kroger has more than 2700 stores in 35 states under the kroger king superers and ralph smiths and fred meyer brand and raising wages after employees in ohio voted for a union backed deal that will lead to higher pay in several cities. >>> the iphone is number one among america's teens. a survey shows 82% of teenagers own an iphone, up from 78% last fall. that trend could continue, 84% say the next device will also ab an iphone. this may bode well for the apple watch, 20% of teens plan to buy one in the next six months. they think this sets apple up nicely as it expected to release three new iphones this fall. >> we love our iphones kate, thanks. >> teens must have a lot of money. >> or the parents. >> coming up next on qu"today i the bay", another bought of rain to pass through. >> it will move through later this evening. most of the day is slooking good. as we look outside in fremont, it is a dry start -- paloal to will be at 48 degrees at 8:00 this morning, making it into the mid-60s today. a few clouds mixing in. we'll talk about the rain and how much we may see coming up next. >>>

. >> super market war of kroger going on a higher spree. and an exclusive with the ceo straight ahead starbucks is apologizing after two black men were arrested at the philadelphia location and shares of allegiant air is tumbling "power lunch" starts right now >> welcome to "power lunch" i am melissa lee. the s&p 500 is just shy of their 50 days moving average merck is the biggest gain in the dow. bristol-myers is tanking more on this story straight ahead. and yields of the 2-yr is at it highest level in more than three weeks. check out cocoa. prices here soaring to levels that we have not seen since november >> everybody loves cocoa >> tyler mathisen here, welcome everybody. let's get you caught up on other headlines. home builder -- domino's pizzas rambling up more deliver hot spots. these are places bike parks and beaches that don't have traditional addresses. more than 200 million eggs being recalled over salmonella fears 22 people have fallen ill and more than 20 states are being affected including florida, new jersey and new york. the

i heard kroger is planning on hiring thousands of new employees.couple of years ago for $38 and when amazon purchased whole food, kroger took a nose dive. should i hang on it or bail on it. >> i think kroger is troubled but you have two german operators coming in and i have been to whole foods a bunch of time and they are doing a lot of great changes. my instinct is that i don't see a lot of upside into it. and i think i am being very ambassador like. ron in illinois. >> caller: booyah. i am calling because back in late february, you had a segment where general mills had been a sale in blue buffalo being a dog lover. i felt you were right and bought a significant position a couple of weeks later, general mills announced earnings that missed the analyst estimates and took another beating at this price point where they are at right now, i think down around $45, would you raise them as a hold? >> no, first of all, thank you, i am a dog lover too i was early. i don't think i am wrong you can say jim, you are wrong with, the stock fell five, they had to

supermarket company kroger is set to hire eleven thousand new employees in an effort to increase customer service and efficiency at its more than twenty eight thousand locations the two percent increase employees will bring the total number of workers at kroger to four hundred fifty thousand the hiring strategy as part of a three year plan to refocus on existing stores as opposed to opening new location so the move comes as grocery stores are facing increased competition and white of amazon's purchase of whole foods last year and pressure from grocery deep discounters like european based altie and others which are expanding in u.s. markets. a so-called fat finger error by an employee of the giant south korean electronics firm samsung has created one hundred five billion dollars debacle at the firm stock trading arm last friday an employee at samsung securities attempted to share dividends with pensioners but instead of giving them a thousand one dollar per share instead they were sent one thousand shares of samsung stock and what is termed the fat finger error of course that set a massive

increasing competition takeover rumors and new employee initiatives like sue just said, ceo of kroger is going to join us exclusively on "power lunch" to talk about all that and much more plus, bruised brands starbucks and allegiant under fire following big pr stumbles will there be lasting repercussions. and the ceo of the 76ers on the team's very hot season, record merchandise sales and why respecting the process can get you very far that and much more ahead on "powerun." dot move, because "the halftime report" is back right after this break this is a tomato you can track from farm, to pot, to jar, to table. and serve with confidence that it's safe. this is a diamond you can follow from mine to finger, and trust it never fell into the wrong hands. ♪ ♪ this is a shipment transferred two hundred times, transparently tracked from port to port. this is the ibm blockchain, built for smarter business. built to run on the ibm cloud. this is the ibm blockchain, built for smarter business. - anncr: as you grow older, -your brain naturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall.

