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howard schultz, who has pledged to hire 10,000 veterans in the next five years, and "washington post"asekran, who spent years covering u.s. fighting forces in iraq and afghanistan. the book is "for love of country: what our veterans can teach us about citizenship, heroism and sacrifice." thank you both for being here. on this veárans day, we're honoring all our veterans, but you write in your book that we thank them, we applaud them, but we don't really know them. what is it about this post-9/11 generation of veterans that americans don't underst@íd? >> this is a very unusual situation because this is the first time in modern history where there's been an all-volunteer service. only 1% of the american population has served. so the unintended consequence of the all-volunteer service is most of americans have not had a direct relationship with anyone who has served. >> warner: but what is it that we don't understand about this generation? >> so with so few serving, it's created real misperceptions among the civilian population of our country. they see veterans often as people who need t

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host: in "usa toda" - howard schultz says starbucks has committed to hire 10,000 that's over five yearsnd it employs a recruiter who is a veteran and understands the anxiety and can bridge the gap.

howard schultz, ceo of starbucks, thanks for coming on. thanks for doing the concert.it's an amazing lineup. it doesn't matter your taste, you have something there. >>> tomorrow nbc news will put a human face on the ebola tragedy that's taking place in west africa. that's where this is a true epidemic. we will tell 24 stories of people fighting this deadly disease. >>> if a few minutes, why democrats might have reasons to be optimistic about 2016 ♪ over 12,000 financial advisors. so, how are things? good, good. nearly $800 billion dollars in assets under care. let me just put this away. how did edward jones get so big? could you teach our kids that trick? by not acting that way. ok, last quarter... it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. ♪ >>> welcome back. we have heard a lot about what the next congress might or might not do. it feels like a good moment to get answers from newcomers. i have mike rounds, a former governor of south dakota. he wonui a senate seat and gwe graham, a democrat who knocked off a republican incumbent. she's the daughter of former flo

. >> i say howard schultz. before we got on air, howard schultz you went to the well with.t i did go to the well. here is why. he really supports his people. he went into the depths of recession. he didn't cut his 401(k) plan. he kept it going. i remember when they had real they ended up emerging out of it. the fact of the matter he has done a good job. their stock is up 70%. >> we're here and so used to what goes on around here. i will make, this is a serious point, people forget when it was like when fox news first came. no, listen to this. you had, at least 50% of the country saying the news media does not speak for us, speaks against us. it attacks our values. it provides one set of, one set of facts and not the other. we're sick of it. guess what, he rolled the dice and picked a really great guy to perform it. and you know, this, this company is an utter success ecause off that that is why -- melissa: other twitter% followers, easy researcher, faithful viewer, says he is the best. he runs his company. hats off to the small businessman. i love that. >> don't buy my anal

yesterday ceo of starbucks was out front -- >> howard schultz. >> out front on veterans day.l things. don't turn this into the day you get good deals on cars. he was handing out free coffee. this seems not just disingenuous, really to fly in the face of what he was trying to say. >> maybe it is the way his politics was able to leak through this corporate culture. >> it is about money. >> i mean he probably feels the same way. maybe he feels the same way bruce springsteen does about the vietnam war. >> this is about money. you can get that much of an audience, dedicated lefty audience, kids, make a lot of money from them. he knows. that i don't think howard schultz is essentially left-winger. >> he has done a lot of beautiful things. >> came from humble beginnings. >> pay $5 for a cup of coffee. >> pretty smart, right. >> my immigrant didn't figure that out. $5 for cup of coffee. should call it four bucks. what are they putting in the coffee. >>> maryland largest school district votes to strip references of religious holidays on school calendars after some muslim leaders asked

host: in "usa toda" - howard schultz says starbucks has committed to hire 10,000 that's over five years and it employs a recruiter who is a veteran and understands the anxiety and can bridge the gap. what to these companies did to understand about veterans and specifically the 9/11 bets? guest: these are our nations heroes and they deserve to have a job and be able to be productive and be able to provide for their basic needs. veterans are trained in the military. when they come out, veterans need to be able to come home to a nation as open armed and understands what veterans need and provide employment for those veterans. veterans are productive and disciplined and when you hire a veteran, you hire someone who'll work for a hard for you. >> senator amy klobuchar released a report by the congress joint economic committee that show the recent 12 month average jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was 7.6%. for a female veterans, on implement was 8.3%. or younger vets -- pensacola, florida, independent, ood morning -- caller: i have been a veteran since the 1970's. i have always used the th

