>> tina. >> tina, i'm marcus. >> are you marcus?nice to meet you. >> oh, my god, it's great to meet you too. >> you want to know what your husband just said about you? >> what? nice things? >> he said that you're a sissy. >> [gasps] >> no, i said the type of onstage activity you do is kind of-- >> yeah, we don't want to go there. >> [laughs] >> it's--yeah. what do you think about that? >> i think-- >> would you call me a sissy? >> i wouldn't call a woman anything other than "thank you" and "yes, ma'am." >> oh-ho, you're soft. you're soft, marcus. >> whose idea was this place? >> i had vision. >> is that why you didn't put her name on the business? >> thank you. >> i have a 35-year reputation. >> what's the answer to that? why is her name not on the business? >> because nobody would recognize her name. they would on--they would recognize my name first. and we're wor--we're working with a brand, and my-- >> [laughs] did you actually just tell me that? >> yes, i did. yes, i did. she's got to earn her stripes. she's got to earn her stri

i'm marcus. >> hi. hi, marcus, gerri. >> gerri, nice to meet you.horn honks] this is the whole kitchen? >> this is the entire kitchen. >> this kitchen is tiny. i'm shocked by the size of this kitchen and the lack of equipment in there. i don't know how she even cooks anything, let alone contribute to the $500,000 coming out of her department. be nice if you had more space. >> it would be great to have more space. that's the biggest problem we have. when we're plating at night and a full bar of 75 people, it's really hard. it's tight. [car alarm chirps] >> just hearing from some of the other team members about the place, i think the biggest thing is there is no leader. >> no. >> no? when i was called to come here, i think they assumed that i would just come in and just write a check. >> yeah. [laughs] >> and the reality of it is, is that i am not convinced yet. >> are you the grim reaper, or--[laughs] >> me? >> yeah. >> sometimes. i don't really know where the leadership is. i don't know who the owners really are. >> if there's changes to be made and

i'm marcus. >> good. how are you, marcus?> nice to meet you, sir. >> pleasure to meet you. >> this is a nice place. now are you guys brothers? >> no. partners. >> just partners. >> closer than brothers. >> and are you guys 50/50 partners? >> 50/50. our fathers were partners. >> okay. >> they left the empire to us. >> and so, walk me through the process of how it works. >> this is the receiving area. we got all our fresh meat through here. then we also get lamb and veal in this way too. and those cuts will go into the other room next door, where they'll be broken down into subprimals. they'll be packaged or shipped out as orders. >> so how much revenue will you do a year? >> uh, we should do about 50. >> 50 million? >> 50 million. >> that's a big business. how big is that electric bill? >> uh, about 30 a month. >> wow. a big business like this comes with big overhead. how much is your rent? >> about 32,000 a month. >> wow. there's rent and cooling cost averaging over 60,000 a month. there's union labor costs. there's seven del

mike: the whole deal with marcus. fed up there because every time i'd come in and it would be, "well, if we didn't have to do this because of marcus, then blah, blah, blah." paul: ultimately, i was in favor, and i signed through it and went through it. lemonis: just to be clear, mike has a well-documented history of blaming others, including paul, for everything that goes wrong here. mike: some of the areas that paul was in, he is not good at. that said... lemonis: why are you blaming everybody else? mike: i'm not blaming everybody else. i said... lemonis: well, you said paul should have done this. what about you? and so as he's telling me things, i'm taking it all with a grain of salt. the two of you, your relationship is no longer? you guys have no relationship anymore? paul: not really. no. lemonis: how come, paul? paul: all the tension and stress of locations and closing, and that all fell apart. lemonis: it didn't fall apart on my end. my money got spent. i haven't gotten one license fee of any kind, not a penny,

marcus. >> marcus. nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. what would you say would be the single biggest problem in the organization? >> it starts at the top. it's a really dynamite facility with a well-thought out system. but i don't think andrew is rational. >> yeah, erin told me he flies off the handle...[snaps]... in a nanosecond. >> he has had several explosions in the past few weeks. >> why would someone like you put up with stuff like that? >> i love the animals, but i have my limits. man-to-man...i'm planning my exit. >> are other people too? >> yes. >> and why do you wanna leave? >> one of the biggest reasons is i got bit recently. andrew literally got in my face and yelled at me and blamed me for it. >> in front of other employees? >> yes. and that's the thing. i mean, everybody else responded like normal people would. and if it weren't for that, i'm not a violent guy, but i would have probably left here in handcuffs and andrew in an ambulance. >> i thought we could maybe just go into the training room and talk. >> now? >> is that

>> absolutely not, marcus.>> so what i think you have to think about is my ability to add margin to the current business, pays for itself immediately. my purpose is to invest in the company, and in the people, and in the process, and in the product so that this business can be built from a $4 million company to a $10, $20, $40 million company. >> yes. i know for--i know it would be no problem for me. >> nancy, how about you? >> well-- >> nance, i think with marcus onboard-- >> and no money in our pockets? that's kind of-- >> listen, i'm not saying it's the greatest deal and all. but on the path we're on now, it doesn't work for me the way it is. so i'm willing to go down a different path. >> 50% is not good for me for 500 grand. the way i feel is, i don't want to be left with 25% of the company. you know, we started it from the bottom. i just-- >> she can play hardball all she wants, but here's the deal. if i give up more percentage, i go home and collect the check, and i'll go do something different. >> right,

