rate hike. there's been talk about raising interest you've have more than to earn interest might be a good thing because you might get better than a one-tenth of a percentage point. so interest rate maize go up. if you're going to be borrowing money, new mortgage or borrow for a car or something like that, chances in fall you might be paying higher interest rate ijust reified at 3.5. >> well done. >> shawn: second thing. >> the election is coming up and people are extremely nervous

a lot going on, don't know who to vote for. the idea is over the last 19 of 22 market years -- >> write my name in. >> i don't think we can do that anymore. >> the last 19 of 22 elections areas the markets have rallied the be year after not as good but the markets say if clinton is elected it's more predictable and might be more favorable for the markets. >> shawn: is statement? >> not a political statement. what experts are saying. but we obviously time well tell. >> a sticker for hillary clinton. >> shawn: save the e-mails, please. the third piece of advice. >> the third thing, medicare open enrollment coming up. beginning another 15th through

for medicare, get your supplements, your medicare advantage plans so if yaw want to have a good health care plan through the next year you have to make sure you get to own enrollment from october 30 through december 7. so we have great people who assist with the medicare portion of our planning. >> shawn: so big cloud of, what is this? >> and what poll see changes. people have questions. >> fall is the perfect time to check in on that retirement portfolio as well. you have a special off are foes to want to do that. >> complimentary port -- portfolio. somebody who saw the shows referred them to us. way to go. the point is, please, come in

the retirement portfolio, medicare, healthcare, estate planning. >> shawn: and i know if people have questions for you, they can e-mail you correctly. >> questionsshark ton strobelt.com. -- ashton strobelt.com. >> shawn: you have a lot of domains. good for you. those questions are answered here on our somehow and answered on the radio as >> we have a radio show that plays every week. can't remember the time because he is in charge of that. 2 to 3:00 p.m. a.m. 840. so, we like to share our information, show you education out there, and then ask people what to expect when they come into our office. >> shawn: thank you for being here, con graths and/ --

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>> for 25 years it's been a go-to resource for learning great information and education about diabetes. the community health and diabetes fest is this saturday. >> now is rita schmidt. diabetes educator and outpatient

-- nadine haddad. great to have you. let's talk about the services for people with diabetes. what services are offered? >> well, the diabetesfest is not just for patients who have diabetes. it's for everyone. everyone is welcome to come in. there's going to be a lot of services available at the fest. there's an ophthalmologist, a podiatrist, there's going to be tons of information cardiovascular risk and stroke risk and other services available such as nutritionists are going to have information regarding nutritional products and body mass index screenings. there's going to be -- peripheral artery disease blood pressure screenings and tree bicycle helmets for children. >> yay. >> that's courtesy of the rtc.

there's going to be face-painting for children and music. so please stop by and say hello. >> it's amazing how many different services -- i was speaking with them before. just go down and go from one test to the next. get yourself checked out. >> shawn: whether you're diabetessic or not. >> it is so important because -- am i right -- many people who are pre-diabetic don't know it. >> almost 90 million people in s. 30 million in the u.s. have diabetes. so this fest is more than just for people who have diabetes, and the sad thing is anyone could have diabetes. and most people -- they have a brother or relative or friend with diabetes. and sadly, diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the u.s. >> shawn: wow, amazing.

diabetes can be prevented. eye disease, heart disease, amputations, those can be plea vend by making healthy choices. >> shawn: so let's talk about the signs and symptoms of diabetes first. so we can get ahead of the curve perhaps, or be on the lookout for. >> there are lot of symptoms of diabetes. a lot of patients have these symptoms that are very a lot of times they can go unnoticed. some of the most common signs and stops of diabetes including feeling thirsty most of the time, or feeling hungry 0, extreme fatigue or weakness. always tired. also, we can have blurry vision, or pain in the extremities which are the hands and the feet.

heal. and especially with -- one sign and symptom includes weight loss so early detection of diabetes is very important. >> speaking of the complications, what are some of them? >> patients with diabetes, first and for most, diabetes affects your whole body, and most importantly it cartow vascular system and nervous esteem. so from the big vessels out of your heart to the tiny little capillaries. so people with diabetes are moses send tibble to having heart disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, neuropathy, which means they can't feel their feet. so if they have a cut or bruise, that can become a very large