. >>> howard schultz is a big supporter of the concert for valor. i got a chance to talk tom earlier, and in addition to celebrating their service to our country, schultz says it's time for corporations to step up and hire these veterans when they come home. >> we've got to share the stories. every business in america is primarily concerned about making money and a profit. as they understand and they will see that veterans can contribute to making their company more productive. >> now shultz is sharing veterans stories in a new book called "for love of country" and says starbucks ha hired over a thousand vets already -- has hired over a thousand vets already. he hopes this book will inspire other corporations to do the same. for a complete list of all the street closures and the highly congested areas around the national mall today for the concert for valor, check out the wusa9 mobile app. you can click on a section called "you heard it on wusa9. now find it here." download the app or upgrade for free on your apple or android device. >>> grief couns

. >> reporter: howard schultz, the ceo and founder of starbucks, on a mission himself. journey that began three years ago here at west point when schultz was invited to speak about leadership. he said he ended up learning more than he taught. >> i wish the rest of the entire american population could see them in action, see their level of integrity. that started me thinking about what could i do. >> reporter: one thing he could do -- give returning vets jobs. schultz has vowed to hire 10,000 veterans at starbucks. they've already hired more than a thousand. his other mission, that the 1% who defend this country get their stories told. schultz co-wrote "for love of country." the toughest part about writing the book, convincing the heroes like kelly mccoy to talk. >> it would not be my inclination to tell my own story. i didn't come from a military family. >> reporter: and athletic? >> i always joked that my sport was math, that i was much more of a mathlete than an athlete. i didn't really know a lot about the army at all. i never held a weapon of any kind. >> reporter:

today, howard schultz called on companies to hire veterans because of their leadership skills. starbucks has vowed to add 10,000 veterans to its payroll by 2018. 20 veterans have been employed at san francisco in the past five weeks. mark marzan served in bosnia and desert storm and is store manager at a fisherman's wharf starbucks. >> my leadership for me has been very supportive with me, asking me any kind of issues i might have. >> the california employment development department is also encouraging companies to hire veterans. the e.d.d. launched a special web page on its site with resources and testimonials. on the value of employing veterans. >>> the deal between the u.s. and china to cut tariffs for dozens of i.t. products could be a boon for bay area companies. the deal was announced by president obama at the start of the asia pacific economic summit in china. the deal would include 200 different categories such as mri machines, gps devices and semiconductors which have tariffs at high as 25%. computer chip makers like intel, hewlett-packard could benefit greatly. the pa

howard schultz about veterans and about jobs and what we can do to make a difference. >> 2 1/2 million young american citizens have served for more than 15 years now in an all volunteer service. with a million veterans who have extraordinary skills and experience to add value to our society and businesses, i am encouraging and really trying to convince or per situated ceos and small business owners across the country to hire a veteran. this is not charity or pity, this is good business. >> great. we need more ceos that will do that. he's right, it's not only good for the military, it's good for business. the military people coming back they know how to accomplish goals. that's what they're trained to do solve the problem we talked about the special tonight with osama bin laden, everything changed as they were going in the compound, and they fixed it in a spot, in a second. why don't you want to hire someone who can think like that. it's not just top level navy smt s.e.a.l.s. i trained people when i was working, the to hire are the people who were heavily involved in the military. it's

sales growth and the ceo howard schultz describes it as e-commerce on steroids. overseeing development of the android software using more than 70% of the world smartphones is leaving the company. andy rubin will be creating an incubator. i spoke with a silicon valley recruiter about the shift. >> is a lot of action at a startup level. a lot of companies doing really interesting things with relatively small amounts of capital. you don't need to be at google anymore to be at the cutting edge of innovation. >> hiring steve schnell, the former vice president of operations at rival lyft. schnell left uber with two other executives. they said they left after disagreements with cofounders over how the company was being run. now to the lead, a spacecraft for sir richard branson's virgin galactic tourism operator crashed during a test flight in california mojave desert killing the copilot and injuring the pilot. an faa spokesperson says ground control lost contact just after 10:00 a.m. local time. following release from the white knight two jet that carried it aloft. in t

if you didn't get to watch last week's interview with howard schultz i urge you to do so. schultz is organizing a huge concert. while i'm at it i want to send out good veterans day cheer to my dad who has been a bit under the weather lately. wednesday begins the parade of retailer earnings when we hear from macy's and j.c. penney. macy's is a core holding. with mixed picture of wall stores, abercrombie and finch down 5.88 or over 16%. j.c. penney giving us bad news. we could use cold weather to get the stocks marching to a new tune but we don't have it yet. 50 degrees last night. not the weather for retail. cisco reports after the close. cisco up almost 13% this year. solid dividend. i think navigated the head winds of a slowing growing economy. thursday we got the retail gamut, wal-mart, kohl's. these stocks moving up nicely on lower gasoline even though first two have warned things aren't as hot of late. one of the chief reasons oil has been able to come down is belief that the slow down in the chinese economy has accelerated. a lot of numbers come out each month. the on

