take a look at who harris teeter operates 212 stores in the southeast area.e paying the credit card bills on time. -- s in the recession [inaudible] of credit cards were overdue by 30 days or more. consumers are trying to manage money more after the recession. >> royal baby watch is underway. it is expected to give the british economy a boost. 370 $6 million increase in retail sales during the month of july and august. t that includes more than -- that includes dvds and other media related to the royal birth. the royalponse to baby has been unbelievable before it has been born. i think that is a demonstration of how the public see william and kate as ambassadors of the uk. >> we know what the title will be. highness, royal prince or princess of cambridge. >> the entire country is throwing them a shower. let's see what is coming up at 6:00. >> good to see you both. we are following that breaking news about a metro train going down the wrong tracks. pricesans were told would fall by more than a nickel this summer. it rises are barely -- prices are barely budgin

kroger is buying harris teeter for $2.4 billion.bout 55 hard rigs teether stores are currently in the d.c. area. kroger operates in 31 states but that does not include d.c., maryland or virginia. when the deal closes harris teeter will become a kroger subsidiary but keep its current senior management and harris teeter stores will keep their names. kroger says there's no plans to close any current harris teeter locations. and by the way i'll be back tonight at 11:00 with a new warning about laptop computers overheating after one local home catches fire and leaves three people displaced. we'll let you know how that goes tonight at 11:00. >> that's a story everyone needs to see. >> a good warning. >>> thanks, liz. >>> not everyone is happy about a plan to ease traffic near the beltway. >> adam tuss >>> it's a plan to reshape one of the most congested corridors in our region. >> new development is being planned for connecticut avenue between the beltway and east-west highway in the chevy chase links area. >> as adam tuss tells us not ev

harris teeter operates 212 shores in the southeast and mid- atlantic. it has to be approved by both companies' boards it is one week before twinkies are set to hit store shelves again. freezing someegin 20's before shipping them in an effort to give them a longer shelf life of 45 days. a spokesman for the company says the change will have no impact on the quality of taste. not all twinkie retailers will receive the product frozen. some companies have the option to choose. will ahead, jacqui jeras >> we need to get through a few days. >> absolutely, make plans for friday. the next couple of days we will have a spotty showers today and tomorrow and especially thursday. our temperatures will be dropping significantly into the mid 80's. our average size 89 sole looking good. >> nothing to complain about. thank you so much and thank you for joining us but we will see you back here for "good morning washington" at 4:30 in the morning [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> hello, everybody, and welcome to millionaire. joining me again today, my good buddy

get busy living or get busy daiing and buying harris teeter is the way to get busy living and they havess eight states, but there's hardly any overlap with the kroger store base and this deal will allow them to expand in the southeast especially in the growing cities of north carolina and the mid atlantic and they'll have 40 to 50 million and i think they're low balling that, and i think they're being conservative. more importantly, kroger is serious about building out a truly natural footprint and just like this one in order to move into new markets and eliminate the competition. i think goldman sachs made a mistake when they downgraded kroger. sure, the stock has had a monster move lately up 4% to 5% year to date and compared to 179% and lowly worm safeway has rallied 38% since beginning of 2013. and the supermarket stocks are doing better and the old school traditional grocery stores, too, and in my view, crowinger is the best of the bunch which is why we recommended it on may 28th and has given you a fabulous 52% gain, although kroger is a few cent away from the 52-week high and i'l

i know harris teeter so well. harris teeter. it's a great, great supermarket.t the happy latest shop. buying harris teeter supermarkets, croaker is either based in cincinnati or, you know, it was the supermarket of record growing up. it's going to pay, my uncle had his own, it was a dirty word in my house. it will pay 49.38 a share. harris teeter ahead announced in january it was considering strategic alternatives. harris teeter has more than 200 stores primarily in the mid-atlantic and southeast. >> there you go. >> look at you with your two market geography. >> like sully. it's all coming back to me. croaker says it should increase 6 to 9 cents a share following completion. they're going to bovay. >> we're going to florida. fdic announcing new -- >> is he french? bovay is very cosmopolitan. >> i don't know the answer. he is wearing a three-piece suit. the fdic announcing new requirements for the boompg. let's get a preview on what to expect. joining us from tampa capital vice president of equity research. he is wearing a three piece and pin striepts. is it it

