>> because you get more than your money for $5 at kfc. kfc. >> reporter: y? more for your money. >> reporter: pizza hut, why? >> i would eat it every day. >> reporter: subway? >> healthier for you. it looks >> ous. . . bw >> reporter: subway? >> yes. fill you up more. >> usually g for the largest thing here. i w arby's. >> arby's, sandwich, zpris a drink. >> reporter: why did you pick quizno's? >> because it is a good portion. >> reporter: by the way, she was the only person who thought quizno's served up enough food for five bucks. >> small. i was going to say quizno's but that sandwich looks small. >> too small. the sub. >> reporter: who gives you the best $5 deal? de 42 judges only one picked quizno's. three picked pizza hut. eight said subway. d d an 1 9 and 19 said they would spend their $5 at kfc, including this consumer. >> kfc girl. >> reporter: all right. thank you. they were serious. the professor told tuesday real genius in the deal is the perception that a single bill, $5 bill, can combine both quality and value all at the same time. i think kfc g

now others, kfc, arby's, quiznos, pizza hut offering lunches for $5.sults are mixed. >> i usually go for tst lgear thing. arby's. >> sandwich, fries, drink. >> kfc? >> why? you get more than your money for $5. kfc. >> of the 42 people we asked only one picked quiznos, three, pelt za hut, 8, subway. 11. arrby's. and five said they would spend their $5 at kfc. come on, bob. get on up here. >> busy night! >> yes it was. you have been all over the place. >> how busy, bob? >> and down. i had to get the weather picture of the night. >> and it is? >> the moon? eak a >> take a .ok an aou y going to do on ao o night likengto nit.gh e avbe .er >> have a wbeereatu pfreic t o pme >> oo g night for a beer. vice president willt pie.eecth. >> you kn, w deo the best we can. >> ha-ha. heor the o tod.baop too bad. ho tthtus j erodmpteuremp today was 89 tmpej degrees. e vance, i wan ateg k at the bottom of we, dustouha yo we, dtou y thin tnk you ought your breath. >> ha-ha. >> outside tonight, our temperatures are right now -- here we are. our high temperature, 89 degree

you get a sandwich, fries and a drink. >> kfc. >> why? >> you get more than your money for $5 at kfc. >> of the 42 people we asked, only one picked quizno's. three, pizza hit, eight said subway. 11 chose ashby is and 19 said kfc. >>> it may soon get more expensive to shop in the district. the sales tax would increase .25 to 6%. the cigarette tax would increase to $2.50 per pack. this would help close a budget deficit. >>> to the money crisis now and a look at how foreign markets are doing today. asian stock markets ended the peek week on a positive note. japan's nikkei gained 1.89. hang seng, 1.68. shanghai, 2.72%. to wall street, the dow is pointing to i apos tiff opening. the dow reached its highest level since last december. it gained at 9,154. the nasdaq gained 16 points closing at 1984. >>> candidates should be prepared to work a variety of hours. they need a valid driver's license and the ability to drive a manual transmission. visit nbcwashington.com. search jobs for you. >>> still ahead, an important alert if you plan to ride metr

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kfc, pizza hut, they actually reduced full year forecast due to weakness in china and the united states. talk about that more later on. and the lab down 2%, ahead of earnings, abbott labs, internal numbers.s. merrill lynch make as bullish call on ford saying they're gaining market share, they upgrade the stock. bertha, how are we looking at the nasdaq? >> a grand slam. beat on the bottom line if you take out the european, 10 cents ahead. 18 cents, beat on refb nhus offering an upbeat revenue and seeing a rebound in the pc area. intel up about 7.5%. tips strong. good news from al tieria, an upgrade. and not sure it's a recovery, asml pcht not the len, altera trading. and may be looking at the end of textbook as we know them saying we could give every kid a candle and that way teachers will bring them textbooks much more easily. amazon up 1.5% and j.d. hutt a loser, the trucker is not seeing it. downgrade after its results missed and raymond james. and coppers at a one-month high. commodities rallying. >> on the move. thank you very much. it's not too difficult to figure. stronger equity,