lauren: allright hillary, kroger is looking to hire?eporter: a massive hiring spree for the grocery chain. they plan to let 11,000 supermarket employees to its supermarket roster, setting it to gear its biggest competitors amazon and wal-mart. pumping up wages in several locations across the u.s., the company pledging to invest 500 million in wage increases, training and development. shares of kroger down 15% this year. cheryl: alright, so this is pretty interesting. we soon may go to travel in the cargo home of a plane. >> right. would you guys sleep next to your luggage? this is the next bright idea from airbus. the multipurpose cargo hold is the new thing. they are thinking about converting where you put your luggage so travelers could catch some z's on their next redeye flight. they're working to develop sleeping in certain model planes sat model planes set for long-range flights. the plan is to optimize amenities for travelers and help airlines profit from the added perks. but there is a catch presage rules require passengers to be

i was at the kroger company yesterday. kroger is one of the largest employers in the united states. a great grocery store chain. the largest in the country, by the way. they happen to headquarter in ohio. they made a huge announcement yesterday. what they said is they are going to take the savings they got from the tax relief and tax reform measure and they're going to give it back substantially to their employees. and the things they talked about were really interesting. one is to increase the 401(k) match. that's important. they already give a 100% match. now they will give it at 5% rather than 4% of people's salaries. that's nice because people can save more for their retirement. they talked about helping employees who had a stuff time through an employee assistance program. they are increasing funding for that program. they are talking about applying an employee discount program so employees can buy more from their home stores, expanding how much they can buy with the discount. that helps their employees. but they also talked about something i thought was really great, which is

amazon's automated store in seattle -- >> walmart and kroger's are trying out robots and scatter systems meant to save on labor and improve customer service. one analysis says half of the retail jobs could be lost -- >> chocolate whopper was one of the products touted on april fool's day. it comes with raspberry sirup and white chocolate rings. >> dozens of zippers making it customizable. both items completely fake. >> too bad. >> those are your techbytes. >> easter went downhill in san francisco this weekend. >> the annual bring your own big wheel was yesterday. the crookedest street in the city on modified try sick ls. no winners or losers, just plenty of fun. help to pay for the cost of the event. >> abc news was at or ak acle aa where they donated -- each three-point shot made during the season. the warriors up to $440,000 so far in donations with ten days left in the regular season. >> a teacher goes above and beyond to give her students an easter they won't forget. >> south korean perform in the north for the first time in 13 years. one surprising group got rave reviews from ♪ ♪ ge

the shoppers at the kroger was startled by a loud pop. turns out a gunshot.cover, mccomb county deputies arrived. the 23-year-old c.p.l. holder was adjusting his holster when his gun went off. >> trevor: shooting yourself while grocery shopping is the worst because you still have to check out, all right. then you know there is going to be an old lady in front of you paying with a stack of coupons and you're, like, can you hurry up? i'm bleeding. tough shit, i'm saving a nickel on my item. some good guys forget their guns, some shoot themselves in the foot. i know what you're thinking. they're amateurs, trained on-duty professionals know how to handle guns. i'll play a video the opposite of what i said. >> maplewood police officer still working a shift after his gun went off at a children's learning center this week. a third grader was able to reach inside his holster and fire the weapon on monday. bullet went into the ground, nobody was hurt. ( laughter ) >> trevor: are you shitting me? a third-grader grabbed a police officer's gun, unholsterred it and fired

