raising curious well educated children outside of the conventional classroom and it is written by carrie mcdonald, ms. mcdonnell before we get into the substance of the book tell us a little bit about yourself. >> it is great to be with you i am a senior education fellow at the foundation for economic education celebrating our 76 year anniversary this year as the oldest free-market think chain and a scholar at the cato institute of the freelance writer and as you mentioned the author of untold which came on 2019 the spring of 2019 that had a quite a bit of renewed interest over the past year plus given full shutdowns in the upsurge in interest in homeschooling and alternatives to school for tickly with school shutdown and delayed reopening plans. >> on the practical level have you been in the preschool level or the school-age? >> i am a homeschooling mom myself i have four children who have never been in school who range from 7 - 14 and high-end personal experience and reflection but i travel the country in writing the book and i visit other homeschooling families as well as learning centers and

mcdonald's are having to pay more on wages. we announced in our company-owned restaurants an across-the-board minimum 10% wage increase. that has been carriedward by many of our franchisees. and i think we're are just having to get creative about, how do we get people to come and interview for a job at mcdonald's? and you're seeing our franchisees do things like, hey, $50 for an interview, or a free iphone after 90 days. i mean, that is all the things we are having to come up with to make sure we can staff the restaurants. david: most of the people who are young and work at mcdonald's, are they minimum wage people who go up from minimum wage, or you up above the legal minimum wage now? chris: we are above the legal minimum wage. so it is $7.25. and there are very few places these days you can be competitive in the marketplace paying the federal minimum wage. i think from our vantage point, what we announced in our company-owned restaurants is $11 is the starting wage. and then as you move up, you quickly progress through that. if you are a restaurant manager or someone who has been there for a couple years, you're earning anywhere from $15

mcdonald's are having to pay more on wages. we announced in our company-owned restaurants sort of an across-the-board minimum 10% wage increase. that has been carried forward by many of our franchiseees and i think we're just having to get creative about how do we get people to come and interview for a job at mcdonald's? and you're seeing our franchises do things like hey, $50 for an interview. or free iphone after 90 days. i mean, that's sort of all the things that we're having to come up with right now to make sure we can staff the restaurants. david: but most of the people who are young who do work at mcdonald's, are they minimum wage people and they go up for minimum wage or are you above the minimum wage that -- the legal minimum wage now? chris: we're above the legal minimum wage so $7.25. and there are very few places these so the thing about mcdonald's is no matter what is happening in society it you can be certain has some permutation that affects mcdonald's. and it's both a challenge of the job but also what's interesting about it. david: let's talk about the major chainings on your meni which i've sampled throughout the years of course.

carry on for weeks. james longman in la palma in the canary islands. >> our thanks there to james longman. >>> mcdonald's plans to reduce the plastic in happy meal toys by 90% worldwide by 2025. instead, kids will get cardboard toys or board games with plant-based or recycled pieces. >>> speaking of meals, that's not what any car owner wants to see. that's not a dog, it's a hungry bear getting into a vehicle in colorado. the animal ripping the interior to shreds. the officials using the incident to remind people to get anything with a strong scent out of your car and keep your doors locked at all times. it's going to be an interesting one to take. >> luckily we don't have bears in new york city. >> we've just got rats the size of bears. >> the size of bears. >> i had to, i had to. >>> coming up, the bark mitzvah for a 13 year old dog. wait, what? >>> but first, rallying behind a very special navy veteran. you're watching "world news now." >>> but first, rallying do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thou

mcdonald dead at 61. that "the story" from los angeles on this tuesday. carry out a recall vote? we'll see.w york tomorrow. "your world" is next. have a great evening, everybody. >> neil: inside the capitol today, secretary of state antony blinken texas on questions from senators of the administration's handling, collapse and devastation from afghanistan. outside the capitol, police preparing for a more immediate concern. saturday's planned rally of those arrested in connection with the january 6 riot. capitol police expect all to go smoothly. but today, blockbuster allegations in an explosi