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i cannot believe that you've never had this -- taco bell. >> never never had that i don't even know how>> it smells good. it's like pita bread it's like a taco >> jimmy: yeah probably -- yeah, hopefully, yeah it's a taco, but -- here we go taco bell for the first time >> mmm >> jimmy: look at those eyes, they're sparkling. that was a win oh, i'll take that yes! >> this is the best so far >> jimmy: i love that too. >> flavorful >> jimmy: right? >> it's salty. >> jimmy: i'm so happy >> different textures. >> jimmy: oh, i almost want to play a replay of your face, because it was honestly like, "this actually is good." i would never try to trick you, just so you know i'd never do that to you >> that's really good. >> jimmy: oh, i love that you did this oh, my god, i love this. gal, my last one here. >> oh, this is amazing i can't believe i've never tried it >> jimmy: i'm a little scared, i've got to be honest. what is this >> i know. it's gefilte fish. i'm sorry. look, did they bring any horseradish next to it >> jimmy: no >> that's a problem. i just don't want you to have, you know, bad im

taco bell worker got a huge tip from his community in south daytona, florida.that's joe decissio. he works the drive through. customers say he brightens their day and remembers names. he's 70 years old and has worked at the restaurant for nearly 20 years. the money came from a fundraising effort on facebook when joe was voted the favorite employee by a landslide on a facebook group that spotlights local restaurants, especially at this time. the woman who organized this told us everyone needs to know taco bell joe is such a kind, gentle and angel on earth. there was some video of him. he teared up and cried. he takes his job seriously and he sees his job as one to bring some light to people as they come through. >> i love that. >> the big check, too. you know? just to make it extra festive. >> $6,000. >>> this year, 2020, has changed our vocabulary, wouldn't you say? a lot of words and phrases that became popular and common. they include us have said these pandemics -- that was where the words started, with the pandemic. maybe you're muted, doom scrolling and zo

only at taco bell. get yours with taco bell delivery. [sfx: bong!]w." this month, we've been looking back at 2020. we've talked about music, movies, technology. and now, to give us his review of this last year, let's bring in a man who can barely remember what he did last night, michael kosta. michael, what is your biggest takeaway about 2020? >> my biggest "takeaway" for 2020? mu biggest takeaway is we should take away 2020. this year was a total bust. we got nostalgic about going to the dentist. we should take 2020, put it in a dumper, light it on fire, and walk away while it explodes behind us. >> trevor: yeah, michael, i hear you. but we should try to figure out what we can learn from 2020. we can't just pretend it never happened, you know. >> actually, trevor, that's exactly what we should do. >> trevor: what? we should pretend 2020 never happened? >> yeah! let's all agree, right here and now, as a planet, that 2020 did not happen. nothing happened in 2020 counts. nothing during 2020 is important. we just skipped over the whole year. we're takin

. >>> man from sacramento gave some generous gifts to taco bell employees this holiday season. shan dan horran gave each worker $100 each on december 14th. that was the 20th anniversary that he was held at gunpoint at a taco bell in flagstaff, arizona. he says he was working there at the age of 16 trying to save money for college and christmas presents. he has relived the traumatic experience every year on the date it happened but now, he has a positive memory of the dates. he says service industry employees deserve to be recognized for their hard work. >> they are putting themselves in harms way dealing with customers all day. they are on the sunken roads as well of this current timeframe we are in. >> horan, who works in the music industry, says the workers were reluctant to take the cash, but once he explained the significance of the date to him, they were overjoyed to receive those gifts. >>> what a good guy. i love that story. turn something negative into positive. good for you. i have positive news. we have been waiting for rain and it is the christmas present we will get

