ceo howard schultz made the announcement along with former secretary of defense, and current starbucks board member, robert gates. the drawdown of troops in afghanistan means more than a million people will be transitioning into civilian life. ceo howard schultz says the program is not charity but rather "just good business" starting with a list of 40 names, microsoft has reportedly whittled it down to five possible contenders for its open ceo slot. according to reuters, the finalists include current ford motors ceo, alan mulally and former nokia chief stephen elop. microsoft says it has at least three internal candidates being considered, also. the world's largest software maker says it'll take a few more months before a decision is reached. apple is adding new suppliers to meet demand. the tech company is expanding its current list of manufacturers to boost production on its new lineup of smartphones and tablets. the suppliers based in asia include taiwan company wistron that will make the newer lower cost iphone 5c. analysts view it as a competitive move against rivals samsung and o

i sat down with starbucks ceo howard schultz and former u.s. defense secretary robert gates who sits on the starbucks board, and i asked them why are they doing this now? >> this is a time in america where we have an obligation and a responsibility to do the right thing. but in addition to that, these are young people who have significant value to add to the workplace and to companies. great values, leadership skills and an opportunity i think to really make a difference. >> secretary gates, you have said our veterans with one of the mostunder utilized talent pools in this country. you sit on the starbucks board. i'm interested to know what advice did you give when the company was forming this initiative, especially when it comes to taking all the talents from the armed services into the private sector. it's sometimes hard to translate on a resume but it really pays off in the workplace. >> that's a very good point. over the next five years, another million men and women will come out of the military and into civilian life, and they bring with

howard schultz in some of the things he reached out on with bringing guns in the stores or washington getting its act together. it plays to the brand of the company. >> clearly howard feels that way. i don't think he would do this unless he thought it was consistent with his brand. my guess is he has employee within starbucks that agree with him and many who do not. he has customers who agree with him and some do not. that is the balancing act with the ceo who is out there expressing a personal opinion. it is difficult to separate their personal opinion from their job. >> let me ask you the fine line of shareholder value and personal responsibility. >> the board of starbucks and shareholders of starbucks, i think, appreciate they have a ceo who is not as bland as sand. they like that someone is out there taking the opinion. >> it is good pr. >> that is part of his makeup. you need a ceo who is front and center on issues and not afraid of them. there are other times when you want the ceo to stay under the covers. >> i think you are both right. carly is right, too. this is kind of new t

. >> coming up at 2:00 p.m., a frank conversation with starbucks ceo howard schultz and former u.s.gates about jobs for vets. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> we, the jury, having reviewed the evidence of the testimony in the case find the defendant as to count one, murder, guilty. [ shouts ] >> an early morning guilty verdict for the utah doctor accused of killing his wife. good morning, everybody, i'm christi paul, glad to have you with us. >> i'm victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. >>> we'll get to the verdict in a moment, but we don't want you to miss history in the making, and that's what we have now at the international space station. >> it's really cool. look at this. the olympic torch is on its first

the company's chief executive howard schultz says starbucks plans to open five stores on or near militaryes that will share profits with the local communities. as a gesture of thanks all vets and their spouses will get a free cup of coffee on veterans day. good for them. i love that story. >> great idea. >> thanks, jess. >>> 4:43. is your child's car seat safe enough to protect him in an accident? we'll have the latest booster seat ratings right after the break. >> both of your commutes might be dry. howard will detail it all coming up in the first alert forecast. >>> it is 4:46. we say a special good morning to bernadette walls. she starts the day with us at 4:25. glad to have you up with us this morning. as you heard mike say a little while ago, you'll need the umbrella today but maybe your rush hour on both ends will be dry. >> if you work outdoors middle of the day, there's some rain definitely coming but for the commuters, this may work out very good. let me tell you, the warm temperatures will be the morning, not the afternoon. so even though it seems mild, pep for 50 to 55 -- prepa