tax cut deal, nonetheless, kroger is down a fraction.art going to offer online grocery delivery to 40% of u.s. homes, they are teaming up with outfit called post mates, enough for the stock to go up 65 cents. apparently not big a deal. the justice department allow beyer to buy monsanto, this is a huge deal. this is 62 billion-dollar deal. monsanto is down a fraction, beyer up a big. american medication of teacher threaten to remove business, so far the bank is resisting, are they right to resist, liz? liz: i don't think the american public wants banks to decide which legal products that consumers can and cannot buy. stuart: i don't like consumer boycotts, period. what do you have d.r.? >> i have to my say brother works for wells and with that said, i think liz is spot on, if we are going to boycott people because of who they serve, we are telling businesses to cut out large portions of their business, i don't think that's right. stuart: i don't like boycotts, period. mike: you have a big union that represents people from both sides of th

against having any sort of war in syria then that means that these people who are generally quite kroger or a worried because it's russia russia is not you know one of these in inverted commas small arab countries that can easily be blown to hell like syria or yemen you know that they feel the west feels that it can do that syria is not to be trifled with fareed is you know a bona fide a real superpower and i think you know england needs to realize that it is no longer a superpower it's just the old man of europe that's not even going to be in your very much longer. appreciate your time political analyst commentator should be a house and i thank you. now the news police have used armored vehicles to demolish structures at an eco camp in western france. activists gathered again on wednesday to try and prevent police from entering the site near the city of nonstate clash with officers throwing stones and bottles authorities responded with tear gas against the activists clashes are now been raging for three straight days. thank. you i. perked up. q q. her. london's metropolitan police have

these stores related to kroger's, we are seeing it around the country. stores are highing more people. they are increasing benefits, people are able to get a g.e.d. they say it is because they are saving money under the tax law. we have heard it again and again in my state and the presiding officer heard it in his state, saving money because of the tax law. a lot of companies are paying more because they want to hold on to the workers that they have. that's one reason that the initial jobless claims number for the first week in april dropped. the claims of people who are out of work who file for -- for benefits from the government, the number of people filing has dropped by 9,000 people. that is a sign that people are keeping jobs, don't need to apply for unemployment benefits. the number of jobless claims has been low for the longest stretch now ever. they have been keeping records since 1967, nobody has ever seen it like this. one economist looked at the good news and said, the job market is rip roaring. the american people don't need an economist to t

centric companies trading higher, including cbs that cvs, walgreens, kroger, most of the revenue comes from the u.s., most of the products sold not affected by a possible trade war. the technicals are still weak for the s&p 500. 4399, whicht g #btv you can access on gtv, a one-year chart of the s&p 500. uptrend last year where the buyers had the index above the two day moving average and think, the 200 a moving average and blue. this is called a diamond top. the area of congestion typically breaks to the downside, a concern, 50 day moving average down, that tells you that the sellers are really stepping up and the buyers are disappearing with the average on the 200 day moving average, if that brings the downside, it would mean 2200. david: beware of the technicals. thank you. president trump said he will do it and now he has, trade representative announced 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of imports from china, china came back with a similar set of proposed sanctions on some of products. joshua wrote the book on steve bannon. welcome. good to have you. do you think the trump administra

kroger and albertsons got c grades. d grades for cosco, target, trader joe's, and whole foods. >>> facebook is venturing further into the tech industry. facebook is building a team to design and build ships. while there are no details on how they would use the chips, uses could include powering hardware devices, artificial intelligence software, use of servers and data centers. facebook will join other tech giants. back in 2010, apple started shipping chips and uses them across many major product lines. google has also developed its own artificial intelligence chip. >>> another major power outage in puerto rico, most of the island went dark. we will talk about the efforts from tesla to try to bring power back. >>> dozens of people in a homeless encampment are told today is the day they must lead ashley. the details on the eviction, coming up. >>> good morning. we are starting the commute with traffic not too slow at the golden gate bridge. it looks good from marin into san francisco. >>> most of the rain and clouds have