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taco bell giving fast food lovers something to look forward to nacho fries, come on the fan favorite will return on christmas eve. it comes a few months after taco bell trimmed its menu due to the pandemic spicy fries will be back for a limited time only. on wall street, the dow down 45. the s&p up seven you know the storm drill one comes and suddenly everyone needs bread and milk or pandemic comes and it's toilet paper, apparently some places are in the middle of both we're starting to see some empty story shelves. after all, panic buying is unavoidable. our supply system had some hard learning lessons and it may be stronger than everen >> it's been almost a year since jose felipe opened his grocery store new rochelle farms in the suburbs of new york city when he cut the ribbon in january of 2020, he says he could never have imagined the chaos that covid-19 was bringing his way. >> it was surreal. the challenges of operating a new store and then the first wave hitting of the pandemic, the binge buying >> grocery stores are working to juggle unprecedented demand. >> when shoppers beg

the fan favorite making a returning on christmas eve it comes a few months after taco bell trimmed its menu due to the pandemic spicy fries will be back for a limited time only. [ bell ringing ] >>> on wall street, the dow down 45, a sort of tug of war between the progress on covid relief and a pullback in retail sales so the s&p up 7. nasdaq up 63, closing at another all-time high. >>> you know the storm drill, right? one comes and suddenly everybody needs bread and milk or a pandemic comes and it's toilet paper apparently. right now some places are in the middle of both, and we're starting to see a few empty shelves in stores yet again. after all, panic buying is unavoidable, especially as covid continues to surge across the country. but our supply system apparently had some hard learning lessons from the spring, and it may be stronger than ever it's been almost a year since jose felipe opened his grocery store, new rochelle farms in the suburbs of new york city when he cut the ribbon in january of 2020, he said he could never have imagined the chaos that covid-19 was bringing his wa

dino: wherever you put a mcdonald's, burger king, taco bell, or wendy's, you're going to see me withy little pizza concept. lemonis: but with his resistance to change, he alienates potential franchisees. the franchise concept is not going anywhere. and now he's also alienating his family... what's your relationship like with your dad right now? doug: i'm here. he's there. lemonis: ...still haunted by a tragedy in the past. debbie #2: my parents changed completely after that had happened. dino: we can talk about that later. lemonis: if i can't help him change the way he looks at people... dino: i think you're a genius. lemonis: i think you're a smart-ass. ...simply slices will simply stay the same. dino: this is me. this ain't an act. this is me. lemonis: you've been acting since the day i met you. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything is going to change, everythin

live mas moments, brought to you by taco bell.nd that moment just happened. >> greg: it was one heck of a catch. here after the bobble. didn't know who was going to get it. but it was sam crawford that fought off two bearcat defenders to set his team up in the red zone. just an amazing effort there from the wide receiver. incredible concentration. providing much-needed life to that tulsa passing game. >> joe: desmond ridder, montgomery in the backfield. doaks, the starting running back, dealing with an ankle. we haven't seen him since the that injury. quickly to the outside is jackson. and he is trying to maintain balance before he is forced out. >> greg: this situation in the game, not quite in two-minute operation yet. you have the entire offense. when you're the quarterback, you have to know how many time-outs. what do you need? stay with the audible. stay with yourself offensively. >> referee: false start, offense, number 55. five-yard penalty, remains second down. >> joe: 18th penalty of the game combined. remember, they hadn

with a bubble of free, $975 a pop to strategize about why it would be dangerous to let you go to taco bellrld of hypocrites, only one man had the integrity to talk the talk and then walk the walk. he didn't go to fancy-schmancy french restaurants. he didn't go to nancy pelosi's to get hair plugs. he just walked the walk straight to his basement and self-quarantine for nine months until cnn satisfied his "victory." every two months, every quarter or so, he would emerge from the basement to hold a rally in front of three secondhand civics and impart words of wisdom. >> hey, the radio, make sure the television, excuse me, make sure you have the record player on at night. >> mark: make sure you have the record player on at night is the secret code phrase to chairman to let him know why 10% for the big guide to the shanghai branch of the first national bank of scranton, pennsylvania and another emergence from his basement, joe biden announced his plan to end the scourge of violence against women. you've got to man up and beat the out of it. >> no man has a right to raise a hand to a woman in an

