first on cnbc, the company as ceo, kevin johnson who is with indicate rogers ahead of today's annual t away >> kevin, thanks for joining us. >> so, annual meeting kicking off today. the company is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, coming off one of the toughest years for star burks and restaurant industry as a whole what's your message to shareholders today about the future of the company and meeting consumers where anthony in this new normal as we move ahead. >> kate, this is a very special moment for starbucks found in 1971. here we are, 50 years later. and you think about this last year this last year has been one where we worked from home, schooled our children from home. we have gone through a period of isolation. surgeon general even called it a social recession so as we get vaccinations rolled out, we are on the cusp of what we call the great human reconnection so here celebrating starbucks 50th anniversary, starbucks was built for this moment. the opportunity to bring customers back in our stores make them feel part of the community and once again people will be sayi

. >> reporter: kevin johnson is a coal miner, but like many other people in the area, lost his job. > mines. it's good money. really good money. good living. >> how hard is it right now? >> it's a struggle right now. >> reporter: hire in williamson, west virginia, the covid relief bill is a huge relief for so many people. garland thompson is a restaurant dishwasher. >> i'm excited about it. any time you can help areas, depressed as mingo county and west virginia, and give people $1400, hopefully that will -- it's going to help a little bit. >> help you? >> yes, sir. it would help me. me and my wife. >> there's great awareness among people in mingo county that their senior u.s. senator joe manchin, could have brought down this bill if he wanted to. he is in effect a king maker, and many people we talked to here like that. charles mcguire says he almost always votes republican, including for donald trump, but he respects the political moves made by his conservative democratic senator. >> most of the time, he just speaks his mind, and he speaks what is truth. >> i think senator manchin h

. >> reporter: kevin johnson is a coal miner, but like many other people in this area, lost his job.ove the mines. it's good money. really good money. good living. >> reporter: how hard is it now? >> it's a struggle right now. >> reporter: here in williamson, west virginia, the seat of mingo county, the covid relief bill say huge relief for so many people. garland thompson is a restaurant dishwasher. >> i'm excited about it anytime you can help an area in mingo county, west virginia and give people $1400, hell, it's going to help a little bit. >> reporter: help you? >> yes, sir, help me and my wife. >> reporter: there is great awareness among people in mingo county that their senior u.s. senator joe manchin who have brought down this billful he wanted to. that he is in effect, a king maker and people like that. charles mcgwire says he votes republican including donald trump but he respects the political moves by his democratic senator. >> most of the time he speaks his mind and what is true. >> i think senator manchin has done well helpings through this. >> reporter: this is the mayo

. >> reporter: kevin johnson, the laid off miner says he voted for donald trump and usually supportsop leaders handled this. with had aid he says he will be able to -- >> pay up the rent and pay up the bills. we are behind. as well as everybody else. i am sure i ain't the only one that's got a tough time. >> reporter: tough times for so many. and now the hope that things will start getting better soon. gary tuchman, cnn, williamson, west virginia. >>> just ahead, how the grammy also look a whole lot different this year. >>> plus a cnn original series on how former president lincoln used the power of his word to uplift a nation in sorrow. lincoln, divided we stand, continues tonight apartment 10:00 here on cnn. ey now, you'r, get the show on, get paid ♪ ♪ and all that glitters is gold ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. keeping your oysters business growing with any handcrafted burger. has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume

. >> so michael farr, wondering, you know, wehether you care it's doubled and thrilled, kj, kevin johnson on cnbc tomorrow we can maybe play some of that sound from josh about that. >> i'm watching! >> ask what the deal is now. josh, sorry. go ahead >> i'm watching. >> all right i'm sure you will be we'll probably play some sound fro from -- for mr. johnson tomorrow what about it, farr? getting more expensive, to the point? >> definitely expensive. i'm watching, too, because i've owned it a long time i get nervous at times when i agree with josh on things pun know not as nervous as i get when i agree with weiss but definitely nervous when i agree with josh and certainly agree with starbucks. owned it for a long time and saw it as a great reopening trade, too,s as they were retooling china emerging with starbucks -- the stock's still expensive, judge. period no way around it still growing earnings, though, at 15% it's very fully valued i'm staying with a tornado i think, too, a lot of those increment's dollars arriving in stim checks will get spent as a starbucks, too, but this is not a ch

kevin johnson and john hoge. both of them are employees here, at this amazon facility.ation. here's what they had to say. >> we're not going to be tolerating with being -- with fear. because being fear, that's what they give us. >> i am not here to pass judgment on anybody. what somebody else has gone through that i don't know about, i'm not here to say they didn't go through it. the only thing i would say to them is what avenues have you exhausted through amazon that lead you to feel that this is the only way to go. >> reporter: so the vote is ongoing now. vote by mail due to covid. results at the end of the month. if pro union get 50% plus one, that will start the process. next step is contract negotiations. >> amazon is one of the largest retailers here. what could it mean for workers around the u.s. and other large companies? >> reporter: this is a natural spot, president biden supported workers here in alabama and across the country generally in unionization. we saw the congressional delegates come to the g the facility in support of unionization. if this vote does

