. >> plus a stunner out of kroger. the company says rodney mcmullen is out as ceo following. >> a board. investigation of his personal conduct. >> we'll have. a lot more for you. >> let's begin. >> with the president. >> announcing these digital. >> currencies that will make up a strategic crypto reserve on a truth. >> social post. >> he listed xrp. >> solana and. >> cardano along. >> with bitcoin and ethereum. >> and that news has sparked a crypto rally started yesterday. the group. >> pulling back. >> a bit this morning. but sarah bitcoin is going to be up 20% from last week's lows. >> this is good. >> news obviously to the crypto bulls who. >> were wondering what's going on. >> because crypto. >> had gone. >> back down to 80,000. >> post-election. >> there's going to be a summit on. >> friday, and there are questions about what this. >> looked like. this will. >> look like. how much. >> are they going to aim to buy. in the crypto reserve? i think it's. interesting and somewhat surprising that they are. >> including

there is the chipmaker what is with kroger john 1.6%. >> down today after the grocery store longtimegned from his post, the announcement comes after an investigation into his personal conduct, he said it was unrelated to the business but was still inconsistent with their policy on business ethics. kroger john wooden half% take a look at philip morris reportedly considering selling the cigar business for the company that recently shifted toward smoke smoke-free products reports say a billion dollars for the cigar unit the stock up 1%. finally honda the company reportedly wants to produce the next generation of civic hybrid in indiana instead of mexico, this according to reuters, they're doing this to avoid trouble tariffs. great news for the american economy certainly for indiana. stuart: the north american international toy fair is underway in new york city. lauren simonetti is there. good morning is a.i. a theme in the new toys. >> it sure is and so is formula one formula one took off in a big way in the united states. what you're looking at the hybrid racetrack, the artificial inte

kroger is offering, listen to this.ng into effect this weekend. each box is stocked with kroger brand breakfast essentials coffee and frozen breakfast sandwiches. on friday the store will be giving away free breakfast items all to make up for the hour of sleep we are going to lose when we spring forward this sunday. i love that idea. >> ains ains hour back boxes. i love that idea. a big show still ahead. treasury secretary scott bessent and press secretary karoline leavitt still ahead. ♪ ♪ gum problems could be the start of a domino effect parodontax active gum repair breath freshener clinically proven to help reverse the 4 signs of early gum disease a toothpaste from parodontax, the gum experts. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. (♪) ♪ three little birds ♪ ♪ (steel drums playing lightly) ♪ (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) (♪) here's chris counahan with the leaffilter gutt

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. >> the head of kroger has abruptly resigned 10 days ago the company's board launched an investigation into rodney mcmullen is personal conduct. they say it is inconsistent with their ethics policies. they say there's no issue with the company's finances are operations, though. mcmullin's been ceo for more than 10 years. he started with the grocery chain has a stock clerk almost 50 years ago. board member ronald sargent will serve as interim chairman and ceo effective immediately. >> south carolina declared a state of emergency sunday as wildfires and carolina's and georgia area scorched thousands of acres and forced people to flee their homes. there are at least 10 active wildfires burning in the carolinas and georgia as crews are working to get containment. the largest one is near myrtle beach and the carolina forest area more than 1600 acres have burned so far for strip. sponsors are now applying lessons from hurricane relief. giving folks a safe place to ride out these wildfires while they wait to see if their homes will survive. >> we offer, you know, a safe place to sleep. >> we