i've been hearing the competition story for a long time people say there's no reason taco bell can't beat up chipotle >> you do have steph steph is on the phone now by the way. i hope can you hear me >> hi. >> it's technology's fault, not yours, steph >> she should zoom >> yeah, right for some of these names you get box later today, crowd strike, octobera, z-scaler and know splak on wednesday, you have and "mad money" 6 p.m. eastern time on cnbc. talk to me about what's at stake with some of those names even thoch you might not own many of them, i know you own salesforce how those go may dictate how other parts of the market will go as well >> back at the goom price, it and it had to be a picture perfect quarter and it was not if you look at the guidance for margins. they're going to have a lot more people convert to free users that said, this is suitly a s-- absolutely a secular growth stock. docusign up almost 200 all these stocks have had such a nice run i think salesforce is a different animal it's only up 40% i do think the quarter will be very strong. this is one i want to buy

so i am sure everyone saw the very famous picture of the two students sitting in front of taco bell on their computers trying to get wi-fi access. so i think one of the biggest challenges is ensuring that education equity remains during this pandemic. and that is what we have seen that has not been the case. lisa: and in connecticut at least, dr. cardona says his was the first state to ensure that every student had wi-fi and had some sort of a device in order to get online if they needed to. so maybe that bodes well for his efforts to try and ensure that that happens on a national level. i'm wondering, taryn, if you can weigh in on this. what do you think this administration needs to do to make good on the president-elect's promise to bring schools back online in the first 100 days? what needs to happen? dr. morrissey: i like what traci said. these problems are not new and not evenly felt, now they are worse. overcrowded, poorly ventilated schools with poorly paid teachers and staff have been a long-standing problem, and now they present even more of a health hazard. schools and childc

i which point it demand cursing and demanded taco bell but after that he tipped over and landed on hisese nuts are delicious. topic number three. japan is create a 60-foot robot that could move its arms and walk on 2 feet. make it 34 more balance than joe biden. this metalhead was unveiled today in great japanese fanfare and bid nationwide cries what have you got mr. robata. space on a japanese cartoon series in which battle robots are piloted by humans. also doubles as a real doll for godzilla. kinky. the creator say they're hoping this iron giant will increase tourism to japan. that is if they could get it to stop swatting airplanes out of the sky. you can sit on display beginning december 19 at the factory. abraded tourist attraction that is expected to draw thousands of virgins from across the globe. topic number four. it is a mug shot monday. here's a real joke hunts. 71-year-old douglas allen satley of lakelan olori flo irii typpstg ainallelenn utiti tpoolepoo c hpo and a aemptttpt to rycleecycleyct i. beo be be aeeast lst .lst2 cen. d detrd rraidraidai he put the pheal phee hve

the only other time you hear that phrase is after rudy giuliani eats taco bell "pardon -- [ laughterdon me. oop, pardon. pardon me, sorry oh, that's a half pardon, sorry. [ laughter ] oh and course president trump is still refusing to accept the results of the election, but he's not only one. a new "washington post" survey says 89% of all republicans serving in congress won't accept biden's victory here's what a few republicans said when asked about the election first up, congressman greg pence said, "if biden wins, i'll quit, and focus on my etsy product, lipstick for men. [ laughter ] up next, senator tom cotton said, "trump will be president by the time that gumball i swallowed last year finally works its way down my throat." [ laughter ] next up, congressman dusty johnson was like, "don't bother me, i'm busy losing a a chess match to that girl from 'queen's gambit.'" [ laughter ] up next, congressman fred upton said, "i trust the results, but not the congressmen who told me everyone was doing this pose." [ laughter ] then, senator mike braun was like, "this election was rigged or