milli harris teeter owns two dozen stores in virginia, and maryland..ill retain its name, no stores there close, and there's no plans to layoff any workers. >>> this is what my companymy likes to do with their food for inspection. hamburger meat, look at all of these flies.s. it's disgusting. all of this food, this is what my company likes to do to get ready for inspection. they like to put their food by the dumpster. >> gold encore rail employee, ey plowing the whi whistle on his bosses on the point orangeorange florida.id the manager was fired after the video went viral.l. the manager says that none of food seen in the video was everr served to customers. >>> putting the spotlight onght special occasions, lasting products that can help bring out the party planner in there. >> some mechanics get an unexpected supplies. find out how a snake, yep, it'si a snake ended up in the paneling of a car. >> more showers in the forecast, gar reigary is back with the fo.  >>> it has tuesday, and time foe laura'ssd likes, today laura is helping to make your vacatio

the company will assume $100 million of harris teeter's debt. kroeger says it's got no plans to close any stores. >>> the once popular telephone land line may soon be extinct. that's according to one industry group. it's expected that just 25% of us will have a land line in our home by the end of this year as more people switch to cell phones and internet services. at&t even wants to do away with its copper network by the end of this decade. it seems those copper wires have become too expensive to replace. >>> today is the day you want to call your buddy up with a reminder to do a breast self- exam and schedule a mammogram. ever since buldy check 9, andrea roane has heard -- buddy check 9, andrea roane has heard from buddies who have appreciated the nudge toward early detection of breast cancer. >> hi, andrea. for many years i watched you in the morning news as i prepare for work. >> reporter: that's how voleka stewart began her e-mail to me. as a regular morning viewer, she was familiar with me urging men and women to follow the multiple steps

coupled with the fact that they have higher margins stores because that is what harris teeter is.nd harris teeter staff and executives will continue to run that, but you can see here that they both -- both stocks are running about. for the record, i have a new type of blackberry. i went back to my old one. i have a new one. once i found the chargers from my old one, i went back. it has the biggest bucket -- buttons, the end. liz: when we are together we are all about our old school blackberries. no matter how you -- to humiliates us . thank you. skip right to the floor show because traders at the new york stock exchange, cme, and nynex are looking at higher gold, oil or $1. yields moving higher. what grabs your attention the most? >> i think we are right on the cusp of earnings season, liz. the guy who says that the basically negative, better than 61 companies have given us negative guidance. i think the bar is real low. the expectations are low. gaining earnings. we just happened to see it. this quarter appears to be a thing like the previous quarter, and that is the case. we wou

harris teeters owns many grocery stores. no stores are clothe -- closing and there are no plans for layoffs. that is tonight's fox 5 top five. >> all right. we are back here with sue palka. 82 degrees at 11:15. >> it's crazy. >> it's so super humid and i think it's going to stay like that overnight. what that means is storms that we get tomorrow grab moisture and they're going to be heavy rain nurse. let's give you a look outside tonight. not much in the way of shower and thunderstorm activity in the area. a few showers south of d.c. and we're watching showers west that will come on through but i think they will be very light. we're not expecting thunder. i love seeing the monument. i can't wait to see it in person. tonight i told you we would start with the tropical storm chantal and the latest update has just come in. they've weakened it. it's south of puerto rico although they do have a tropical storm warning for puerto rico and they're probably going to get 3-6 inches of rain out of it. the thing that doesn't change with

kroeger announced it will buy the harris teeter chain for $2.4 billion.oeger a presence in northern virginia and move is into the district, maryland and delaware for the very first time. as part of the agreement, kroeger will assume $100 million of harris teeter's debt. kroeger says it also has no plans to close any stores. >> i like kroegers. i like them. that's cool. >>> still ahead, today's testimony in the george zimmerman trial could turn on a ruling about some text messages. we'll tell you why coming up. >>> an indian that college professor in this area does some research. we'll >>> it is 5:38. we'll worry about more showers and potential thunderstorms but as you look outside this morning, pretty skies. look at the sky on fire with the pinks and grays painting it beautifully this morning with the broken cloud cover. we will see a few showers possible this morning. some afternoon storms as well. even late this morning some thunder possible. your highs in the mid- to upper 80s. doppler 9000, the seven-day forecast, you're going to like coming up in a

