. >> apollo ohno's chuck e cheese cheese.o owns chuck e. now they want to add to it. you can take a lot of costs out by potentially joining these companies, or at least owning them under one umbrella corporation. both of them are headquartered in dallas. that alone cuts costs. these are big buyers of food and beverages and arcade games. you could throw that wait around to get lower prices from your suppliers. that is the overall backdrop of this. a private equity firm is also selling this. sters rightve and bu now. they want about $1 billion for the business. >> which is less than chuck e. cheese. >> on a cash flow basis, dave and busters generates about $100 million of cash. 10 times cash flow. it is a little bit more than private equity likes to pay. >> it is hard to stay relevant in this world when all we want to do is play video games at home. how do they compete with the xbox, the wii? >> that is the billion-dollar question. the industry is in structural decline since the emergence of the at home console system. people are playing games moble -- games mobilely. t

chuck e. cheese is just like dave and buster's. the concept has to evolve to remain dynamic and thrive like it has. >> talk about that evolution a little more. give us an example of what you are talking about. evolve into what? >> evolve as far as the presentation of amusements. how it is perceived and presented to the public. special effects. things you can do to take ordinary games and make them special. attractions at establishments like a dave & buster's. we have interactive horseracing games or other types of games, group games where you can spin them off for teambuilding and all kinds of uses. mainly, it is the wow factor. you have to keep wowing them. the restaurant has to evolve with food, same thing with amusement. >> keeping it cool, that's what i'm hearing from you. i have to ask, who is buster? >> he is my partner. >> he is a real person. >> there he is. >> when we were there, he was the heart and soul, the spiritual leader, whatever you want to call it. he is the best people person on the face of the earth. >> what are

once again, chuck e. cheese is in my opinion just like dave and busters.oncept has to conceptually evolve in order to remain dynamic and thrive like it has. >> talk about the evolution a little more. give us an example of what you mean when you say evolve. >> evolve as far as presentation of the amusements. how it is perceived and presented to the public. things that take ordinary games and make them special. and put in attractions. we have interaction horse racing games, group games where you can spin them off for teambuilding and all kinds of uses. mainly it is the wow factor and you have to keep wowing them. >> keep wowing them. one way to be success. the creator of the viral treat, the cronut. megadeth, the metal band has sold over 30 million albums. we will hear from the front man later in pop. the red carpet treatment for rocky. sylvester stallone had a musical based on his 1976 blockbuster movie. the boxing epic was transformed to the big stage. >> ♪ let me keep going if a prayer can never come true let me think of you and try to keep on standing ♪

>> you cannot drink at chucky cheese. -- chuck e cheese.ns on the food and beverage side of the business, pretty good. against the larger context of economic recovery, the revenues in this industry are projected to grow 1.7% this year. over thetty good, but long term, over the next five years, growth is going to slow because the at home console market is eating into this business. >> you could invite all of your friends over and get a few sixpacks and play video games. i think matt miller does that. is, of the news casual dining establishments, red lobster, this is a bright spot because they are offering more than casual dining. >> thank you so much. fromt to point out, dave dave and busters will be coming up on "taking stock." stick around for that. ♪ >> we have some breaking news. on bp'ss lifting a ban ability to win federal contracts that has been in effect since the 2010 oil spill. what is this going to mean for bp? is big news. this is something they have been fighting for since the suspension was put into place in 2012. they have sue

chuck e cheese does not have booze. dave and busters does. there are limiting costs.ou could start with headquarters -- both are headquartered in dallas. you think about having one unified headquarters for both companies. then you go into the actual operations and these guys are large buyers of food and games. there you might have some more leverage with your suppliers. this all comes down to cost cutting. >> it's all about business here. >> absolutely. no fun. >> what is the real growth potential for both buddies? the growth of the industry revenues are going to accrue mainly to the benefit of these two companies because they control about 75% of the market. the industry revenues are projected to grow about 1.7% this year. it is largely tied to the economic recovery in the fact that people have disposable income and are supposed to be going out. 1990's, people have migrated from these arcades to home game consoles and mobile games. so that has taken a big chunk out of the business for these companies. it has been tough -- they have to reinvent themselves . on the bri