>> serious stuff. >> very serious. >> shawn: let's talk about the impact of exercise and food choices when it comes to diabetes. we want to try to head it off at the pass before we are diagnosed with it. how do we do that? two of the biggest ways. >> you don't have to have diabetes or prediabetes to benefit from exercise. before you start any type of program you need to talk to your doctor, make sure the are going to do are safe, but exercise lowers your cholesterol and your blood pressure and reduces straight and luigsing weight. if you have diabetes exercise allows yourself to be more receptive to ininsulin. insulin allows glow coast to get -- glue coast to get into

the glucose goes into your cell and blood sugar goes down. >> how has the event changedded in 25 years. >> our diabetes fest focuses on care and health and wellness and promotion. the hospital offs services in regards to care and prevention and has a as well, such as the cardiac rehab, strike care, and injuryatric care so the diabetes fest has been in our main lobby at desert hospital but we have run out of space. so. >> so this year it's at the mall. thank you very much. the 25th null health and diabetes at desert springs hospital is this saturday from noon to 3:00 p.m. at the

>> right now it's time for our pick of the litter sponsored by best mattress. give colby next cutie, forever home. his charmin great fit for you and your family and here with more on his story is my friend, kathy jung. president of the nspca, a no-kill nal shelter. she is is a school. hi. >> only a year old, so still a puppy. colby does require aattention and we think he was turned in

there's a couple of things, give him a buddy if you're not home and that way he's got something to dos' somebody to play with or if you have family where somebody is always in the house, that's the perfect environment for him as well. >> how does separation anxiety show itself? >> they tend to be destructive. they'd eat your couch. >> i don't believe he would do that. >> he flourishes with the kisses and attention and what he is all about. a very probably a problem. >> what breed is he. >> some kind of terrier, spaniel mix. has the long hair and the curly hair but super fun. he is always happy and has a great smile for everybody. >> do we know anything about his story? no we think he has some kind of separation anxiety and was turned in. >> okay. >> all he needs is a friend.

attention and would flourish in that environment. >> a gorgeous little guy. so playful. >> so fun no address to him at all. gets along great with other dogs. he will want to play with your cats but not going to chase them or harm them. he is full of love and wants to play. >> a perfect dog for somebody. the great thing is, if someone takes him home, in the past weeks we have had -- >> last week's dog went >> great. >> went home with her vet. goes home with the best mattress so best mattress is a sponsor and sends whatever dog that is nspca provides us home with a new dog bed. not just a regular doing bed. a very fancy, curby dog bed. >> probably better than the mattress i sleep on. >> the likes it. >> he likes you. >> so do we know anything about

best in. you said probably someone who is home a lot. he does have separation anxiety so maybe another dog. >> i've always said this. everybody does better in pairs whether it's a dog, a cat, bunny, and -- everything does better in tells so you have another dog that needs a friend, colby can be a friend. >> people do better in pairs. >> so come to our meet and greet and make sure nobody will along. i'm sure he will get alongive where are dog, it's whether the dog will get along in his environment. >> i love that you let them come together. >> we encourage the family because you're picking a family member so going to share christmas and holidays and lay by your feet so get everybody involved. >> he would make a really cute

lean. >> that's right. >> i've you'd like to adopt colby head down to the shelter. the web site and phone number are listed on your screen, and don't forget if you adopt him you get a dog bed from best mattress. they have partnered with the nspca and they're sponsor of the tip of the day. does your home need repair or sell quickly for cash? shawn is with our next guest, real estate broker from first prime realty groups and here's on how he can buy your home for cash. >> great to have you back. >> thank you. >> what types of homes are you buying from sellers? how does this whole thing work? >> i usually buy unwanted homes, sellers need to sell quickly.