and black rock, the world's largest money manager stripping companies like walmart, kroger and di dick'sporting goods frm the socially conscious sales trading funds over the sale of guns. black rock made public its scrutiny of companies associated with gun sales and manufacturing. this is an example of investors steering clear of companies some customers wish to avoid. a south korean court ruled the ex president is guilty of coercion. she has maintained her innocence, claiming to be a victim of, quote, political revenge and has refused to attend court since november. >>> when we come back, the rhetoric is certainly being turned up between beijing and washington. that is our top story this morning as we explore this potential trade war. it is moving the markets. we have reaction from europe straight ahead. as we go to break, let's show you dow futures. stocks are down for the first time in four days, down 213 in the premarket. you're watching "fbn a.m.." how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake,

and regular folks across the nation at your supermarkets, kroger and giant eagle and walmart or where you buy food. it's all going up at the piggly wiggly. >> and soy beans. we're the biggest supplier of soy beans. >> if they hit soy beans, we have a new world. >> and boeing. china is a big consumer of boeing airplanes. lot of ways this has ramifications down the road. traders are looking across the board at all companies and saying, where do they have big sales in china. intel has 23%. corning,22%. starbucks 20%. so lots of companies you may never have expected have big exposure to china and that's why you're seeing this major route on stocks. i spoke to a trader. i said what are you doing? he said i'm selling. >> i want to talk about amazon. on the amazon side, he's said for multiple days two things that are just completely untrue. one is about the post office and one is about taxes. >> the president says that amazon is doing its business on the back of the post office. the post office gives them a free ride. post office says no. amazon says no. amazon says we made the post office o

it was a usda project, a survival crackers, biscuits and manufactured by kroger in nabisco and 160 million tons of these biscuits manufactured in the united states sealed up within tins and 434 biscuits for every ten hidden inside these fallout shelters across the country ready for the sustenance necessary to survive nuclear w war. >> that is too grim. if people have been through a nuclear war you could spring for chocolate chip. [laughter] >> so, what i love about the biscuits is they came with an instruction manual. i love the idea of the 1958 some usda employees sitting down somewhere to write an instruction manual on how to eat a cracker. [laughter] the instruction that came with a cracker said every adult gets six crackers a day, 125 calories every cracker. if you're doing that math real quickly in your head that's not a lot of calories. the suggestion in the instruction manual was that you should break that into six separate meals over the course of the day because there wasn't a lot else to do in the fallout shelter so if you broke it into six, one cracker meals that maximized the e

yesterday i was at kroger as you noted.nd they had a series of announcements including exciting new continuing education program where people get 3500 bucks a year to get a ged or mba. they're also putting more in the 401(k). i'm seeing that all over the country where businesses small and large are responding in a positive way, so i do think that's important to talk about. not because it is about politics, because it is about substance. i think health care costs are too high. i think we need to do more in terms of dealing with these international crisis we're talking about by having a better plan and better strategy. those are the things that i would hope we can talk about. >> well, and your hope springs etern eternal, senator. let's see what happens. great to see you. >> thank you for talking about some of the issues today and welcome back. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> take care. >>> coming up, fired fbi director james comey, his new book is out. but he's not reserving criticism of president trump to just the pages

if your kroger, they have made it clear they have wanted to meet prices but decided not to is a competitionjoe: so much for inflation. romaine: let's hope so. julia: for now. scarlet: romaine bostick is the editor for the go live team. up, why some are mistaken about the franchise. a short against dunkin. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ scarlet: "what'd you miss?" a tough quarter for dunkin' brands. only a 1.7% increase in revenue. the ceo says the plan he has in place put duncan and a better position for the long-term. discussed --r has disclosed that he has been betting against duncan for a year. great to speak with you. let's take on the call. he says he expects distress as more restaurants struggle in contrast with the parent company doing well. is this applicable to dun kin'? nigel: good to see you again. what i would say is it is an interesting challenge and i believe in challenges. we have talked about it all day. basically, his hypothesis is incorrect. our franchise feels strongly about it. i had a note in the middle of our earnings this morning saying guysky has it wrong -- this has it wron