i love kevin johnson i think you know what, a lot of coffee, a lot of coffee shops went out of business,000 stores that went out of business, a lot of them are coffee stocks so starbucks reigns supreme, carl. >> maybe talking down the line about coffee prices and coffee roasting pricing which are on the rise because of transportation costs, it goes back to that so we're keeping an eye on stocks, and of course, fixed income, and the eco-data that remains on the way, let's get to rick santelli. hey, rick. >>> yes, i will go to the charts before the eco-data shows up, in a few minutes, we'll have the market pmi services, composite, but if you look at a week to date of tens, you can see what happened here. 1.45 was sort of a breaker the minute we popped through, it you can see a bit of a panic most likely, so traders stuck the wrong way with respect to looking for rates to move a bit lower and indeed they did move higher, we're now up 7 basis points, hovering right at 1.45 and if you look at the 24-hour chart of bond yields you will see indeed influence in europe, many would suggest, as pet

materially accelerate this year on that note, don't miss a first on cnbc interview with starbucks ceo kevin johnsonlike this idea, joe, starbucks as a reopening play? is there room to run there >> well, i think it's a repositioning play versus reopening play they repositioned themselves throughout 2020. full disclosure, i own the stock. i added to it throughout 2020. it's been about repositioning toward the digital experience for the customer mobile order and pay has grown significantly. it's now 30% of the revenue in the u.s., it's 25% of the revenue in china the availability is 99% in all of the stores. and just think about it, sara, they have done such a tremendous job with the digital engagement with their membership program. so the growth in membership domestically has been 15%, 50% in china it's been a remarkable pivot that management has made i'm very much looking forward to that interview on "halftime" tomorrow i'm remaining long 130 is the price target, easily achievable let's make it 150. >> there we go upgrade on the spot. >>> rising interest rates are hurting home builder sent meant. di

i'm one of many voices in that room >> and in terms of what you're going to be doing with kevin, kevin johnson have worked a lot more closely together we have a standing call every monday morning to go over what's on his mind, and i mean that when i say what's on his mind and really think through any issues that are affecting the company. i love the collaboration with kevin, and i love the work so i think we both are enjoyingg this period, and i hope we continue to do great things together >> as a value investor, on one side of your life, and now the chair woman of this company on the other, we're looking at the stock price by the way of starbucks on the screen which you may or may not be able to see, but of course it's been on quite a run, how do you think about those two things, and what kind of advice are you giving kevin these days about the future of a company, again, relative to what investors seem to be wanting right now? >> so let's start off with the value versus growth story. i've always seen value in starbucks. i remember years ago, i made a big investment, personally, in starbucks

originally starbucks said they would pay kevin johnson their ceo 1.8 million for this year and then heal when he comes to retention bonus about to $50 million over three years in the shareholder said actually, no, we had a top 2020 restaurants are closed so why should he get that much money. stuart: fair enough. thank you. still ahead on this program today pete hegseth and chad wolf. second arm "varney & co." next this isn't just freight. these aren't just shipments. they're promises. big promises. small promises. cuddly shaped promises. each with a time and a place they've been promised to be. and the people of old dominion never turn away a promise. or over promise. or make an empty promise. we keep them. a promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you. [announcer] durán catches leonard with a big left. ♪♪ you can spend your life in boxing or any other business, but one day, you're gonna take a hit you didn't see coming. and it won't matter what hit you. what matters is you're down. and there's nothing down there with you but the choice that will define yo

& johnson single dose vaccines that will be out there. i guess, kevin, pronto, huh? >> yeah, sooner than some expected. although to be fair, not as many doses unfortunately, neil as had been hoped for. this is a boon for all americans that still need to take the vaccine. this is great for everyone especially as we try to get the economy rolling again. the white house today actually told governors on tuesday to expect fewer than 400,000 doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine next week that is far below what they initially had expected to be available however, in making the announcement today with johnson & johnson and merck, the president said he's helping manufacture this vaccine under the deal brokered by the white house. that's a win for all of us. you may recall last week, mr. biden announced the u.s. would have enough covid-19 doses for every adult american by the end of may. that was in itself a two-month acceleration of the previous timeline laid out by the administration. here's his approach as by mr. biden not long ago. >> i said we have to trea

the senator ron johnson sort of school of thought here. >> childish. >> does it seem like kevin mccarthy really has a handle on his conference? >> no. the question, whether he's lost control or whether he ever had any control. i think it's probably the fact that he doesn't have any control and never did, and that donald trump is the one be who controls these people. and if he were to come out and say, look, don't gum up the works. this doesn't give the american people any kind of good view who you are. for example, they gummed up the works on passing non-controversial legislation, like awarding congressional medals to three police officers who fought off the insurrectionists. so they delayed that. what is the purpose in that? what is the purpose in delaying the approval of covid legislation, which about, over 60% of the american public approves? they look childish. they look foolish. but they are going to continue to do it, brianna, until they lose. until it's more than 40 republicans who vote against this. >> and with 40 gop house members voting against this motion to adjourn, i mean, i

