former virginia governor bob mcdonald is asking the supreme court to review his corruption conviction. his attorneys filed a petition. they argue that the conviction puts all elected officials at risk. former governor was convicted of accepting gifts and loans in exchange for political favors while in office. he was sentenced to two years but is freed during the appeals process. the prosecutors must respond in 30 days. leon: last night debate viewed as a boost for hillary clinton. with no major gasp what does it mean for the other candidates that shared the stage and also joe biden who hasn't made a decision public yet? abc7's senior political reporter scott thuman is live in las vegas with more tonight. scott, what does it look like the day after now? scott: after the debate people reflect on what they saw in the two hours last night. the big question is did hillary clinton's por formenace encourage or dis -- performance or discourage joe biden declaring cabbed dassy? a lot of the pundits and the journalists circles around this nonstop for 24 hours believe clinton's performance was s

former virginia governor bob mcdonald wants the u.s. supreme court to review his case. he 'cuz convicted last year on public corruption charges and his attorney say it was based on overly broad definition of corruption to put all public officials at risk. the justices have no deadline to make their decision. alison: we turn to the weather now. a chill is coming. chief meteorologist doug hill in the storm watch weather center with a check on the forecast. nite quite yet today. doug: we have a big chill coming this weekend. thanks to a cold front friday afternoon. but the rest of today and tomorrow look fine. this weekend is the first cold blast of the season. when we get to sunday morning we have areas that are in the 30s and 20's. with that comes a chance of isolated frost. so coming up we will talk about it in more detail. but right now 67. breaks in the sunshine where it's 72 in manassas. 66 in napolitano. cloudiness. that is the most we dealt with today. the skies are clear tonight and more sunshine comes our way tomorrow. the overnight temperatures drop to a 41 and

that is a key issue following the conviction, of course, of the former virginia governor bob mcdonaldwo silver spring base businessmen are opening to open medical marijuana greeing center in baltimore. they run healthy choice alternative, which is applying for one of 15 growing licenses that maryland will, i this year. attorney for the group says the company would turn a vacant 118,000 square foot building into an in-door marijuana farm. estimating it would create 100 jobs. jonathan: in baltimore today the grand reopening of a rite aid destroyed in the riots in april. the pharmacy on martin luther king boulevard was looted following freddie gray's funeral. he died in police custody and six officers are now charged in his death. congressman elijah cummings who pleaded for calm in the rioting is scheduled to help with the reopening. alison: breaking news out of prince george's county where police tell us one person was arrested in connection with the death of marquita wimms. wimms was found dead inside a car this month. she was shot. police tell us that joseph is in custody charged with

lawsuit which was settled earlier this year, but now thanks to the leadership of veterans secretary bob mcdonald, we are back on the right track. since he has taken over we have spoken many times about the issues la veterans face. he has put an excellent new team together. i met with them in los angeles last month and was thoroughly briefed. i believe we now have a path forward to make sure the campus forfulfills its obligation to serve the veterans, and here is why. this land is a grant from a former senator by the name of jones command he been the family in 1888 which said that it has to be used exclusively for veterans. so at a certain time facilities were rented out to a lot, aa laundry, rental car business. well, that is not for veterans. this enhanced police would enable the va to use nonprofits and thereby access about $600 million of the state of california's money which has been specifically earmarked for veterans on that facility. at present that cannot be done. it is an essential tool to implement the new master plan. i also want to thank this committee. you authorized funds for the 1

the mcdonald cases involves the prosecution of governor bob mcdonald, the former governor of the state of virginia, for public corruption related offenses and the newman case involves insider trader and they involve the same issue at a possible high level of generalitay which is how you discip -- design the benefit and what constitutes the quote and how much benefit does the inside have to receive to be criminally liable when it is someone else who is doing the trading? both of them are closer cases in terms of the likelihood of the court granting this. we will nee soon with the newman case and further down the road with the mcdonald case. >> the court and the incarceration of the former governor was interesting. i wasn't sure anyone thought the supreme court would take it until now. i will talk about a petition we are filing next week. >> i am a really bad marketer >> electronic arts, the video game maker, this involves a tort called the right of publicity which was invented in the 21st century. it a tort claim you can bring if you are a famous person and portrayed in a book or movie