look at kroger. the stock is up. $1.2 billion share buyback, and they're up 3%. >>> to the markets overall, i think they've been unaffected recently by political scandal. the author of the very good book, "crisis of responsibility," is with us. i don't think the market cares that much about political scandal at this moment. i think they care more about profits and momentum. what say you? >> i agree with you 100% except for i'd take out those words at this moment. they never care about anything other than profits. to the degree scandals could affect profits, but that is very rare historically and completely nonexistent in this silly trump-russia collusion nonsense. stuart: wait a second, you do get momentary reaction. >> okay, so three days last year. there were three days of movement not even reaching to a 2% level. i'm saying fundamentally markets are, on a day-to-day basis, dealing with noise. but earnings are what markets reflect. earnings are not affected by what one day is released and leaked and this and that.

. >>> well, kroger is putting out the help wanted sign.r its supermarkets including fred meyer and mariano's fresh market. 2,000 jobs are downing to be in management, also going to invest in training, wages and development as part of its restock krogerer program. taking a look at shares, the stock is down 14% so far this year. >>> okay. i hope you're sitting down for this one. have you heard? the federal government's annual budget deficit is set to grow to $1 trillion by 2020. the congressional budget office also projecting the national debt's going to soar to more than $33 trillion in 2028. that would put the debt at 96% of gross domestic product. that is the highest level since just after world war ii for the united states of america. >>> and then there's this, a tennessee college senior is sticking to her guns, literally. after being criticized for her graduation photo, she tweeted out her photo with the caption i don't take normal college graduation photos. well, the post goes viral, some complimenting the photo, but a lot of hate on s

i'm getting taxed at kroger. i'm getting taxed at publix, i'm getting taxed at macy's. i'm getting taxed on amazon.com. when we tax based on what people consume instead what have they earn, we end that disincentive to earn and we begin to ask that people make more serious questions about what they purchase. mr. speaker, today, as american workers are going off to produce high-quality american goods, they're doing so at a disadvantage. most nations, as i -- as i mentioned earlier, have a consumption task. which means when the germans make an automobile and they send it to america, they have a consumption tax, a value-added tax in their case, that would have been taxed on that car had it been sold in germany, since they're shipping it to america, they remove that tax, send that car to america tax-free. we pay taxes on it when we purchase it. not so when the american car goes to germany. big b.m.w. plant there in south carolina, producing b.m.w.'s. when that car is produced, all of the imbedded taxation of the corporate taxes, b.m.w.'s paying, the payroll taxes b.m.w. work

what is the advantage for walmart in buying a net income business that looks like kroger? mr. to get more people into walmart stores and the way you can do that is by delivering health care into the stores. it's an unproven model and cvs nnr trying to do it. -- cbs are trying to do it. cvs and wander into maybe you get a prescription, i get that, but walmart? lisa: walmart has space and they can provide the in-store services that i thank you man is working for. -- that humana is looking for. i want to talk about desperation on another level. what is a deal like this mean for markets? mr. chandler: i don't know how much it means outside of the individual partners. we are in the middle of an acquisition wave which is a function of companies having too much money. first they give back money by buying back stocks and then dividends and i would say -- tom: you agree with me? that's a first. mr. chandler: lagos, several years ago they were bought and resold and bought again. tom: that was decades ago. only oneler: is the that occurs to me at six clark in the morning. -- at 6:00 in t

blackrock announcing last week that it was going to block some funds from investing in walmart and kroger and dick's because they sell guns is that working? how much of an increase have you seen since some of the recent events like parkland >> i think this is just further evidence that the world is moving toward this mandate you see some of the biggest pension funds and endowment funds in the world have a socially responsibility mandate to them which include things beyond just guns, diversity, environment, and i think you're seeing this an increasing trend -- not only in institutional investor side, but we're a canadian born company that's now operating in the u.s. and the uk as well, and the government in canada just passed a new budget for the first time which was all about gender diversity. you're seeing this make its way, i think, through the entire spe spectrum of politics as well as the investment landscape >> thank you very much appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> mark zuckerberg already on capitol hill today, ahead of his testimony this week. up next, we'll speak to one of