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kroger chairman chairman and ceo rodney mcmullen resides after an investigation into his personal conductnfirmed it did not relate to operations or financial performance and did not involve kroger associates. the board has put in place and interim ceo. fulham beats manchester united on penalty kicks. bruno fernandez tied things up. the goalkeeper saved two penalties to win the shootout 4-3. they will place crystal palace in the next round. jonathan: i told you, watching the game yesterday, no idea why. absolutely dreadful. such low quality football. they looked like a team about to get relegated. no emotion in the game. lisa: but you are still angered by the absolute dreadful football. jonathan: clearly someone in the control room doesn't like manchester united. next on the program, preparing for tariffs. >> one interesting proposal that the mexican government has made is perhaps matching the u.s. on our china tariffs. it would be a nice gesture. if the canadians did it also. jonathan: that was the treasury secretary negotiating in public. mark mccormick from td joins us next. this is blo

biggest challenges that small businesses encounter when it comes to large mergers like you said with krogersome ways small business can fill some relief from mergers as well? >> i'm happy to take this one. at its core that's an antitrust problem. in addition to promoting these smaller regional supply chains, you know, antitrust enforcement relies on market participants to come forward and complaints. you can watch the rest of ofs online@ourwebsitec-span.org. online at our website c-span.org. now to the national association of counties hosting its annual legislative conference in washington, d.c. live coverage on c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ..

but also a lot of data this week we get earnings from major companies such as best buy, costco and kroger. perhaps another clue into the health of the all important u.s. consumer. friday, we also get the latest u.s. monthly jobs report. so a lot to watch there and a lot to watch here. more news when we come back, including swift condemnation for israel as it keeps humanitarian aid out of gaza. we'll have the latest in the middle east coming up next. plus, we'll go live to rome, where there is cautious optimism on the condition of pope francis. after another weekend in the. hospital. and later, king shaka's reigning supreme over new orleans mardi gras celebrations. we'll show you how people all over the world are going big before lent. we'll be right back. >> when it comes to rooting out corruption, do the fbi's ends justify the means? >> it was humiliating. it's an. >> embarrassment for the country. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper sunday at nine on cnn. >> i got this wow skin from olay body wash. it's new. super serum sinks into my skin with five powerful ingredients, five be

biggest challenges that small businesses encounter when it comes to large mergers like you said with kroger? what are some ways small business can fill some relief from mergers as well? >> i'm happy to take this one. at its core that's an antitrust problem. in addition to promoting these smaller regional supply chains, you know, antitrust enforcement relies on market participants to come forward and complaints. you can watch the rest of ofs online@ourwebsitec-span.org. online at our website c-span.org. now to the national association of counties hosting its annual legislative conference in washington, d.c. live coverage on c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> please join us in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. .. , [background noise] >> please be seated. the honorable james gore was elected naco president in hillsborough county, florida at the 2024 annual conference. as president of the naco, we inspired by unity and the central role of counties as intergovernm

courtney kroger. i'm here on behalf of neighbors neighborhoods united san francisco and in support of rep s.f. the rep s.f. coalition. >> i can't conceive of how up zoning and density control and the scale and manner in which it is being considered will support the retention and creation of affordable housing and including a statement in the staff report that the department quote the department anticipates demolition of multifamily housing will remain rare following the rezoning. strikes me as irresponsible. if you permit demolition by virtue of up zoning you'd better be prepared to see it happen. it may not happen all at once but it has been enabled on a grand scale. >> rep is correct that market rate developers have been given many tools including density bonuses, fee reductions, permit streamlining reductions and affordable housing requirements . a concerted effort to use our existing tools and opportunities such as the office to housing conversion assisting projects already in the pipeline 4 to 6

questions about this contract is that in the current contract that we've extended for fausto and kroger up until december 31st, they were not maintaining that property properly. >> it was left to blight. it was left in a disgusting manner. we are getting emails from people in that project area that said it wasn't maintained properly and we as a commission were told every year that we re re we're issued this contract that things were being maintained properly by this company and in fact this company would have gotten this contract this time around had we not actually followed our newest equity principles around contracting and stuff to make sure that we're doing fair contracting which is a recommendation out of the oci committee. so it's very important for me to understand where we were, where we going and make sure that we have oversight and monitoring of this is millions dollars of contracts of maintenance and that that's happening. so that's why i'm asking these questions good questions. commissioner brackett if you have specific complaints that you've received that we should be aware