: hi, bob mcdonald. >> pelley: when we met mcdonald, he'd been on the job fourwas getting an education. he had inspected 41 v.a. facilities. we caught up with him in boston, where we discovered that he refuses to be called "mr. secretary." >> it's so good to meet you, mr. secretary. >> mcdonald: i'm bob. please call me bob. >> pelley: his washington staff can't get their heads around calling the boss by his first name, so they've taken to calling him "secretary bob." >> mcdonald: so you were with patton in north africa? >> no, he was with me. ( laughter ) >> pelley: he'll need that sense of humor because mcdonald is battling a behemoth cobbled together over decades. the v.a. is the second largest agency in the entire federal government, behind only the department of defense. >> mcdonald: we have no hope of taking care of veterans if we don't take of each other. >> pelley: he has 340,000 employees, who handle services ranging from home mortgages to college loans to heart transplants. >> mcdonald: well, you've got people who really care about veterans here. >> exa

i was with you when you were with bob mcdonald and announced the new veterans civic health index.trics behind that and what that is exactly? >> we've been saying for a long time that veterans are civic assets. because of their time in the military, because of the leadership training and team building and problem solving skills, that they are -- should come back into our communities and help to strengthen our communities. also, of course, if you talk about post-traumatic growth and resilience what they've endured in combat makes them stronger as well. they'll be better citizens. we've been saying it for a long time but didn't have the data to prove it until now. a couple of months ago we with secretary bob mcdonnell from the department of veterans affairs, announced the results of the civil health index. it was a partnership of the national conference on citizenship who does these indexes for cities all across the country and gives you civic health of a specific community. we looked at old veterans and young veterans and show that veterans volunteer more than civilian counterparts,

mcdonald's and bob evans farms. i think it's an important announcement on two fronts from darden.et's talk about ipos and secondaries. i said last week this is the biggest week of the year for ipos, but it's been dwafred by secondaries. ten secondaries overnight and con tear to opinion they're not just using it to pay down debt. there's a lot of acquisitions particularly in the energy and real estate fields. here's four of them. southerly hotels they're using their proceeds to buy hotels. a big interest in crowd plaza, hollywood beach. gas log partners they're buying l and g carriers with their secondaries. new senior investment, they operate senior housing properties. they're buying more senior housing properties. white stone is a reit that owns community centers. they're acquiring properties more community centers as well as paying down some debt. i know there's been a lot of complaints about buybacks are not a good sign because nobody is going out and buying anything but this enormous title wave of secondaries that has been going on for almost a year now is continuing and with

bob. >> how about lobster. >> yes. >> lets go to mcdonald's, in really lets go to mcdonald's. >> before you get too excited thisly in the new england area fast food giant chain says starting july 3rd, which is what friday? customers can order their lobster rolls. these lobster rolls are made with 100 percent real north atlantic lobster. >> it is no that the bad either, $7.99 for real lobster. 290 calories. if you don't want the bun, put it on the salad. restaurant are in this maine, new hampshire, road island, connecticut region. so not in philadelphia or anywhere in the delaware valley. but mcdonald's has to do something, because, for the first couple of years now in a row they have had to declining revenues. it is interesting, because if you to research on shake shack these gourmet places. these sales increased 11 percent last quarter while mcdonald's was down more than two and a half percent. they have to do something as they have been on the slide lately. >> so, it is interesting. they have mcrib which seems popular. they do things that work. >> it all depend on taste and word of mouth f people like it, it

bob, you are the bear. you don't think this will work? what's wrong with mcdonald's, do you think?i've been asked can egg mcmuffins save mcdonald's? i think broadly speaking this management team knows it has a mandate to change. it has a mandate from its franchise community to try and bring the brand into the new millennium. it's been stuck in slow motion for a number of years. i think if in fact they make as many changes as i suspect we'll see over the next several years, including a broader breakfast, they could make positive change in the marketplace. >> i want to come back to those changes. jordan, as far as i'm concerned, this is the most brilliant move mcdonald's made and by the 15 years overdue. >> we know who likes the egg mcmuffin. >> breakfast is where they've been able to compete very well. they bring outsized profits from breakfast. there are a number of other initiatives they are working on in this operationally-focused turnaround. the customized burger platform they are beginning to roll out. the antibiotic-free chicken is another initiative. there are a number of thi

mcdonald's will get in touch with him. do you remember that song two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese. >> not all of the ingredients are there. >> yes, bob is doing it all two. all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun. >> will you have it. >> probably have a heart attack. >> that is a lot of food. >> i like the old fashion bay. >> am i disgusting human being if that looks good to me. >> you are just hungry, you are always hungry. >> yes. >> it is also monday. >> i know you are on instagram. you know what monday means on instagram. >> magic mike day. >> well, that but it is man crush monday. >> man crush monday. >> but, i have a man crush on mike jerrick. >> i do. >> since i ever got here. >> so here's the thing, these magic mike guys, they don't eat that food. there is no way they eat a deep fried big mac in a million years. >> not with bodies like this, um. >> so movie comes out this week. we sat down with channing tatum and there is a a hilarious sequence from matthew mcconaughey from the first film. we will reveal that. but first, there is this. what did you think of the award show? twelfth kne