retail industry they are a big contributor to the economy along with many members like walmart and krogermcdonald's and many small companies, they're all poised and prepared to grow and they want to grow and invest but as long as we're talking about tariffs and the uncertainty created by what might happen to consumers businesses won't invest and all that money from the tax bill last year that was going to be poured back into the economy people will hold back on some of that until they see how the scenario plays out >> it will be very interesting to get commentary and guidance from earnings which kick off in earnest next week. we'll leave it there thank you very much from the national federation of retail. >> coming up, gold mman sachs chief economist will join us on set. it's a job day and jan will be here and talk jobs with him, back in a moment [whistling] hello. give me an hour in tanning room 3. cheers! that's confident. but it's not kayak confident. kayak searches hundreds of travel sites to help me plan the best trip. so i'm more than confident. forgot me goggles. kayak. search one

it was a usda project, a survival crackers, biscuits and manufactured by kroger in nabisco and 160 million tons of these biscuits manufactured in the united states sealed up within tins and 434 biscuits for every ten hidden inside these fallout shelters across the country ready for the sustenance necessary to survive nuclear w war. >> that is too grim. if people have been through a nuclear war you could spring for chocolate chip. [laughter] >> so, what i love about the biscuits is they came with an instruction manual. i love the idea of the 1958 some usda employees sitting down somewhere to write an instruction manual on how to eat a cracker. [laughter] the instruction that came with a cracker said every adult gets six crackers a day, 125 calories every cracker. if you're doing that math real quickly in your head that's not a lot of calories. the suggestion in the instruction manual was that you should break that into six separate meals over the course of the day because there wasn't a lot else to do in the fallout shelter so if you broke it into six, one cracker meals that maximized the e

block gun retailer from current and planned etfs some names like walmart, dick's sporting goods and krogerbe ruled out of the new government focused funds blackrock will launch the new ecg funds on april 12th institute less than 30 minutes to go in today's trading here's how we're looking with the dow up 275 points, just off session highs. the s&p is up 21 volatility gauge lower but it's off its lows in other words, it's kind of back around 18, almost touching 19 right now here's the components of the dow 30 only two are in the red right now. procter & gamble and pfizer are down a little bit. leading the way with rebound is boeing, up nearly 3%. >> time for a cnbc news update with courtney reagan. >> here's what's happening at this hour. canadian prime minister trudeau says talks on nafta have picked up momentum and he's optimistic the u.s., canada and mexico will come to a trade agreement. >> we are happy to engage as much as they want to move towards a deal i believe we're in a moment where we're moving forward in a significant way. hopefully there will be some good news coming >>> the c

kroger -- amazon general mill bed, birth date and beyond they've all reportedly it thought about buyingdiscounter boxed also known as the costco for plane yams and look who is back. why not? [laughter] budding billionaire is -- greetings -- oh, oh it does -- [laughter] but why are we in the same eggment? name is chey wong -- >> nepalo in the flesh. >> so what's the status you've been been sold yet i take it. >> so we're still an independent company and i know there were names up there like -- we've talked to a bunch of folks since we started the company so first acquisition offer came eight week officer we started the company since then you know, we retailed small world gotten to know everyone i would say certainly over last three to six months, though, the course has gotten louder. partially because i think we as a business have grown into a scale that's meaningful for a lot of companies and also, though, the market is now punishing folks for inaction, and so when they look around who sells oreo cookie and clorox wipes and technician with experience man that ugly guy he looks like he's