kfc faces another lawsuit over looking like a bird without a head in the oprah give away.ame two, china, now considering a ban on the one part of chicken we don't eat, american chicken feet. it is all part of a bird brave trade war. here is my personal favorite. >> i buy it all at toyota. >> what is up with this? apple go found er at a body sho. >> futures market is a total farce. >> not cramer but snake oil market. pressure going to limit the ability of driving oil prices out of whack. it is a recipe for bad gas. vote on the blog. currently the winner is aig. >> my head is spinning. thanks so much. we'll be right back with "last call" on otc derives. ♪ on this endless ocean ♪ finly lovers know no shame ♪ ♪ watching in slow moti ♪ as you turn tme and say ♪ take my breath away (annncer)ge locomotive. customers love them almost as much as ♪ my love g them. (announc) innovation today for america's tomorrow. bacholesrol but your good cholestol and triglycerides are ill out of line? then you may n be seeing the whole pre. ask your doctor about ilipix. if you're at high risk of

the old kfc, and jobs once scarce are finally returning. >> it looks just like christmas time.mas in the middle of a recession? in west point, yes. >> we jokingly call it kia. >> the korean car company is about to open a sprawling manufacturing plant thanks to $400 billion in tax breaks. even in the midst of a recession, the company will hire 2500 new workers, suppliers, and new businesses and the mayor says west point's population 3500 stands to gain 20,000 jobs over the next five years. divine intervention. >> the economic activity here is incredible. the trickle down effect from the local economy has been staggering. >> reporter: remarkable for a city slowly becoming a ghost town. textile mills that once defied west point slit down in the 1990s leaving many out of work. including 52-year-old margaret, laid off last year, now working again at one of kia's suppliers. did you ever think you'd be making car parts? >> not at all. >> reporter: not in a million years? >> no. >> reporter: new construction is everywhere. at roger's barbecue, business is booming. >> get them in here o

kfc is now offering grilled chicken as an option on its menu. it's starting a trend. i mean, now arby's is going to start using actual roost beef. [ laughter ] it's so exciting. thank you, everyone. we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well, all right. great crowd tonight. questlove, how are you? >> questlove: tired. >> jimmy: you're tired? >> questlove: yeah. >> jimmy: i was reading your tweets. you were up like 24 hours. >> questlove: 22 hours and 30 minutes. >> jimmy: why? i don't understand. so you left here, you went to a gig? >> questlove: we did madison square garden last night. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: nice. >> questlove: with dave matthews. and then we did another show at the highline ballroom. he lost his voice. he can't even talk. >> jimmy: tariq, you can't talk? oh, come on. that can't -- that's not your real voice. >> questlove: dude, he has no voice. >> jimmy: i mean, you were up -- that's insane. i didn't. i went home and went to sleep. [ laughter ] that makes me feel so lazy. >> questlove:

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saturday, gumbo, fried chicken, kfc, barbecue chicken, corn on the cob. he and the children. >> larry: kai has written a dramatic blog about what happened that day. read it only on cnn.com/larryking. we'll be right back. [ new age music plays ] now the colors of life can last a lifetime. valspar -- the beauty goes on. a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. >> larry: we're back with kai chase. you haven't been to the house since. >> no. >> larry: you saw the kids at his mother's house. >> yes. >> larry: why do you think the doctor called for prince? >> well, i think, you know, at that point he may have panicked. >> larry: the doctor panicked? >> it seemed like he was in a panic state. he called for prince. he called for security. somebody. you know? anyone that was allowed to go upstairs. >> larry: did you see dr. murray before that? >> i saw him a lot in

. >> good stock of the day is yum, yum brands, the owner of kfc and pizza hut. like yum brands. play the growth of the emerging markets. the middle class around the world. >> the chairwoman putting her money where her mouth is literally. yum jumped 7%. >> we liked the engine on the desk for a very, very long time. amgen is a great stock, a great stock you want to own. >> the liquidator betting big on this biotech name as the company's key experimental drug beat out a rival in the test. shares got a shot in the arm soaring 14%. >> products moved from 117 to 87 is within 5% of being terribly attractive. i think fertilizer is important in this growing cycle. those are two names, potash i would be buying. >> the ambassador believing fertilizer would play a role. despite lowering the second quarter outlook, the stock rallied 7% adds prices climbed. >> if they can get through the little hiccup that we're going through now, jefferies sets up very well for the new wall street. >> back in march, the negotiator making a bet on the future of wall street. the boutique bank'