a hardship, divorce, relocation, job does, inherited a home. >> not something they can sustain. >> and get out quickly. >> why would a seller choosing this route. >> homes need thousands of dollars of repairs and the seller can't complete that. >> sha: might not pass investment. >> so a buyer like myselfs can fix them up and put them back on the market. getting a loan for the types us is challenging if not impossible and most home buyers don't want to buy these homes so a real estate investor like myself is beneficial to come in and buy the home for cash. >> you actually fix it up. >> yes.

saying we have to get this fixed. you're paying in cash. >> right. >> shawn: does the seller have to pay relation excision. >> there's no real estate commissions on the homes i buy and i pay all the seller closing costs. >> just a two-party purchase. >> yes. >> shawn: how fast can you purchase a profit? a lot of people need it yesterday. >> i've purchased homes in three days before. >> shawn: no kidding. might not always be three days. >> it really depends on every situation. every seller, every home is unique but if the self are -- seller does need to close quickly i have that ability. so it's based on the seller's frayings and their time frame not mine. so we answer the needs of the sellers. >> if a home owner is watching and wonders whether or not they should sell, perhaps sell the home for catch. what's the process? >> the best way is to call my

offer. i have a three-step process. the first step is just give me a call at my office, and we'll do an evaluation, make you a cash offer. the second step is to agree upon a purchase price, sign a purchase agreement, and the third step is then going to slows the steal at a third-party title and escrow company so you can get your cash. a lot of homeowners might be afraid so everything is down through a company. >> shawn: i can assume as a home owner that are using this program are thankful this exists. if you northeast it yesterday, trying to sell and it get thing i repairs can take eons. >> it can, and one situation was a gentleman who had cancer and needed to move quickly back to

his treatment, and the home was in disrepair, he had lots of belongings on the property and i said we can make this very easy for you. we don't care about the condition. don't have to fix it up, no repairs and we'll give you the cash. we did close that one in three days and he was able to move on, get the his treatment. left all the monthings he didn't want, and that way we'll go ahead and take care of them for you, take what he wanted, leave the rest, and we closed, and he was very happy. actually just closed on the property yesterday. >> shawn: you're already -- >> we closed on the sale, fix it up and put it back. >> shawn: oh, wow, you're fast. if you want to sell your home for cash, 702-476-2000.

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today is national coffee day cea huge deal for a cup of joe. >> shawn: here to tell us is ken reavley with coffee. >> hello. >> shawn: national coffee day. >> it is, cuppy's favorite day of the year, spends all year getting ready for today. >> shawn: hoarding coffee. >> my gosh. >> shawn: celebrating today. as you probably know. >> you mentioned you're from the boston area. dunkin' has been in business for 66 years. so today you can come into any dunkin' in the valley and get a 66-cent medium hot or iced coffee. >> shawn: that's great. >> you have already started this is the morning and have had

all morning long. we have so many flavors and different coffees, and everybody coming to take advantage. >> do you drink the hot coffee or iced coffee? >> i'm an iced coffee fan. >> shawn: henne winter. >> i have never been a hot coffee guy. >> shawn: me >> cup is i out entertaining people. we opened a new story. the grand opening was on harmon and paradise across from he hard rock. >> you have a huge cuppy there. >> there's into the side of the building is a 25-foot tall coffee cup. >> my gosh. >> it's awesome. a relative of you, cuppy?

>> now, dunkin' donuts has established themselves as having great coffee. and you also offer flavors. >> we do. >> what's the most popular. >> the most popular flavor is french vanilla but this tomorrow of year we bring out the pumpkin and the >> shawn: and hot chocolate is awesome. >> it is and we have a new flavor. >> shawn: wait until you hear the flavor. it's all over. game-changer. >> oreo hot chocolate. just hit the stores. >> shawn: i heard about that on reddit. that's how big it is. oreo anything is great. >> yes. >> i would pair that with just a plain old-fashioned doughnut.