. >> you say bob mcdonald is an excellent v.a. secretary.he question would be does -- he has the responsibility to fix things. does he have the authority? because one of the big issues was that you could have a great top guy but he couldn't fire anybody. >> so we see an improvement in something we supported earlier last year in giving him expedited authority to fire senior executives. we're also supportive of a bill that would give authority to lower level rank and file employees. >> is that bill within congress right now? >> yes. >> and do you think it will pass? >> it faces opposition in the senate. >> so there are senators opposed to firing people who are incompetent? >> i don't think anyone is opposed to firing incompetent employees who put veterans lives at risk and when it comes down to it, the due process ensuring that the process is adequate and in our opinion it is too slow. we shouldn't take two years to fire someone. and also v.a. employees do have a constitutional right to have due process, but that process needs to be faster. >>

but now, thanks to the leadership, veterans secretary bob mcdonald, we're back on the right track. suns he has taken over, we've spoken many times about the issues l.a. veterans face. he's put an excellent new team together. i met with them in los angeles last month and was thoroughly briefed. i believe we now have a path forward to make sure the campus fulfills its obligation to serve the veterans, and here's why. this land is a grant from a former senator by the name of jones, and the bandini family in 1888. the grant said it has to be used exclusively for veterans. so at a certain time, facilities were rented out to like a lot to ucla for a baseball stadium, to a laundry, to a rental car business. that's not for veterans. this enhanced lease would enable the v.a. to use non-profits and thereby access, about $600 million of the state of california's money, which has been specifically earmarked for veterans on that facility. at present, that cannot be done. so it's an essential tool to implement the new master plan, and it will allow the department to build housing more quickly an

bob. stocks are rallying today after mcdonald's reported better than expected earnings and as bob just mentioned the ecb brez mario draghi hinted he may expand quantitative easing. joining us now matt whitbred and darren richards. gentlemen, before we get into comparisons of europe versus the u.s. as a place for your dollars, talk to me a little bit about consumer names first up, matt, because we have a lot of new highs, right? mcdonald's, kellogg, pepsi, a number of other names. should we still be bullish on the u.s. consumer and related names? >> yeah, well, you know, our opinion has been ant continues to be bullish on the consumer. that's the case within the u.s. as well as europe. we believe the growth story is very much geared towards the consumer base at this point. within our portfolios we still are overweight within the consumer discretionary sector. we understand it's getting to be a bit of a crowded trade at this point in time but there's a lot of tailwinds for the consumer at this point in the economy. the oil difficult devidend, inc lending, and the consumer seems to be on strong foo

bob murray there. founder of murray energy. >>> we'll shift gears here. mcdonald's breakfast menu available.f flock is illinois. jeff, are you seeing local enthusiasm so far? >> reporter: there is all kinds of enthusiasm. we're actually getting a exclusive look back in the kitchen, this is, we're in the middle of the day. what time is it here in chicago? 4:30. they're making egg mack muffins. a piece of equipment they put in continue to make egg mcmuffins and making hamburgers and rest they do down the way here. you can't get every breakfast item. they're busy making hamburgers and normally all the rest of the things. you can't get a mcgriddle, for example. most of the items you can get. in 87% of the restaurants you can even get hash browns. there is big competition out there now in this morning space. that is an egg mcmuffin right there. that is pretty tasty. has a little ham on it too. that is even better. a lot of competition in this space. other folks as well getting back into the business or getting into the business of making breakfast all day long. just about to see what is colling o

. >> we want to talk to bob kelly y is the ronald mcdonald house so important too? you folks with the police department? >> police department literally has a soft spot for kids. and we have soft spot for the ronald mcdonald house, from there, a lot of officers on the job, we accommodate, have been accommodated by their services been able to be a part of it, and i can only say that when this is one of the charities we definitely believe in. >> yes. >> what do you think of mike jerek is. >> he's awesome. >> and we also have some -- tell me about this 101 dalmation? >> great danes. from spain. my personal dog. than is my police dog pet. >> why the dogs out smear just because they're friendly and part of -- >> oh, absolutely. >> i was trying to make the connection. your name? >> jane. >> hi, jane, thanks for being out here. again chris tonight, we will be at xfinity live, from 6:00 to 9:00? thousands of people wearing these socks, including the philadelphia police department, which is a huge part of ours, they raised over $20,000 with us on our way to raising $100,000,

bob? >> they specialize in convenience and value joe. for mcdonald'ssn't been about taste and. >> wait, speak for yourself. >> listen. i've got your breakfast here. >> what have you got? breakfast burrito, bacon egg and cheese and it comes in at a lofty 4 ounce. for the same price as that i can give you a super sonic burrito or a loaded breakfast sandwich at about the same price at over twice the weight. you're a numbers guy. that's pretty important to a guy like you. >> what do you i want though? will i have twice the gut? >> well, i tell you, i think becky cares more about flavor and i think she's going to wind up going with one of these other products. >> no. i'm worried about fair, the egg mcmuffin is not a bad product calorie wise. the other products are all over the place, but generally, when america goes to breakfast, they are not counting calories at a fast food restaurant, but going for davis taste. >> you lost the battle if you show up there to begin with? >> listen, they deliver value. there's no doubt about that. that's what mcdonalds does