i just read that the company that owns chuck e.e is considering buying dave & buster's for $1 billion. or ten trillion skee-ball tickets. i mean -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] $1 billion. it would be a big move for the company. i'll tell you one person who is excited about the possible deal, chuck himself, the rat mascot of chuck e. cheese. [ laughter ] when asked to comment on this potential deal he had this to say. "i'm looking forward to this deal, but i'll tell you what i'm more thrilled about. rolling around in the trash when i'm done with this interview." [ laughter ] "yeah, that's right. i love garbage, i love trash, i'm a dirty little rat and i love to gnaw on paper bags, aluminum foil. i love eating spiders, chewing on cans, ripping open soggy boxes, with my smelly teeth. also i'm the mascot for a kids entertainment center." [ cheers and applause ] stop talking. went off the rail a little bit. a little crazy. [ applause ] this is pretty interesting. a new survey found that 21% of americans say religion isn't that important t

the private equity giant that just bought chuck e. cheese wants a piece of dave and busters.y, 3.14 occupies a special place in our hearts. megadeth, mega-successful.

dave and busters and chuck e cheese could be combining to form a family entertainment colossus.his is like the super bowl and disney world in star wars all wrapped into one for seven euros old -- for seven-year-olds. what are the benefits of owning these two companies? that is a lot of pretty gross pizza. >> the same company that took over chuck e cheese about a weighing a bidw for dave and busters. the benefits are uncanny. first off, both of these companies are headquartered in dallas. there's a lot of cost savings there. and the cost savings from purchase -- being a huge purchaser of food and beverage. and beverage. in the arcade games themselves. think about this combined company, they would have about 75% of the market that is huge. that said, however, these establishments have been facing lots of competition from games at home. i don't know about your kids, but many kids want to stay home and play those high-definition video games from the comfort of their own homes. that is were the competition really is for these establishments. they have got to really bump it up and off

>> i thought a brought business idea would be to own the concession in a chuck e.cheese, so i don't think -- you have little kids so you know what i'm talking about. >> yes, i know what you mean. >> i don't think this is different. you take your kids out but now mom and dad can have a shot on the side. >> mommy's helper. >> exactly. if you stop and think about it, if you take a smoothie and leave it out, that's a wine milk shake. >> mobile came in at wendy's. in the rage everywhere that you'll be able to pay with your phone. >> your phone is so smart it would be tell you something else. the smart phone will say no, don't do that. >> it's tapped into your fitbit and it's shocking you, saying no, don't get fries. >> thank you. >> effect up, how excited are you to watch a movie about the target hack? a movie. no, the story behind the breach is optioned for a hollywood film? oscar anyone? i think not. you can never have too much money. i don't get this one. my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad,

every chuck e.king, mcdonald's has a playland out there that needs to be serviced, cleaned, built, dismantled. >> stokes is serving 120 days for possession of methamphetamines and driving on a suspended license, but this isn't his first run-in with the law. >> i've been arrested for being a deejay. i've been stopped by law enforcement on an inflatable device at one point in time. inner tubing is apparently illegal on lake perris out here in california. i've been taken to jail on a 5150, which is a psychiatric evaluation for oneself for others because i was wearing a renaissance fair costume at the time. i was just in half of my garb, knee-high moccasins, buckskin leggings. that's a great story when you're inside and somebody goes, so what are you in for? you know? it makes for good conversation. >> stokes is using part of his time in oc to tell another story, one he hopes to sell in nearby hollywood. >> are you going to sing again, don? >> i don't know. probably. >> i have been in the process of a s

can't they give me like a chuck e. cheese leftover token? i have those. why don't we make chuck e. cheese the physical bitcoin? >> there is a guy last week, a story about him that prints out his bitcoin codes. >> you have a code and that's the -- >> okay. but some people print it out and they'll rip it in half and put half in their wallet and store half somewhere else so you can't steal it. >> this is 2014. it's so much better than actual dollars. >> would it work if jpmorgan was storing the bitcoins, would they do it right? is it the fact that -- >> it sounds to me like they don't have the proper cyber security. and so somehow somebody hacked into it and stole it. you have to think not only about bitcoin itself, but then about which brokerage or bank or other organizations you're doing business with if you're storing it there. >> so all your bitcoins are gone, jeff. >> yeah. what is all that about? what do you remember? >> oh, it's about delaying. >> delaying parts of obamacare. that's according to a report from reuters. consumers that don't meet the affordable care act standards