howard schultz and andreessen horowitz.uise were execs so they have been through this game before. one thing people say is working against the company that other seattle e commerce company we all know, amazon. a lot of people say amazon is making a much bigger focus on fashion and retail scene. more competition there. but today zulily is taking off. overall this is one of those ipos everyone is watching very closely. first to see how the overall ipo window was going. we've had a rush of ipos. can it keep going. second to see what other retail and e commerce ipos could be ahead. a lot of people are talking about others on the horizon. if this continues to trade well perhaps we see those ipos coming next. back to you. >> everyone is watching to see if the skids have been greased from twitter. julia, for every zulily there's a shag that opened down. how do you spot the next winning ipo? >> the next big ipos are likely to be companies that raised a ton of funding and need to start repaying their investors. investors should keep

transparent overall is now coming in from longtime supporters of the affordable care act, like howard schultz who blasted the rollout in an interview with cnbc. >> it might be a great vatagy, but the execute is flawed. it's off the rails, and i think what the country needs now is real honesty and transparency and truth about what's really going on. >> oddly enough, it was a comedy show that first threw out the number six last weekend. >> millions of americans are visiting healthcare.gov, which is great news. unfortunate unfortunately, the site was only designed to handle six users at the time. >> they revealed the website wait times are getting dramatically better, though it's interesting on monday, the president will be addressing his political organization ofa on health care, a sign he still needs to rev up his political base. >> ed, thank you. >> ultimately, all of the obama care problems are not about politics but about people. tonight, senior national correspondent john roberts introduces us to some who are facing life-changing decisions because of the new law. >> betsy could be the post

. >> coming up at 2:00 p.m., a frank conversation with starbucks ceo howard schultz and former u.s. defense secretary robert gates about jobs for vets. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> we, the jury, having reviewed the evidence of the testimony in the case find the defendant as to count one, murder, guilty. [ shouts ] >> an early morning guilty verdict for the utah doctor accused of killing his wife. good morning, everybody, i'm christi paul, glad to have you with us. >> i'm victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. >>> we'll get to the verdict in a moment, but we don't want you to miss history in the making, and that's what we have now at the international space station. >> it's really cool. look at this. the olympic torch is on its first space walk. two russian cosmonauts carried out of the international space station. now, the torch has been in space before, in '96 for the atlanta games, but not outside. the torch will leave tomorrow with three crew members who are returning to earth. now, just a moment ago, they were holding the torch, waving -- of course, not list, bec

at one point it got so difficult, so, so tense, its ceo howard schultz mentioned the tension between us and you regarding comparable growth guidance had gotten out of hand, and said it would be irresponsible to say starbucks would beat the 8% in america and the 7% overall. lost in the shuffle were the fabulous packaged goods initiatives, double-digit gains there, the tea rollout. we talked about that last week. all those different foods. instead, the mob wanted facts and figures about how the food rollout was impacting same-store sales. management wasn't going to go there. it didn't seem to matter to the analysts that starbucks may be using its stores for launching pads for a supermarket aisle takeaway. frankly i found the q&a here totally nitpicking. i respect the fact most of these analysts are trying to build future models, right, trying to build some earnings models and they are flummoxed about how to interpret the initiatives within the confines of the spreadsheet. a common problem when it comes to starbucks. how do you value loyalty? what price? how do you put a price tag on ca

starbucks chairman and ceo howard schultz joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> nice to see you.reat opportunity to be on your show. thank you. >> a great opportunity for me. just so the viewers have understanding. can you describe how big starbucks is? inmean, how many employees? how many shops. we have been in business since 1971, we have almost 20,000 stores in 62 countries. we employ 250,000 people around the world. and about 70 million customers a week come in our stores and we were the first company in america to provide equity in the form of stock options and comprehensive health insurance to every single emilyee, including part timers. and we put that in place in 1990. >> all right. now, that's a big deal that the part-time employees. job of many companies that do that you have 250,000 employees. how were you able to do that under the preobamacare scenario? >> well, i think this is a very important issue for almost every company today because of the affordable care act. but starbucks was way in advance of that we a company we could not exceed the expectations of our custo