bob, well, shareholders rewarded today, all-time high. thank you. when we return, jim cramer with comments on mcdonalds. the futures up.een saying this guy is the real deal. he turned around international before. he has made international accelerate. he has churned up the united states. that previous fellow that was on, i don't think he realizes the power of getting the franchises by. this morning's "wall street journal," i read after i read the release. it seems like you can't put that back in the box. this is an example of what management can do. easter brook is a hitter. he came in and hit the ground running. he is never going to be deturred by all the negativity. this all-day breakfast is working. the way he has cleaned the stores is remarkable. he is the real deal. if you don't give him credit, you don't understand the business. >> jim, first of all, i've got an axe to grind. i am a major stock holder in yum. i think that's going to be the equif lea equivalent with what's going on with mcdonald's. i'm biased. what this guy has done. we hear that you will crap about vision and culture and strategy. this guy has gon

bob: in your business, heidi, which is more onerous? heidi: i don't know if you saw yesterday the ruling from the labor board. they're going to fundamentally change franchising in this country. they're going after mcdonald's first. they're trying to change the franchisor to the franchisee. and they are saying that we are now responsible for those 3500 employees. person makes a bad hiring decision, they all have to pay. what they're trying to do is unionize the restaurant industry, they have not been able to do it because it is so heavy on franchises. if there independently owned and operated, we do not control the employee at the franchise unit. it is a terrible die for franchisor's. s. we will see how it will roll. that was made by five unelected bureaucrats that obama appointed. three of which are his buds. or bad, or sp pointed out, a little of both? >> looking back over the almost 80 years of what it took us to get here, i would first talk to them a little bit about -- i have pride in the manufacturing side. when you look at the strength of this country, we are founded on the manufacturing side. that is new money, or old money. it is so key. i have a certain pride in thaning new money, more the old mo

bob pisani with me on the closing count down. let's go to seema mody we have news on mcdon. >> we are looking at mcdonald's shares higher on a wall street journal headline that says mcdonald's is close to deciding whether to change the structure of its u.s. real estate. in conference with the board member miles white, mcdonald's borld d board and management from v. not made a decision, but, quote, we have had a lot of review and a lot of debate. again, we are look at mcdonald's shares, they were as high as 2.3% on this headline, still higher by 1%. analysts have been saying there is a low chance this have actually taking place. we will wait and see. bill. >> we will. seema, thank you very much. we were wondering does that mean mcdonald's would become a real estate investment trust that serves a cool breakfast sunday witch? let's show you what happened in the market today. right at noon here, lunchtime on wall street and that's when the rally began in earnest and we are finishing near the highs of the session right now, a gain of 216 points or 1.25%. the better gainer has been the nasdaq today with a gain of last i checked 1.8%, a

bob in minnesota, independent line, hi. caller: i have a comment and the question. conversation you are having conversation to ones that mcdonald'sloyees or walmart employees are having about their low pay, long hours, not getting holidays off. congress getshe three or four weeks off every other month. i understand that this year they are working a total of 97 days. is that true? guest: that is not true. i know that is the impression. when they go back it is called recess, congress is in recess. a member of congress going out and play kickball every time the gavel closes a session. they are not playing kickball. they are not going on vacation. that is a pet peeve of mine when i see reporters talking about their vacation. members don't take vacations very frequented. they are going back home and working in their districts. there are going to the american legion, the senior centers, the schools. they are interacting with constituents, exactly what you would hope they would do. listen to their constituents so that they can integrate that data, that information into the decision-making process. members of congress are the best pollst

bob: in your business, heidi, which is more onerous? heidi: i don't know if you saw yesterday the ruling from the labor board. they're going to fundamentally change franchising in this country. they're going after mcdonald's first. they're trying to change the franchisor to the franchisee. and they are saying that we are now responsible for those 3500 employees. person makes a bad hiring decision, they all have to pay. what they're trying to do is unionize the restaurant industry, they have not been able to do it because it is so heavy on franchises. if there independently owned and operated, we do not control the employee at the franchise unit. it is a terrible die for franchisor's. s. we will see how it will roll. that was made by five unelected bureaucrats that obama appointed. three of which are his buds. or bad, or sp pointed out, a little of both? >> looking back over the almost 80 years of what it took us to get here, i would first talk to them a little bit about -- i have pride in the manufacturing side. when you look at the strength of this country, we are founded on the manufacturing side. that is new money, or old money. it is so key. i have a certain pride in thaning new money, more the old mo