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. >> chuck we mailed my parents bought e mail tickets from a travel agent that closed they wrote twohecks, do we have any recourse some >> they wrote checks? this is why you use a credit card. but they vote wroet a check there is no protection. boy start by calling airlines and hope tickets are there. ask have been bought f not i want to you call the district attorney. and that is about what you're down to. you can stand in line if they get go bankrupt but what are you going to get? $30? >> had they used a credit card they'd be in shape. >> some people don't have credit cards. >> those people get hurt. the under banked people get hurt like this constantly. we need to change laws. >> thank you. >> up next a super hero and sneeze. >> how those two things changed the life of a bay area college student. >> coming up at 5:00 air rescue. a trail accident led to a dramatic rescue in the north bay. and a connection between milk and breast cancer. >> and flying high. a pioneer showing them the way, next on abc7 news at 5:00. >>> here is a look at today's prime time line up. then, join dan ash

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this message was taken up by e the -- russia's defense minister. we spoke to chuck hagel in washington 48 hours later. he said, look, there have been exercises being carried out on the boarder and in the air. we have jet fighters and bombers on a deployment on thursday and friday of last week. there are also naval exercises in the black sea. he says there are only exercises, and there's no intention of russia crossing into the ukraine. that very much was the message that has come from the kremlin in the last few hours. >> thank you to that. that's peter sharp live for us with that update from moscow. >>> that breaks news out of turkey to do with syria, though. the turkish prime minister has confirmed the armed forces, the turkish armed forces shot down a syrian jet after it strayed into turkish air space. there were reporting it was bombing rebels trying to seize control of a border post in northwestern syria. more on that when we get it and talk to our correspondent and the latest on the developing news out of the conflict in syria. >>> at least four people have be

e married.-pilot harik hamid, can investigators question why being malaysia are waited so long to check tout two men. chuck severtsen, abc 7 news. >>> officers say driver of a pickup smashed into the camry as 65 miles per hour. there were four people in the camry. the two men in the front were hospitalized, the two womentsd in the back sea -- women's in tk seat were killed. >> are driver was injured after a rollover being accident in san francisco. near bayshore boulevard. technical collision trapped the driver inside. he was pulled out and taken to the hospital. thieves made off with an entire atm in sonoma county. 76 station in schellville. four minutes from the moment they broke in until they took off with the machine full of cash. they were last seen driving a white commercial van with red lettering ton side. >>> republicans admit their party needs to rebuild through grass roots effort. hold no state offices and merp imembership is declining. condoleezza rice spoke at the conference. there we cannot abandon them. we were once them. if it is god's will and if it's human power, they will one day be us. >

chuck, without whom it would not be new york. >>> when we come back, a giant water taxi on the move tonight, 30 million seats are going fast. \s break/e>> our final story here tonight is about a rescue mission underway in california, in the midst of the history making drought that has left rivers so low that tens of millions of salmon are having trouble getting to where they need to be this time of year. that's where something called the water taxi comes in. we get the story tonight from nbc's harry smith. >> reporter: in northern california this spring, there's snow in the high country. it's only a quarter of what it ought to be. these seasons of drought have left reservoirs and streams way below normal. where there's not enough water, means trouble, especially if you're a fish. >> fish need water, when there's no water there are severe consequences to our fishery population. >> reporter: early this morning, tanker trucks began filling up at the coleman national fish hatchery near anderson. filling up with salmon. >> in order to give them a better chance to hit the ocean and survive, we're actually putting them into trucks and drivin