i had no idea they had taco bell in siberia.argas, this is the topical storm. topic number one, the coronavirus vaccine hit some rough patches this weekend. [laughter] and not talk about vice president pence hairy arms. a nurse in tennessee raise some eyebrows and lowered some blood pressure and she fainted on live television lesson 20 minutes after taking the pfizer vaccine. a lot of women are swooning for doctor frank g. it addition to having coronavirus they may have found the cure for insomnia. i haven't seen a nurse been like that since lou dobbs bachelor party is that nurse. despite what you would think this is not hurt the demand for the pfizer vaccine per defect the company just received its largest order ever from the prison cell of bill cosby. you be glad to know this nurse made a quick recovery and explain the episode and it had nothing to do the vaccine itself. like all of our healthcare worker salty pandemics you simply exhausted and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of tik tok dances she has had to learn. topic numbe

dino: wherever you put a mcdonald's, burger king, taco bell, or wendy's, you're going to see me withotential franchisees. the franchise concept is not going anywhere. and now he's also alienating his family... what's your relationship like with your dad right now?

manager what he heard supervisors were doing the night officers shot and killed willie mccoy at a taco bell. >> supervisors were apparently in the police department watching netflix, both supervisors. >> reporter: whitney says he sent the information to chief perdue. he did not want an investigation conducted because it would add further liability to the department for the failure to supervisor. >> reporter: officer ryan mcmahon was one of the officers who fired his gun that night on september 30th of this year. current vallejo police department chief williams fired mcmahon for engaging in unsafe conduct and neglect for firearm safety. while dpd would not provide more detail, a civil rights attorney for mccoy's family what said mcmahon was let go because there was another officer in his line of fire during the shooting. whitney's lawsuit outlines allegations of additional mismanagement he says he reported, including the chief allegedly changing the 2017 sergeant's promotional exam to benefit police officers association president matt mustard. >> had the original waits stayed, i don't believ

if i can get some, you know, the nearest taco bell to my house, and there used to be one -- >> it coulddeliver you a chalupa. >> there used to be one three minutes away, and now it's like about 25 minutes, and it has affected me. it's affected my life. >> you lost weight >> could it get there quickly enough like would the nachos, would the cheese be all gross and. >> congealed. >> hardened. >> we'll have to see we'll have to see. >>> coming up, we'll take you live to washington for the latest on the bill to send bigger relief checks to americans. plus, frank luntz is here to talk about the georgia election just one week away "squawk box" will be right back ♪ said he's going back ♪ >>> the house of representatives siding with president trump voting to increase federal direct payments to $2,000, also voting to override the president's veto of the defense bill it's now the senate's turn for both issues, eamon javers joins us now with more i don't know if you've got more info about what's going to happen when is it expected to happen in terms of whether the senate moves on these things, eam

two determined sisters resorted to logging on at taco bell. >> the girls went there because they didn'tave internet. they wanted to study. >> i came for them. a pack of raisins. >> students in need missed their free school lunches. one teacher delivered them to 80 of his students every day. in four months, he provided more than 7,500 meals. >> welcome to awb. >> many teachers went above and beyond to engage their students. >> just because the world stopped, doesn't mean i'm going to stop. they shouldn't stop. >> matthew introduced his students to his alter ego. >> here he is, the big math man. the big action. he is back for you. today, we will talk about the complimentary angles. >> some teachers dropped by to say hi. >> i miss you. were you confused? we wanted to surprise you. >> others said -- ♪ i'll be here for you ♪ when you are learning at home ♪ ♪ i'll be here for you ♪ and you'll watch me on chrome ♪ >> when school finally reopened, staffers rallied to navigate the new normal. one teacher raised money to buy a sink for her classroom so her students could wash their hands. an alab

heard stories and talked to colleagues and others that where they saw two children sitting next to taco bell to get access to the wi-fi. it doesn't mean the city hasn't done work to try to create hot spots but some families do not have access to internet and in a city the center of the technological revolution it's not acceptable families don't have access to that technology. i'm requesting that the department of technology, the mayor's office of housing and digital equity, human rights commission, city administrator, department of homelessness and housing authority and department of public works and san francisco unified school district all participate in this important hearing. the second piece of that is that i'm introducing a resolution today that is title the true investment in the digital divide. it seeks the adoption of section 5.4 and 5.5 and 5.6 of the bocko october 2020 progress report and seeks the department of technology to provide the board of supervisors with a written cost of all sections to be implemented by june 1 of 2021. and looking at literature of all the different piec

