agency for international development and the international franchise association are in the process of bringing a couple of american franchises to afghanistan so far the main ones are radio shack and hertz in a project statement from the us the us afghanistan franchising trade conference it states quote franchising has proven to be an ideal market vehicle for both employment and economic growth because of this experience coupled with the high demand for u.s. franchise brands in afghanistan the task force is confident that focusing its pilot sector focused trade conference on franchising will prove successful for both us franchise pioneers and successful afghan entrepreneurs' well i want to talk more about what this means with michael brooks producer with the majority report hey there michael this is interesting approved afghan buyers would be required to attend what's known as radio shack university and corporate headquarters in fort worth texas and they would then be ground support from radio shack employees and additional training what do you make of all this. well first of all it's

agency for international development and the international franchise association are in the process of bringing a couple of american franchises to afghanistan so far the main ones are radio shack and hertz in a project statement from the us afghanistan franchising trade conference in states quote franchising has proven to be an ideal market vehicle for both employment and economic growth because of this experience coupled with the high demand for u.s. franchise brands in afghanistan the task force is confident that focusing its pilot sector focused trade conference on franchising will prove successful for both us france franchise pioneers and successful ask afghan entrepreneurs to talk more about what this public private partnership means i was joined earlier by michael brooks the producer for the majority report you know i think that there is a certain type of. goal associated with global brands and that's really that there's a certain type of employment there's a certain way of doing things there's a certain kind of almost monoculture that can be replicated and done anywhere and i th

international press is reporting that the incident did happen and tear gas was dispersed. i can see why the promoter wouldn't want that associated with the launch of his milkshake pran ch franchise it's a strange world, a.j. that's all i'm going to say. let's talk about something even stranger. hugh hefner. >> this could be considered stranger to a lot of people. the runaway bride has returned. 86-year-old hugh hefner and 26-year-old crystal harris may, in fact, be engaged for the second time. >> that's beautiful. >> you may remember the first time around harris jilted -- it is a thing of beauty. harris jilted hef before they were set to walk down the aisle the first time. places like tmz are saying they're going to give it a second chance. harris moved back into the famed playboy mansion. they've been open about being in a relationship but they haven't officially confirmed news of their reengagement. just look to social media. there have been critic messages dropped on their twitter accounts. i don't know if this means anything but harris's instagram page now has her name as crystal hefner. carol, we remember the old cliche of schoolgirls in the sixth grade writing their last n