according to san jose mayor chuck reed, two of the sites wolf e is considering this the san jose municipaltadium. the other option candlestick park. there are about a half dozen sites where the new ballpark could be located including levant land across from the earthquake stadium. >>> the golden state warriors first ever special needs family appreciation night. fresh off its win against atlanta friday, the warriors will host the phoenix suns at oracle. part of the ticket sales will benefit a nonprofit group that introduces special needs children to musicians and filmmakers. some of those children will also perform the national anthem. >>> a 14-year-old boy killed by a train in gult. what he may have been doing before he was hit. >> and terrifying pictures of a plane colliding with with a sky diver. what the pilot of that plane was trying to do and how both survived. >> cloudy, moist air over the bay area as a system begins to work its way closer to us. when i expect we'll see that rain. temperatures expected for today coming up. lly haven't been to a doctor in 15 years. i had a car acciden

e-commerce sites on apps. >> from that research were there features you thought you were going to have on the app that you ended up chucking? >> well, we were unclear at the beginning of our research whether the app was going to be about transactions, or whether it was going to be about browsing and discovery. and we found out very clearly from that research that the app had to be a place where she could discover these dresses, and browse during her taxi ride, or during her tv binge night. >> so the rent the runway team focused on developing new features that were all about the browsing experience. not the transaction. features that were specific to mobile. >> this feature is you can take a photo of any dress that you see in the store, or actually anything that you see, and we will show you the dress that you can rent. >> so with this feature i can take a picture of anything. i'll take a picture of this green. >> great green notebook. >> and it will show me a dress that matches that green notebook? >> yes. >> wow, how cool. and at the same time they launched their app, they launched a site for the mobile web. >> the websit

comments, dave in orlando, e-mailing us now that olimb olympics are over, and they don't need it any more, perhaps we can buy the ring of steel and put it along our southern border. chuckpaso, if obama is so concerned about a war inn head in manhattan -- a warhead in manhattan, why isn't he secureing our borders? all 4. >> and paul's nobel prize makes about as much sense as president obama's. keep your comments coming, follow to us twitter. free copy of my new book "upheaval" given to everyone who has their comment read on air. >> in europe, this week, well meeting with world leaders, other heads of state our president, seems at times to be a victim of his nature. demonstrating his desire to command rather than persuade, to lecture even his in a nato peers rather than talk with them. today president obama carried a surprising message to european leaders, mr. obama seemed to be trying to convince europeans that there is a worthy -- theirs is a worthy cause, that european values matter to the world. and should be defended by, well, europeans. mr. obama also warned that european leaders they must spend more on defense to deter vladimir putin's expansionist agenda. going f

in the pilot's computer or e-mail, nothing to indicate that the route changes were planned ahead of time. the news comes after talk between the detense secretaries with chuckalaysian defense secretary tore more transparent. andrew is joining us with more of what is going on. andrew, what else are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, the malaysians are asking chuck hagel to get access to more at light surveillance information as well. but it's interesting, very much the focus this morning, we're still in the predawn hours this morning, on the pilot and the information that we're getting. that the pilots effectively cleared their communications equipment and that similar later you were talking about has turned up nothing to suggest that some suspicious activities may have been taking place. and it does tie in to be honest with what we have been hearing about the pilot and what we have been hearing about the copilot. the pilot is an aviation geek. he has a similar later in his home. his friends continue to defend him saying he is the guy you want in the cockpit if something does happen. they're also hearing that the chinese has cleared their passengers from the p

chuck norris, 74. >> beautiful sharon stone turns 56 today. looking fabulous. >> "mad men's" john hamm celebrates his 43rd birthday. >> singer carrie underwood turns 31. >> and actress olivia wilde turns 31. happy birthday, everyone. happy birthday, everyone. e. fresh coastal waters and silver lotus is a part of our limited edition national park collection. air wick. the craft of fragrance. with tampax radiant -- whatever i want. [ female announcer ] tampax radiant protects 30% better. plus, it comes with a resealable wrapper for discreet disposal. you'll be ready to wear anything with the tampax radiant collection. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >>> finally this half hour, a birthday that an 11-year-old boy a long with 2 million of his closest friends, will never forget. >> this one is our "favorite story of the day." and just a few months ago, this young man was feeling a little lonely. now thanks to his mom and the love of strangers, he is now one of the most popular kids on the planet. here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: 10-year-old collin cunningham had no idea he would touch the hearts of millions all over the world. with some secret help from his mother. >> how was school today? >> it was horrible. we had to eat