and start with kfc, taco bell, pizza hut. retabed iined its guidance. currency being attributed but beat, they're down after-hours.. keep that in mind. jim goldman will hit on intel. the e.u. fine makes a major difference here. gross margins ridiculous. look at these other two companies, applied materials, bro bro broad.com, those names should boost the nasdaq. and we'll talk about that in a little bit. syn syntox, make business uniforms, they made profits last time. i know goldman, i talked to a lot of people, some say it's unfair they're taking risk and have the backing. >> the ankle biters, ankle biters. i just have to believe, when you see a big financial company like goldman with blowout earnings and big chip-maker with blowout earnings, the economy has to be better even though i agree with mort zuckerman who will be here in a few minutes, job picture is terrible and retails at best mediocre.. what is it stocks know? serious question.. you cover this beat. stocks look ahead. maybe that's the issue. is that what they know that the statistical releas

the old kfc, young's garden.jobs once scarce are finally returning. >> just like christmastime. like christmas. >> reporter: christmas, in the middle of a recession? in west point, yes. >> we jokingly call it kia bill. >> reporter: kia is about to open a sprawling manufacturing plant, thanks to $400 million in tax breaks. even in the midst of a recession, the company will hire 2,500 new workers, add suppliers and new businesses, and the mayor says west point, population 3,500, stands to gain 20,000 jobs over the next five years. divine intervention. >> the economic activity here is incredible. the trickle-down effect in the local economy has been staggering. >> reporter: remarkable for a city that was slowly becoming a ghosttown. textile mills that once defined west point shut down in the 1990s, leaving many out of work. including 52-year-old margaret mcmanus, laid off last year, now working again at one of kia's suppliers. did you ever think you would be making car parts? >> not at all. not in a million years. >

instead the analyst tells clients he likes yum brands, the owner of taco bell, pizza hut, and kfc. upgrades that one to an overweight from an equal weight. and as you can see, that stock is up. suntrust robinson humphrey downgrades visa to a neutral from a buy citing valuation, the likelihood of operating margin expansion will begin to slow down. the stock, visa shares up more than 50% since late january. so that, scott, is the valuation concern. >> all right, maria. declining sales, huge losses, weak demand. it sounds like a recipe for financial disaster. and yet it's proving to be stock market gold. cnbc's matt nesto has a look at the rally of the hated. hey, matt. >> the rally of the hated? this i have to hear. >> the hated. it sounds like either a punk band or this whole out of favor thing is really polite talk on wall street. but man, we're talking about companies and sectors, industries that are just -- you know, you can't see them making money, and they're naughty. we take a look at their results here and some of these groups are aum facing falling sales. double digits. 20%,

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the old pizza hut is a korean barbecue, the old kfc, discarded.carce are finally returning. >> like christmas time. like christmas. >> reporter: christmas in the middle of a recess? in west point, yes. >> we jokingly call it kiaville. >> reporter: the korean car company is about to open a sprawling manufacturing plant, thanks to $400 million in texas breaks. even in the midst of a recess the company will hire 2,500 new workers as spleers and businesses and the mayor says west point population 3,500 stands to gain 20,000 jobs over the next five years. divine intervention. >> the economic activity is incredible. the trickle down effect to the local economy has been staggering. >> reporter: remarkable for a city that was becoming a ghost town. textile mills shut down in the '90s. >> did you ever think you would be making car part? >> no not at all. >> not in a million years? >> no. >> reporter: new construction is every where. at roger's barbecue, business is booming. >> they are coming back. >> reporter: this car wash business is up 70%. and down th

he had his own grilled chicken and jackso had a bucket of kfc. >> i missed that. in the flurry of coverage, i did not get to that. >> i did, too. >> i saw the actual quote. and magic was funny since then. there's been a fair amount written about it. >> remember when they put that coupon for free grilled chicken at kfc on their website and they didn't have enough chicken for all the customers.s. if you're going to put a coupon on oprah's website, make sure you have enough chicken in the fridge. >> jermaine invited magic over and michael and they had a full time gourmet she have. magic was getting grilled kicken. when michael sat down to eat with them, they delivered a bucket of chicken. you saw david novak's piece in the times over the weekend, too? >> oh, that's right. >> in other corporate headlines today, lender cit group holding advanced talks with the government about receiving emergency federal assistance. ailing cit wants help through a program that would guarantee its debt. so far, the fdic has been resistant to these. they're citing concerns about backing