. >> and howard schultz and how big business can help communities who are asking, what rekoh are ri? >> and do you think that the community map can be expanded for 2016? >> we won in red states, blue states and more purple states. >> and surprise! they may be seeing more blue than ever before. i'm chuck todd and joining us are eric canter and stephanie cutter, former adviser to president obama, amy cook, as well as my colleague over at msnbc and telemundo, jose diaz valart. >>> it has been a drubbing. it happened to george bush and to barack obama in 2010 and now history has repeated itself tuesday. there is some localizing of the e elections and the vaunted turnout efforts and democrats thought some luck could hold the losses down. well, nothing worked. pick the adjectives, beating, trouncing, shellacking, and all of them fitting for what happened to the democratic party. another way to describe the election is what happened to president barack obama even if he does not see it that way. >> every election a moment for reflection. i think that everybody in the white house is going to

i was on the iphone 6 plus, we have howard schultz build today. liz: he was here too!got him first. he's down stairs. the investments we put into, the video side and really a cable session for the web. i think it's something they will continue to invest and when you look around the other players in the internet, we're partners with almost everybody. almost probably the best universal partner company. we partner with everyone in silicon valley, the traditional media companies, including yours, we really feel like we're an enablement company overall. we have media content, we're a big platform company. any of the companies in silicon valley, we could be great partners with overall, and i wouldn't comment on any individual companies, of course, but we're very, very happy with the level of partnership we've been able to accomplish. liz: see if you can keep the activist hounds at bay. tim, great to see you, you have a stock story that is the envy of a lot of people. congratulations. >> thank you, liz. liz: tim armstrong, aol, chairman and ceo. the closing bell ringing in fi

howard schultz says it's just good business to recognize the value military members can bring to businesseterans. so far more than 2,000 companies including walmart and amazon have committed to hiring 474,000 vets by 2018. speaking of amazon, it has something new for its prime members. unlimited free storage. amazon says the new benefit will not effect the cost of prime membership which is now $99 a year. other amazon customers will still get to store 2,000 photos for free. photo storage is a big issue in my house. i take a lot of pictures. >>> time is 5:56. still big questions about elections this morning. a nail biter in the election on who will lead the bay area's biggest city. why there is still no declared winner in the race for mayor of san jose. >> meantime one candidate has declared victory in the race for the mayor of oakland. stay with ktvu news for complete election coverage. >> and right now we still have some commutes that are still on the early side. that are doing well. and others have already filled in. we'll tell you the slow commute is coming up. >> skies are mostly clea

i had howard schultz on, the ceo of starbucks. you sometimes need to bring other people into the washington conversation, so that washington people can understand what is going on in the rest of the world. >> that is what we try to do here. >> that is what you do a great job of. be like charlie rose, that is my mantra. [laughter] >> there is the trayvon martin experience. it was a turning point for obama. >> he had avoided race discussions. >> after having dealt with it in his campaign? >> dealt with it a little bit. they almost ran from it sometimes. i think he found his voice on race, on what his job was on the race issue, during the trayvon martin thing because he was able to be -- he personalized it. i think he used his role on these race discussions as a calming voice to african-americans and as an interpreter to white america. having basically saying, he has one foot in both worlds. half black, half white. he is in a unique position to do that. i think he saw that that is -- i don't know if the country is mature enough to ha

spoke with former secretary of defense robert gates about that comment as well as starbucks ceo howard schultzans can teach us about citizenship, heroism and sacrifice." watch. let me speak with you, mr. secretary, first and ask you about condoleezza rice's assertion that when we don't have american leadership, when we speak softly, "nobody listens and the world doesn't like what it gets." your thoughts on that. >> well, withdrawing from two wars neither of which ended in a clear cut victory was always going to be tricky business to avoid giving the impression that we weren't withdrawing more broadly. and the more the president talks about focusing on nation building at home and oncoming home and the more he and the congress continue to cut the defense budget, unfortunately it does send the signal that the u.s. is pulling back. so i think it is a concern. >> what do you make of the doubling of troops? >> i think the numbers a reflection of the challenge we face. and the challenge in retraining some of the iraqi forces to make them effective. i think it is important to underscore, i think, most