repealing the tax reform that's cutting people's taxes, going to put more money in people's paycheck, krogerced 11,000 new jobs, $50 million in new wages and benefit increases due to tax cut plan that president trump and republicans enacted. it's very difficult to run on a platform of higher taxes, fewer jobs and less growth, in this case more sanctuary cities, drugs pouring into the neighborhood, that's not a strong message to run on. dagen: marc, president trump ran and won on draining the swamp, seems like once a week we learn about some watch behavior from people who work for him. the $43,000 soundproof phone booths for epa chief scott pruitt, he just -- [laughter] dagen: hi didn't get approval for that kind of expense from congressional -- from congressional committees. there's more than 12,000-dollar charter flight that ryan zinke, head of interior took from staffers from los angeles to montana. this is right in president trump's wheel house, what are these people doing? >> i don't want to speak about. dagen: you can speak broadly because these are a couple of examples. >> right. dagen

the investment a changes will affect current as well as planned etf, walmart dick's sporting kroger amongscious funds blackrock up nearly 5% this year. and then a scary moment, on a florida construction site a crane comes crashing down workers running for lives nearly escaped the giant impact, the crew working on a new police headquarters we should say thankful nobody was hurt in this incident maria. your headlines. >> thank you so much we will watch that just about 15 pins away from march jobs' report, what you need to know ahead of the release markets down 250 points going into the numbers, what will numbers do to markets next? stay with us. come with us to a new world deeper than the ocean as unfathomable as the universe a world that doesn't exist outside you, but within you where breakthrough science is replacing chemotherapy with immunotherapy where we can now attack the causes of disease not just the symptoms. where medicines once produced for all, are now designed to fit you. today, 140,000 biopharmaceutical researchers go boldly to discover treatments and cures unimaginable ten ye

not as much as you see in the stores, like in our area kroger, walmart, meyer.imes you can get a gallon of milk for as low as $.99 or a dollar 29 -- $1.29. the real cost for milk farmers is closer to do dollars. -- two dollars. but when you go to the grocery store you can get it a free portable stuff. as for attacks on poor people, i don't know why you would say that we spent an hundred billion dollars on two means tested programs3 we have a big safety net in our country3 americans -- programs. we have a big safety net in our country. a lot of people say we should grow it. people have talked about health care, for example. medicare and medicaid, we spent 350% more, so we are compassionate. we do take care of people in , three and a half much times as much as we used to. it is not compassionate to bankrupt america. host: brian is in fairfax, virginia. caller: i apologize command of the . i apologize, independent line. when the congressman said that republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility, that is a joke. that ended when ronald reagan started ballooning

the bad news is he's announcing a boycott against kroger, which is headquartered in my city. in my experience, it's done a lot of good things for our city and our urban corp. nonetheless, please forgive me for stepping out to take that call. if i'm not here to wrap up this session, i'd appreciate you do so. >> thank you very much, mayor. thank you, all, for spending some time out of your very busy schedules to discuss some pretty important and deep topics. i know that we have a lot of work to do back in our own communities, but i think it is noteworthy that you're here and that we're having these conversations. the more we can communicate, the more focus we can bring, and the more understanding i think all of us can have. that only bodes well for our communities. we're going to focus now on our efforts to improve police response to people in crisis, specifically due to mental illness and/or chemical dependency, a growing problem in our cities. people who are in a mental health crisis are more likely to encounter police than get actual medical help. as a result, 2 million peop

i know krogers is doing this in ohio and other states. find out where your drug take-back location is. take these drugs in, get rid of them. i've heard too many cases unbelievably of people stealing these drugs and using them and then again developing that addiction or selling them and someone else develops the addiction. again, the thought is that probably eight out of ten people dying of overdoses started with prescription drugs. our legislation does deal with that. it deals with overprescribing because it must be dealt with. it requires doctors and pharmacists to use drug monitoring programs to ensure we're not overprescribing and it sets a three-day limit on prescriptions for acute pain. we accept chronic pain. we have exceptions for cancer. but for acute pain, the surgeries we talked about, we're using the science, the good science from the center for disease control, c.d.c. and others that says two things. one, after the third day of using these opioids and that fourth day, fifth day, sixth day is when the opportunity for an addicti