loved magic johnson with a story about him ordering the grilled chicken and michael jackson eating kfci think for so many of us, we wanted a piece of what he was really like. and so when those people gave that insight, you were like that was -- i wish i were there. >> and as you also mentioned off air, another one of those moments is when marlin talked about michael being in disease, shopping for cds, but marlin knew him right away. >> and then he said, michael. and he said, marlin, how did you know it was me. i was just on the couch all day. >> and in tears. >> please. >>> and let's talk about our weather conditions. and i'll start by doing something we haven't had any real reason to do, i'm going to start with the tropics. and i only start because there is still nothing going on there. we're in july now, into the -- as we head into the second week of july now, july 8th and still nothing happening. now there is some moisture in the northern gulf of mexico but it's not trap cal in nature. it's associated with a frontal system. showers across northern florida and off the coast of the ca

yum brands, a parent of kfc, taco bell and pizza hut reported second quarter profits beating forecasts. but the company is cutting its salesout look on weakness in the u.s. and china. yum expects china to be flat and u.s. stores to be down slightly. yum fell 4% in after hours trading and in frankfurt this morning, off by another 3 plus percent. wizards and witches were mingling with muggels tuesday night. harry potter and the half blood prince, the sixth film in the series opened at midnight in the u.s. as a matter of fact, i heard someone walking through the news room here who happened to catch that film. the first four movies made 4.5 million worldwide. scholastic, which publishes the books in the u.s. is seeing renewed interest in the series with each movie released. coming up, nymex could average $45 a barrel in the third quarter according to morgan stanley. do you agree with that? e-mail us as worldwide@cnbc.com. >>> looking at the harry potter pictures, it looks like we're getting a bit more mature and grownup there with that story line. on the current markets, pound and euro up

when magic johnson gave them that great plug saying michael jackson loved kfc, that can't hurt. traded sideways. you look at, it it's basically $32, $35, bouncing around for the entire quarter. i think the outlook -- they beat every quarter, by the way, carl. this is one, better than john chambers, just beats 100% of the time. whatever the guidance is, that is what the key is. not this quarter. but what the guidance is. i think overall, the growth in china, of course, could help mitigate some of the losses they see in some of the other economies. look for another sideways quarter from them but i would be a comfortable owner of yum at these levels. >> you mentioned -- i mean, look, we're going to see this a lot, jon being we're going to see patterns where we hit the march lows and turned into a decent rally all the way, as we rode that to the middle of may. how much -- to what degree does that mean that the good stories to the degree we hear good stories, are already baked in, right? how much of these companies already benefitted from the rally that appears now to be at least top

the old pizza hut is a korean barbecue, the old kfc, young garden, jobs are finally returning. >> justhristmas. >> reporter: christmas in the middle of a recession? in west point, yes. >> we jokingly call it kiaville. >> reporter: it is about to open manufacturing plants thanks to $400 million in tax breaks. even in the midst of a recession, the company will hire 2,500 new workers, add suppliers and new businesses, and the mayor says west point's population 3,500 stands to gain 20,000 jobs over the next five years. divine intervention. >> the economic activity is tremendous, the trickle down effect has been staggering. >> reporter: remarkable for a city that was slowly becoming a ghost town. textile mills that once defined west point shut down in the 1990s, leaving many out of work. including 52-year-old margaret, laid off last year, now working again at one of kia's suppliers. >> did you ever think you would be making car parts? >> not at all. >> reporter: new construction is everywhere. at roger's barbecue, business is booming. >> well, we can get them in here one time, we can get th

. >>> well, i-report has contacted the fast food chains for a response and found on mcdonald's and kfcreport on their effort to recycle. >>> a horrifying scene on a georgia highway. police officers pull up to a van that looks like this. engulfed in flames. people trapped inside. see the incredible rescue that came next. >>> police in suburban atlanta pulled up just in time to save two people from a van that burst into flames on the highway. and incredible rescue was all caught on tape. michelle marsh from affiliate wgcl has the story. >> reporter: it's a family road trip for the king family. everything is going as planned until a tire blew. sparks fly and this fire ignites. the king family minivan erupts into a fireball. they manage to make it to the shoulder, but two of the four family members are still inside. and it's all caught on police dashcam video. >> my door wouldn't open. michelle, my sister, was still in the van. and they were trying to put out the fire. >> reporter: as marietta police pull up, you can hear sister stephanie and michelle king screaming for police to help thei