guests include the ceo of mastercard, sandy weil as well, starbucks's howard schultz and many, many morewell, when you think consumer staples, you don't usually think sexy. but sara eisen has a look at one name that could change your mind. >> it is green mountain. the best performer in the entire s&p over the last 12 months defying the haters. david einhorn just backing out of his famous short put back on 2011. and defying the entire industry. abhorring slow-growing, unexciting consumer staples business. why? keurig thinks of itself as a technology company. as the goldman sachs analyst put it, it is a disruptive innovator story. keurig is working on new versions of the brewer to hit more coffee drinkers that are still using the old-school coffee makers. they're working on a cold machine, make it yourself at home set to be launched next year in partner with coca-cola. and by the way, coke took a 16% stake in the company. goldman says the cold drinks market, four to five times the size of hot drinks. international also, keurig is almost 100% in america, so their scope for expansion oversea

howard schultz joined maria this morning and said the private sector can help up employed veterans. -erans. >> every business leader to recognize they have incredible skills. these are great people, and this is what the country needs to do. tracy: san francisco has some of the world's slowest internet. researchers studied speeds in cities across america, asia and europe, and san fran came last despite its proximity to silicon valley. and anheuser-busch is bringing out a tequila beer, and it's flavored with wood from tequila barrels. yum. that's the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. tracy: so it is your chance to ask zuck. the facebook ceo is holding his first q&a at 5 p.m. eastern. nearly 7,000 questions have already been submitted. and some good news for 1% of facebook's recent acquisitions, your own of course you plus rift headset. the company's ceo revealing a retail version of the device is, quote, months, not years away. still no official release date yet, but it's expected sometime next year. >>> all right, to another miracle of modern techno

>> you heard howard schultz from starbucks the other day say sales in my brick and mortar stores andales are tough. that's just traffic. >> just coffee. who gets coffee for christmas? why we are not friends. gift cards. last rev fume of the up imaginative. >> surprised how many people give starbucks gift cards. i shred every gift card at christmas. dying retailer, radioshack, shrinking retailers. >> give us three top picks for holiday. >> i'm a big fan of macy's for holiday, great omni chapel retailer. i think dick's will do well. >> what? >> i think that people are underestimating how strong they are. >> speaking of firings, they fired all their golf pros. >> yes, they did. walmart going to have a really good christmas, because the lower end consumer is going to be strong and really well set up for it. >> i don't know. i hope you're right, jan, a rough go for wal-mart lately, their traffic is negative, same-store sales are flat at best. i hope they can eek it out. opening up all those rem gisters so folks won't have to wait in line to try to get them into the stores. give them a wer

howard schultz says the concert for valor on the national mall said service in arrack and afghanistan has become a hurdle rather than an asset for many veterans." that is the front page of "usa today." -- "facesngton post" of the fallen." this is something they have been repeatedly over the years. "as of monday, the death toll from enduring freedom in 2343."stan was some of the faces of the fallen. sharon, republican, what is on your mind? caller: good morning, greta. happy veterans day to all those who served, and god bless. i would like to say something about the afford will care act that probably a lot of people do not know. thisis -- you can verify at the library of congress. if memory serves me correctly, 3790, and itl was as originally a bill for first-time buyers break on taxes, military for buying a house. that bill was passed unanimously through the house, and then it went to congress. they kept the number of the bill and they gutted it and replaced the wording with the affordable care act. that is why needs the pelosi -- youu have to find the have to sign the bill before you

and i had howard schultz on, c.e.o. of starbucks. i think having-- i think now the role of the sunday show sometimes needs to also be to bring other people into the washington conversation so that washington people can understand what's going on in the rest of the world. >> i means that's what we try to do. >> this is what you do a great job at. be pr like charlie rose, that is the mantra. >> rose: right, right. there is this too. the trayvon martin experience was a turning point for obama. >> uh-huh. he had avoided race discussions. >> rose: after having dealt with it in his campaign. >> dealt with it a little bit in his campaign. they really almost ran from it sometimes. i think he views-- he found his voice on race, on what his job was on the race issue during the trayvon martin thing. because he was able to be, i think he personalized it i think he vahs his role on these race discussions now as a calming voice toafter kwan americans, and as an interpreter to white americans. and letting, you know, having basically saying, you kno

starbucks chief howard schultz, who i don't even think is 60 years old yet and created starbucks. >> and then recreated it. >> to be that successful that young. and that is young. 60, the best decade of his life, just so you know. you've got that to look forward to, appeared rue. ariel investments with melody hobson. along with her husband, george loose yak. and nyse boss tom farley, who walked out of an audition for a hunk on a soap opera. have you seen this guy? >> i have. >> he's like 6'4", strong chin, smart. >> another annoying -- >> what is he, 36, 37? >> another annoying young overachiever. don't like andrew. >> there's more names coming. >> i was just reading. i was having a conversation with barely diller and martha stewart. >> jack welsh will be here. >> put me on the red carpet. i've been studying the career and life of joan, which is great. i don't think anyone remembers all the stuff she -- i'm not sure i can say some of the stuff she said. >> joan rivers? >> yeah. >> i think you can't. >> i cannot? >> you should not. >> can i ask what people are wearing? >> andrew, who