>> we'll have a contest here ex- here. i have a prize pack. >> shawn: do we note what in the four flavors are. >> yes so we have to test -- i'm drinking out of cup one. >> shawn: we'll both do one, the smell tester. >> french vanilla. >> no. s carmel, bam. >> very good. >> that is really good. >> cuppying are you're posed to keep me in line here. >> shawn: pepper mint? >> no. that's -- >> shawn: they marked it on the cup. >> i recognize that flavor.

baking. >> shawn: the smell gave me -- -- >> not nutmeg. we're not doing very well. but drinking a lot of coffee. >> shawn: that could be salted carmel. i'm confused. they're not black. >> they're all really tasty. >> number one is the salted carmel. >> shawn: supposed to be. >> apparently i got one right. so this is >> french vanilla. >> shawn: was right. >> two this salted carmel. three, the baking pumpkin spice. >> i said baking. >> then the number four was the hazel nut. which is one of our most popular flavors and we have a line of sugar-free flavors for those that can't have the sugar ore don't like the sugar, we have the sugar-free flavors available

>> 66 cents for a cup of coffee today. >> shawn: today only any dunk n doughnuts location in southern nevada, coffee for 66 cents.

>> shawn: welcome back to "the blend." the boss, in las vegas, and the former miss universe was crowned near las vegas. it's true. >> i did not know that. here with more behind the story is celebrity and more celebrity gosssive. i was going to call almost the celebrity gossip guru. you like that name? >> that works.

>> can we touch back on conversations with norm that happened over the weekend. >> shawn: yes, it's fabulous. >> clint and kelly enthralled the crowd and shawn was there doing a great job, and one lady said, i could have listened for three hours. >> shawn: they had 15 hours of material. a lot of stories. >> yeah, they told it so well. hilarity and it was really fabulous. >> shawn: sew were watching the presidential debate and of course i never herd rosie o'donnell mentioned in a debate but among the people nexted was alicia machado, a former miss universe, brought up by hillary clinton. explain her story and how it connects to las vegas. >> when i saul she won miss universe, the miss universe

leaves. in 1996 it was held here and she won it, and she had some interesting history. i'm sure it's probably going to come up in the next week or so. that a couple years afterwards she was arrested as the getaway driver for an attempted murder in venezuela. and a judge got her off but -- the judge ruled that there wasn't enough evidence on it, but she has some cor >> well, it's interesting that that wasn't sussed out. >> the other thing interesting that the pageant is one of the presenters war marla maples, trump's wife but the didn't own the pageant at that time. he and marla maple had gotten

among their guests, among the thousands of the guests, were two interesting names. rosie odom. and oj simpson. >> oh, wow. >> shawn: times have changed a little bit. speaking of politics. are there any politics behind bruce springsteen passing up vegas? >> i'm not a sure him has had a relationship -- he didn't come here for the longest time. when i first moved here 17 years ago hundred of my first scoops was he was coming here. and people said you don't note what -- note what your talking about. he think it's gouging fans to charge them $70, or $80 and now it would be 100, i'm sure.

vegas is not on the tour. but i did bring -- it is on tv as well. fantastic. just a fantastic read. i went through it, speed reading last night. a couple of the more interesting facts, fact -- factoid, is that he was at frank sinatra's 8 80th birthday in 1995 he talked about everybody gathered around the piano and steve and eddie were there, and bob dylan was singing along, and bruce's wife, patty, who is trained as a jazz artist, started singing, and the room was -- little pockets of people talking and

and edie gourmet says to frank, come here. you blown have to this, and patty just enthralled them. so bruce commented she was serenading sinatra and dylan. she loved horses and gave bruce a horse and bruce wrote, never ride a horse named lightning, thunder, or sudden death. >> have to check out the book. catch the latest from norm, the celebrity gossip guru. go to norm.vegas and that's up on your screen.

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>> today, on the view "to talk about a new film. >> you're think about the doughnut. >> tonight, on the cooking channel, heading to las vegas. catch my friend. they get set for the garth brooks tricia yearwood concert. it's all going to be a lot of fun, tonight at 7:00. you're loving that doughnut. you want me to read? okay. on friday on "the blend," rick harrison is here with more on their annual poker run and who benefits. and things are getting steamy as chip n dale's guest host brings the heat in studio. he might show you some moves.

moves. >> shawn: i'll show him the wave. here's the stomach. >> that's not bad. what is your favorite dunkin' d' donuts? >> the french -- it is so delicious.

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