kevin: i think for president biden as he moves forward, to be able to assist in the giant achievement of merck and johnsonon in their collaboration efforts and how they are working on the vaccine, i thing that is a really important point to make. tom: very quickly, on infrastructure, doesn't the president and everyone else give the gentlelady from the bronx additional funding for the harlem river greenway? that's the way this works, right? kevin: i think that is an interesting point to make, especially given the drama with amazon in that particular district. it will be interesting to see how that plays. jonathan: you get the sense when kevin has got to run. lisa: wants to run. [laughter] jonathan: when he shortens down the responses. jonathan: kevin cirilli, chief washington correspondent. he's the host of "sound on" on bloomberg radio, weekdays at 5:00 p.m. eastern. tom: jon, you are on clubhouse, right? lisa: i am not on clubhouse. jonathan: i don't know what i'm doing on it. lisa: have you done anything on it? jonathan: no. annmarie hordern come our colleague and coanchor, invited me. i will invite you

house minority leader kevin mccarthy asking for a meeting with president biden himself to talk about all this. republican senator ron johnson. >> they are doing everything they possibly can to make sure we don't have a secure border. i'm highly alarmed. we're already at levels on a daily basis over 4,000 people per day crossing the border illegally being apprehended. imagine that, about a caravan a day. >> so given those numbers you heard senator johnson saying a caravan a day. given those numbers, i asked the white house press secretary on friday if there were any discussions within the white house about perhaps reversing or rolling back its new policy of allowing all unaccompanied children into the united states. jen psaki said emphatically no, no change in policy. >> bill: kristin fisher leads our coverage this morning. ron vitiello is the former customs enforcement director under president trump. the white house hasn't called it a crisis. what do you think they find there this week? >> they will see what happens when you take all of the tools that prevent this kind of surge at the border with children alone or families

. >> so, jason johnson, yesterday jonathanyesterday, jonathan wrote a great article at new york magazine talking about the racial background behind the filibuster. this morning, kevin, but i know you'll want to hear this list. from kevin cruz, this when the filibuster was used. the filibuster against the civil rights bill in 1874. against the civil rights bill in '75. filibuster against black official in 1909, against antilynching bill, 1921. against antilynching bill, 1922, against antilynching bill 1925. against monument to black world war i veterans, 1926. filibuster against antilynching bill, 1935. against an this lynching bill, 1938. filibuster against bill targeting racial discrimination. against truman civil rights proposals 1948. 1949. against trummen civil rights proposal 1950. against measures to fight housing discrimination, 1954. filibuster against rights, 1960. 1962, against civil rights bill, 1963. against civil rights bill, 1964. civil rights bill 1966. against civil rights bill 1968. against bill targeting employment discrimination 1972. against civil rights bill 1976. against extension of voting rights bill, 1982. against creation of mlk day 1983.

johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas, msnbc contributor victoria d'francesco soto. michael, let me ask you first about that hearing. we heard from kevin mccarthy afterward who said he did not regret using the term chinese coronavirus. he said, that's just a statement of fact, it's where it came from, but it's some of the other rhetoric that we've heard from president trump and others that we know has been tied to some of the violence and attacks against asian americans over the last year. >> here's the thing, if your asian american colleagues come to you and say, please would you not use that term, mr. speaker at the time or minority leader, would you not use that term, why wouldn't you just do what they asked? if they say to you, that's offensive to us. so this lack of sensitivity, this lack of, i don't care, i'm going to double down, triple down. we've seen it with marjorie taylor greene, we've seen it with congressman roy here. and you see it most disturbingly from the leadership, which continues to soft pedal, soft step, not engage on these things, sort of turn their head and pretend it's not happening. but the testimony of citize

johnson, brad rumfield, brittany dawn scruggs, bryan fundora, car lessa taylor, curt inn smith, daevion pullom, detraio dijon whorton, james john del giorno, jessica morehouse, jordan reen, joseph marwan brown, jovanne holman, kevin neal, kimberly marcum, lentaius kor test hall, leonne kellam, lovelle lovelleularramore. i apologize for mispronouncing many of these names, but it is it important to read these names into the record so at least they live in that space. because the numbers aren't moving our colleagues to action. so far this year, just 2021, there have been 9,649 gun-related deaths. these include homicides and murders, accidental shootings, and suicides. some people take issue with the fact that when we talk about the gun violence epidemic that we're including suicides in these numbers and there have been thousands of suicides in the united states this year, but it's important that we talk about these deaths together. again, this evening is not going to be a time to go deep into the question of policy change, but when you do start to explore interventions and causes, you will find that many of the same causes for homicides cause suicides as well. for instance, there's a very clear correlation between p