howard schultz, starbucks, friday, this reduction in mall traffic is playing havoc with the companies that thought, if you build it, they come. there is a real reduction. michael kors is not an omni channel place. comp guidance to high teens. this is not what you want to hear and the stock has to go lower. >> that overall trend of fewer people visiting malls is a significant one. we've been talking about it for a couple of years and it continues. >> it does. other than costco which is not a mall story. >> we are talking indoor malls. >> where your kids would say hey, dad, i need $50, i want to go to the mall. now it's dad, give me a $50 amazon card. that's what it is, i'd like an itunes card. >> you can use your mobile device. our conversation with joe tsai earlier. >> congratulations on that interview. i don't think he spoke to anybody. >> i don't know about that. it's their first quarter. they want to communicate. they are a chinese company with a huge u.s. investor base. we've got more to watch this morning including priceline shares. >>> you are watching cnbc "squawk on the street

howard schultz says it's just good business to recognizethe value that they can bring to business.ompanies, including walmart and amazon, have committed to hiring 474,000 vets by the year 2018. >> that's a good thing. >> kind of cool, yes. >>> a question, is uber driving its employees to make bad money decisions? coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2," what critics say is happening that essentially makes the company's employees indentured servants. >>> but first a big win for marijuana users. the states where voters said yes to making pot legal even for recreational use. [phones rings] it's amanda. hey sweetie. what? okay, i'll send it. one hundred seventy-two dollars for a chemistry book, what is it, made of gold? just use citi popmoney. boom. ah, she's feeling lucky. hey sweetie...cancun, yeah no, you'll be spending spring break with your new chemistry book. with citi popmoney it's easy to send money to just about anyone, anytime. visit your local branch or citi.com/easierbanking to learn more. female announcer: tuesdaduring sleep train's triple choice sale. for a limited

. >> during the last week cnbc 25 is a ga la we spoke with howard schultz and talked about the benefithiring veterans. there are other companies making a difference. brex el hamilton is on wall street one of those companies and spoke to them about the importance of veterans in the workforce after they've come back from active service and the chairman and founder of that company spoke to us about why hiring vets is good business. >> they've already been vetted. they've already gone through extensive physical and mental training. that's the person you want i tex ensive training. vetted by the government. they have the attributes. they could be good candidates for jobs and a point, kelly, not just about industry wall street veterans teaching the active service veterans about the business. now some of these veterans from active military service have learned the business so well they're passing that knowledge on to their fellow veterans from service and active military service so it's a virtuous cycle. take a listen to this. >> i was a hire as a disabled vet. you know? training a disabled v

i talked to howard schultz about this a lot.f you're running your company really well, why do the hedge funds come in and say, listen, you're doing a crummy job? who are they to be the arbiters? who are they? the answer is they have so much capital they have to attack good companies with the tail wind because they don't have enough -- they have too much money. they can't go and take over argentina. they can't take over bolivia. they can't do a hostile for brazil. but that's the kind of size they have. >> after a week in which we got lowe's, we got hd. lay-z-boy up better than 4%. we got home builder sentiment numbers. some of the single family numbers with instarts today were pretty good. >> people are spending on their homes again. we have been waiting for this and waiting for this. i've been watching best buy kind of creep up. costco has a big play on spending. costco is the best of all. that's the one that just quietly goes up. i can't even look at the stock. >> a lot of people were saying -- but it had gotten expensive. >> i

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toda" - "usa howard schultz says starbucks has committed to hire 10,000 that's over five years and itbridge the gap. what to these companies did to understand about veterans and specifically the 9/11 bets? guest: these are our nations heroes and they deserve to have a job and be able to be productive and be able to provide for their basic needs. veterans are trained in the military. when they come out, veterans need to be able to come home to a nation as open armed and understands what veterans need and provide employment for those veterans. veterans are productive and disciplined and when you hire a veteran, you hire someone who'll work for a hard for you. >> senator amy klobuchar released a report by the congress joint economic committee that show the recent 12 month average jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was 7.6%. for a female veterans, on implement was 8.3%. for younger vets -- pensacola, florida, independent, good morning -- veterani have been a since the 1970's. i have always used the that's when i needed them. as of 2014 when i called to check on my appointment, i was told