that's nearly a 2% premium to harris teeter's monday close. it will boost kroger's presence in the southeast and mid-atlantic regions. kroger is the nation's largest supermarket operator. ty? >> sue, thank you very much. if you missed it at the top of the hour, take a look at this video. it shows you that someone was able to record the last seconds, look at the people coming off the chutes there, the emergency chutes. the doors had just popped up. the chutes had been inflated, and people, you can see them rushing off to get away from that aircraft. you are see them coming down, amazing video. today in san francisco, authorities are meeting -- and look at the swift response by the emergency services vehicles coming in there to put out what will very soon be a major conflagration in that plane. look at that. just stunning. the authorities are now talking to the folks who flew that airplane to try and figure out what exactly went wrong. phil lebeau is in san francisco live. phil? >> and tyler, the primary questions being asked by ntsb investigato

kroger company is buying harris teeter supermarkets for $2.4 billion. kroger is the nation's largest grocery store chain, and this deal gives it a greater presence in the high-growth southeast and mid-atlantic with 212 more stores. this will be kroger's largest takeover in more than a decade. new twinkies will have a longer shelf life. next monday, twinkies return to store shelves after a labor fight. the treats now last 45 days on the shelf, versus 26. still to come, will corporate earnings throw wall street a curve ball this time around? that's later on. but first, five years after the damage of the recession, why community banks are still stuck in a perfect storm. that's after the break. the banking industry is showing signs of health and wealth. overall profits for large banks are up 15% year-over-year; however, community banks are still struggling under the weight of regulations, low interest rates and bad loans. jackie keenan reports from florida. power lunches are common again here at mise en place in tampa, florida - good news for owner maryann

kroger is buying harris teeter.ey have 212 stores in eight states including delaware, florida, maryland, and washington, d.c. >>> and chevy's newest corvette doesn't just look good. it ooh's sports car good for the planet. it boasts 29 miles per gallon on the highway even though it's packing a 455 horsepower, 6 president.2. >> it got even sexier, who knew that could happen. erica ferrari here in new york. thank you, erica. >>> straight ahead, your morning weather, and in sports the astros splashed some leather as they take on the leading cardinals. thank you, erica. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring ce

krogers is buying harris teeter for $14 billion in cash. give it a total now of 2100 supermarkets nationwide. shares of kroger up more than 2.5% today. >>> more good news about housing, foreclosures declined in may from the same month a year ago while some houses also dropped. that news lifted shares of home builder stocks today. the big winner, dr horton up 7.5%. while shares of toll brothers and kb homes rose more than 6%. >>> we'll look whether rising mortgage rates are turning buyers into renters. >>> the labor department says the miss of hiring by u.s. company was higher in may. report also showed that advertised job openings in may increased by a fraction from a month before. >>> but a small business owner's group sees things a little differently. the national federation of independent business reports that a measure of optimism by small business owners declined in june, following two straight months of gains. more owners reported raising prices and some plan to take on new hires, but many owners say demand for the products and servic

kroger has agreed to buy harris teeter for about $2.4 billion in cash. 34y will go from 31 to states.staple onhelper is a many american dinner tables but now it is getting a makeover. live with ours us bloomberg business report. good morning. >> hi, stan. workers at the irs already has last friday off because of mandatory furloughs. the irs has stopped giving bonuses to managers. they are considering canceling all bonuses. workers could get paid for those days and the agency would be open to the public. a final decision with the employees union. a union president doesn't think it is necessary for the irs to cancel employee bonuses. futures this morning are flat today. markets up now for days in a row -- four days in a row. general mills dropping the word "hamburger" from hamburger helper. that is because chicken is getting popularity as beef prices rise. the main focus is to appeal to more millennials, especially young men. previously it was focusing on working moms. the logo will still remain a mascot. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news

kroger is buying harris teeter in a $2.4 billion all cash deal.a conference call with investors today, kroger's chief financial officer said the deal will get kroger into several high growth markets such as washington, d.c. after the merger the supermarket will operate in 34 states nationwide. >>> happy birthday to the apple app store. it's turning five. to celebrate you can download aps. apple is offering several apps and games that are free that usually cost money. >> coming up a frightening scene caught on camera. a bus filled with passengers smashes into this house. >> also ahead, have you talked to your kids about online safety lately? how much are your kids sharing online? a new look at cyber bullying. >> we're tracking some showers out there. >> your beach and boating forecast too. those showers are headed east but we got stormy conditions coming our way tomorrow. look at this. even for the beach for wednesday and thursday. our main threat here and also tropical storm chantal as it heads through the eastern caribbean, where does it go after