heard stories and talked to colleagues and others that where they saw two children sitting next to taco bell to get access to the wi-fi. it doesn't mean the city hasn't done work to try to create hot spots but some families do not have access to internet and in a city the center of the technological revolution it's not acceptable families don't have access to that technology. i'm requesting that the department of technology, the mayor's office of housing and digital equity, human rights commission, city administrator, department of homelessness and housing authority and department of public works and san francisco unified school district all participate in this important hearing. the second piece of that is that i'm introducing a resolution today that is title the true investment in the digital divide. it seeks the adoption of section 5.4 and 5.5 and 5.6 of the bocko october 2020 progress report and seeks the department of technology to provide the board of supervisors with a written cost of all sections to be implemented by june 1 of 2021. and looking at literature of all the different piec

heard stories and talked to colleagues and others that where they saw two children sitting next to taco bell to get access to the wi-fi. it doesn't mean the city hasn't done work to try to create hot spots but some families do not have access to internet and in a city the center of the technological revolution it's not acceptable families don't have access to that technology. i'm requesting that the department of technology, the mayor's office of housing and digital equity, human rights commission, city administrator, department of homelessness and housing authority and department of public works and san francisco unified school district all participate in this important hearing. the second piece of that is that i'm introducing a resolution today that is title the true investment in the digital divide. it seeks the adoption of section 5.4 and 5.5 and 5.6 of the bocko october 2020 progress report and seeks the department of technology to provide the board of supervisors with a written cost of all sections to be implemented by june 1 of 2021. and looking at literature of all the different piec

taco bell maybe. anyway -- but not for breakfast.thank you >> thank you. >> we'll keep an eye on this there might be a little bit of froth here as well if we look hard enough, we find it in a lot of places, dan let me know when it's too much will you call? have you got my email? >> i will. i still think not yet. >> all right i don't know if they ring a bell that's not for ring a bell totals beck >> when we come back, a checkup on two hard-hit sectors. first up, new numbers on the health of restaurants as they struggle through a tough winter. later, potential relief micong for movie theaters "squawk box" will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the holiday season is typically a busy time for restaurants. this year it's anything but busy kate rogers has the numbers. what can you tell us >> reporter: hey, becky. that's right the week leading up to christmas is typically one of the busiest ones of the season, but the week of december 20th saw the worst weekly results since mid june according to black box intelligence sales dropping 16.9% traffic do

we have other children who are talking their school-issued computers and sitting out in front of taco bell stuart: you would not close down los angeles. >> i would not. stuart: okay. but you would open up the schools? >> absolutely. we need to open up our schools responsibly and safely. stuart: but what would the teachers union say? >> i think that california democrats with these orders that they're putting out and then their constant, you know, not using those psalm policies for themselves -- same policies for themselves. we saw governor newsom dining at the french laundry, a couple of days later the mayor of san francisco dining at french laundry. just the other day we had a supervisor here in los angeles who, you know, had some very strong words about how unsafe it was to eat outdoors and then just a few hours later was caught eating outdoors in santa monica. you can't tell us that all of these things are unsafe and then do them yourself. let americans and californians make those calculated decisions on their own. stuart: i'm just interested to see when we're going to get serious pushba

we would go to taco bell. we would go to coffee shops, and we would go to parks. >> which is exactly what mollie and kristene decided to do on a warm summer night back in june of 2012. their destination, violet andrews park. that place seemed safe to you? >> yeah. >> yeah, it did. >> all of the parks were -- i mean, we would go -- >> we would go at night all the time. >> before heading out, the two called britney, asking if she wanted to join them. brit