we know the numbers that came out recently, but howard schultz was very smart in managing everybody's expectations going forward. you look at the same-store sales internationally, up 7%. when you look at the americas, up 8%. they are hitting on all cylinders. there are three primary catalysts that drive it higher. one, the international growth. we've talked about it ad nauseam. you look at china, india, all of the different places they can go. two, fizzio, the carbonated drinks, and the other is tea vanna. they'll open up a thousand stores in the next five years in a $90 billion in a tea market they need a dent into. that will kick the earnings. it's going higher. >> the story is good. when you think about it, the stock is 50% on the year. obviously reflecting the good numbers when they reported. they did come inline for the quarter, for the fiscal third quarter. they did guide the street down. at this point, that's very prudent. it makes sense, especially when you consider a third of their sales come from oversea, a lot of the future growth comes from overseas, and let's be honest, t

. >> did you ever hear that howard schultz, the venture capitalist says i want to do coffee chains. >> what are you talking about? >> and allen goes home to his wife and said this guy came to me and he wants to do coffee shops. it's ludicrous. he did not invest and here we are. >> a lot of those -- i didn't, either. and anyway -- i wasn't asked. >> white house news, a top adviser is going to testify at a congressional hearing today about the troubled health care website on the administration had originally said the chief technology officer todd park was too busy to appear appear, but late yesterday the white house confirmed he would comply with the subpoena to testify at a hearing of the house oversight committee. the one that stood out to me as day in the newspapers was this washington post piece. >> which says? >> that sources say there's no way this will be done by tend of november. and the industry insurance is working on contingency plans. we get some twitter people .people that write in and they're smart [ explative ] some of them. they signed up 50,000. we lost 15 million. so w

howard fineman. ed schultz. fox's juan williams was included in that liberal gang. what's the point of pundits going when they can't report on what the president actually says because it's off the record? >> it doesn't matter they can't report on that specific instance. what it does is try to shore up the base and say, hey, you're not really reporting good white house stories here. you're kind of reporting some things that are negative. so here are all the positive things that the white house is doing. and maybe you could report on those. >> this is clearly just about getting to know the reporters and the reporters, of course, they're going to want to go. i've done this thing as a spokesman where you invite them in and try to get to know the reporters. you try to juice them up a little bit so you get better coverage later on. the outrage should be from the rest of the press corps. who should say, wait, i didn't get to go? >> i did the same thing in the bush administration. he invited a bunch of bloggers and things. i kept saying i want to go to the white house. >> y

al sharpton, ed schultz, lawrence o'donnell, howard fineman, along with fox's juan williams.nd thatnancy pelosi as many tag about the gop opposition. the obama administration's fumbling is apparently a good execution for them to do nothing on immigration reform, on a budget agreement, and on any other initiative coming out of the white house. no now as a matter balance, republicans shouldn't willing exempt from journalistic struts any, but some commentators may be tired of the obama care story or just tired of criticizing president obama. >> thank you. is today's fight over the senate so-called nuclear option just a diversion area tactic by democrats or something bigger? we'll ask the fox all stars when we come bag. life's an adventure when you're with her. and i. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequ

. >> joining me now, howard dean, former democratic national committee chairman and current dnc chair. congressman, debbie wasserman schultzauthor "for the next generation "a wake-up call to solving our nation's problems. >> chairwoman, how did you like the results last night? >> oh, i was pretty happy with the results. >> who were you really rooting for in that first congressional district in alabama? did you want the -- the more reasonable republicans to win? >> what i am rooting for we make sure we continue to make gains in alabama and we can elect democrats. that's what i am rooting for. look, at the end of the day, the civil war rages on within the republican party. the tee party is winning. they brought us to the brink of economic disaster. the tail is wagging the dog in the house of representatives and the senate. that civil war is going to continue. it is really horribly damaged the republican brand. and this, you know, the rebranding that my counterpart has desperately clawing at to try to make. not working out so well if you lack at results from last night particularly in virginia. >> howard dean, the republican