harris teeter kind of done the wegman's whole foods thing. gone upscale.r margins and kroger would like to see that. >> they do expect acession between 6 and 9 cents in the first full year after the merger. growth rate off of what will be a highest earnings base and makes sense being applauded by kroger shareholders. aural cash, of course. that's not part of the consideration and not going up as a result of kroger shares going up. an interesting deal, t nonetheless, in the environment where we see so few. >> biggest loser on the s&p, down 15.5%, lowered guidance. three downgrades a today. a stock that herb greenberg is pounding the table on for a long time. it's painful for the holders. >> 16%? sharp stands out on this one. >> in general, big cap tech not doing well at all. ibm's fourth biggest loser on the s&p. apple, oracle, tell labs, dell. >> the underperformance of the nasdaq, we asked a guy about this on "closing bell" saying there's no cap x going on but you have to wonder if there's an element of truth to it. is the traction in the job market comin

kroger buys paris -- harris teeter grocery chain.he deal closes they will continue to operate stores as a subsidiary. what year is set to join the eurozone, becoming the 18th country to adopt the euro. the european commission gave final approval concluding the country had fulfilled all of this convergence criteria. estimated as cold pollution in china is cutting life expectancy by five and a half years. the new study was based on analysis of health and air quality data from 1981 through 2000. the international monetary fund cut its growth forecast for the u.s. and world economy. globally reducing the alex for 2013 and 2014 by two tenths of a percentage point. ashley: legged you. liz: right under the line. ashley: you even waited. liz: took a breath. ashley: a new report showing that chinese buyers are pouring into the u.s. housing market, probably to get away from the awful air pollution and spending lots of money on expensive homes liz: they want to breathe, but where are they flocking to and how much are they spending? we are joine

i don't want to mention any names, like melissa harris-teeter i'm holding my black children tighter tonight that woman who said god is a racist, it's embarrassing for me as an african-american to hear juan williams, msnbc, cnn talk about this case as a race case. fortunately or not, this case was decided correctly, and juan, you're trying to skirt the issue. the facts were decided correctly on this case, and don't try to say that this case was wrong and don't say it's a race case unless you're trying to hustle people to make money. i'm sick of this. >> i think that's so far off i don't know where to start. i think the verdict lacks any show of compassion or understanding for the fact -- >> you don't do that -- you don't show compassion in a criminal courtroom. >> i have to say, you know, the reason that we have juries. the reason we talk about having community people come in to be the final ashers. is because -- >> he doesn't know what he's talking about. >> it's not simply about the technical aspect -- >> in a courtroom of law, that's what it's all about, sean. that's what it's all about,

kroger made plans to buy harris teeter and gets additional 212 stores across the country.ook at 25. apple at-- in other words, big proves and a lot of big name stocks since the 10-day period when i started my vacation and now i've got this for us. randy travis in critical condition at a texas hospital. he was of admitted with viral cardiomyopathy. and dr. marc siegel is here. >> it's a weakening of the heart muscle in some reason. in this case because they're calling it viral. it's ballooning out of the heart. the heart can thicken, it can be too strong for its own good or become like a balloon. they're saying it's a virus, it became like a balloon. it loses its pump. stuart: any connection to his-- he had frequent problems with alcohol? >> this is exactly what i was about to say and be careful how i say this. viral is different from alcohol. alcohol pickles the heart. it has the same impact. ten years of drinking will balloon your heart out in the same way that a virus would do in over a matter of weeks. my own personal opinion, dr. marc siegel here, is that given his his

you know the grocery store kroger which is a regional grocery store and harris teeter. merging. kroger has agreed to buy teeter. but it is an all cash deal. they're valuing this at $2.4 billion. so they're going to join forces. >> bill: that's a lot of produce. >> it is a big deal. >> bill: it is. >> kroger, there are a lot of kroghers in the south -- krogers in the south. some rural areas like in ohio. harris dieter is an upscale groceriry store. i'm not sure where we're going to find the common ground. >> bill: the only krogers i remember seeing is in portland, oregon. >> we had them all over the south when i was growing up. >> i've never seen one in my life. >> bill: we've been talking congress here a lot kate. we all know the secret of the morning news that before you came to cover congress, you used to cover new york city politics. >> new york city. >> bill: yes. so now with anthony weiner running for mayor and eliot spitzer running for controller, you probably want to go back, don't you? >> i'm feeling a little envious. >> bill: the good ole days. >> right. i was