i'm brenda butner. and joining us is josh mayfield, and gary tautbalm and jonah max ferris, and does that worry you, gary? >> well, it is not just mcdonald's, but it is the franchise franchiser and franchise laws are out there for 30 years, because it has worked well, and it is tough to start a small business so when you have a big company and great company like mcdonalds that you get in with, you can grow better that helps the economy a big way and this steps in front of it and not just this, but everything else that the administration does with the rules and regulations. >> john, jobs numbers yesterday and they are okay, and not great by any stretch, and the hourly wages are barely increasing, and

i'm brenda butner. and joining us is josh mayfield, and gary tautbalm and jonah max ferris, and does that worry you, gary? >> well, it is not just mcdonald's, but it is the franchise franchiser and franchise laws are out there for 30 years, because it has worked well, and it is tough to start a small business so when you have a big company and great company like mcdonalds that you get in with, you can grow better that helps the economy a big way and this steps in front of it and not just this, but everything else that the administration does with the rules and regulations. >> john, jobs numbers yesterday and they are okay, and not great by any stretch, and the hourly wages are barely increasing, and we are not off to the races by any stretch, and does this hurt or help? >> well, i think that it hurts. look, it is one of those items that is not going to be happening for a couple of years, but we haven't seen wage growth for a couple of years, so we are not keeping up with that and with job growth, look,

i'm brenda butner. and joining us is josh mayfield, and gary tautbalm

askor of bulls and bears, brenda butner has more. >> it seems -- add them up.ee closing, starting with showboat and revel this week, then trump plaza two weeks later, and add up the casinos job lost, in just three days. atlantic city started the year with 12 casinos. before summer's end it will have just eight. what's going on? the reason for no more show at the showboat which closed there afternoon has to do with the owners caesar's entertainment, hoping for less competition and more revenue. caesar's owns three other casinos in a.c. and is betting gamblers will move there. do they know when to fold them? 78 analysts think the city will do better, some have already seen better finances since the atlantic club shut down? january. showboat neighbor is the revel, build two years ago. a.c.'s mayor says he believes that casino will open doors under a new name. his forecast is a bargain basement price of from $25 to $50 million will draw another owner, but still quite a change in the glory days of atlantic city, the first big city to gamble on gambling after las veg

i'm brenda butner. and joining us is josh mayfield, and gary tautbalm