hank, i'm marcus. >> marcus, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. how are you?> thanks for coming by. doing well. thank you. >> you've got a beautiful shop here. >> thank you. >> lot of history. >> a lot. >> by the way, that's a killer picture of your dad. >> thank you. >> when you took over officially--your dad passed two years ago? >> yes. >> is that when you officially kind of stepped in? >> yeah. >> how much money will this business lose this year? 100,000? >> no. less. >> and last year? how much did it make or lose? >> last year was 20,000. >> 20,000. and the year before? >> a loss of 20,000. 40,000. >> and if you had a couple bad months and you ran out of cash, what do you do? >> get a loan from the officer. >> your mom? >> yes. >> okay. and how much would you say she's put in here in the last... three years? >> probably close to 200,000 as loans. >> is that the only debt on your books? >> and we've used our line of credit at the bank. >> how much is that? >> 100,000. >> that's tapped out? >> yeah. >> over the years i've met a lot of second-generation busi

i'm marcus. matt: hey, marcus. matt.serving that weird refrigerated bread, and we're gonna serve up something with a twist. so i brought dave to milwaukee pretzel company. katie: right over there, that's our mixing station. after it comes out of the mixer, it goes through our divider/rounder, which cuts it into pieces. then it comes through this machine, here, and turns it into a string, and then we have twisting and shaping. lemonis: you might think homemade bread is cheaper and more profitable, but baking our bread, we're using a ton of labor that we could use somewhere else. by serving these pretzels, we free up our labor, and we're able to add something to the concept that increases the perceived value of the menu, giving us the ability to raise our prices. dave: i like it. lemonis: you're open to that? dave: oh, yeah. lemonis: i also wanted to take dave to maglio's, one of the largest produce suppliers in all of wisconsin. sam: first process that they're doing here is picking out anything that just isn't edible. and

. >> hi, marcus. baker, a detective. >> karma, and his common law wife had just moved to mizzoula. they were looking for a quiet, safe, and kid-friendly place to raise their child. police spoke with janelle at the scene and recorded their talk wikarmat station. >> so we want to talk about what happened tonight at your house. >> the couple told investigators the story actually began with a burglary three weeks earlier, and then just ten days after that burglars returned. >> somebody had trespassed in their vehicles and in their garage, which was unlocked. >> cash, credit cards, and a cell phone were taken. marcus karma said he feared they were being targeted. >> it sucks, and to know that we're being watched and targeted and knowing how hard it is for you guys to actually catch a burglar with no evidence. >> karma said they no longer felt safe in their own home and were terrified they would be robbed again. >> we've been sketched out. we don't feel safe. i'm on edge about everything. >> the couple even

marcus, come here, please. marcus, come here, please. >> listen, nobody's changing my mind, okay?> you stay here, you will be running it. we've set everything up to succeed. >> i'm sure you will, pete. there's no question about it. >> listen to me. then if you decide in a year or two you don't want to be here-- >> doesn't matter. >> tony-- >> it doesn't matter. i want nothing more than this world for you to be successful. >> listen, listen-- >> no. >> so what's going on again? >> he wants to leave. he feels that--not to be here. >> why not, tony? >> i feel that, um, right now he has the right partner to help him get to the next level. >> well, he has the right financial partner, but i'm not here every day. >> i understand that. and, uh... >> have i ever asked you for anything? now i'm asking you. play this through. >> my decision is made. >> coming up... >> why'd you take my name off? >> i need to make sure that everybody that came here before knows this is a new day. because when they came here before, there was no cars. >> i'm done arguing with you! this is bull[bleep]. move. ha

-oh, marcus. -thank you very much. -i'm late. -thanks, marcus. -thanks.k you. ♪ -good morning. -good morning. -how are you? -good, how are you? -good morning, marcus. -how are you? -thanks. -nice to see you again. -nice to see you. i left yesterday a little concerned. it was puzzling to me. the margins say 25 percent. i know they're not. steve, why are the financials incomplete? you know, i've got a full-time job, so spending the time to do that hasn't been a prime focus. -you know, ultimately, if you're going to be a partner in the deal, i like partners that i know can contribute. my expectation is that you would be more active. and for me, the whole asset of this business is the talented people that design. -i love that. -i want the challenge of building a business in detroit by people's hands from detroit. -mm-hmm. -so my offer is $300,000 for 51 percent. i think needs $100,000 for building out efficiencies in the shop. it needs to have some rhyme or reason to it. -right. -things that allow us to lower cost and increase output. in addition to that, $15

-sandy, this is marcus. -sandy: hi. lemonis: hi, sandy. i'm marcus. a pleasure to meet you. shauna: sandy's in charge of all of our candy and merchandise. lemonis: and so your full-time job is the candy store? sandy: no. h.r., payroll duties. this is last on my list. -lemonis: yeah. -sandy: yeah. lemonis: i've never seen a candy store or any retail business that has its h.r. director running the merchandise. i guess i shouldn't be that surprised. if they don't see the importance of having their ice cream be special, why would the candy be any different? it's a nice attempt at a theme, but i'm not really sure that the theme's clear to me. when you walk in the front door, it looks like they went to the local convenience store and just said, "give me some lollipops and some sweet tarts." it's not nostalgic. there's nothing really curated. and what's this -- all this bacon? why do you have bacon cotton candy? sandy: people like bacon right now. same thing with the bacon soda. lemonis: i mean, i know the craze with bacon, but how does it connect to farrell

my name is marcus lemonis. in the past ten years, i've bought hundreds of failing businesses, turned them around, and i've made millions doing it. i'll write whatever check i need to, even if you won't. if you want people to listen, you put money on the table. i'm gonna give you a check for $500,000. i found six struggling businesses, some weeks away from closure. my plan is to turn them around. for the next week, i'm 100% in charge. >> all right. >> let's go get to work. can't run a business if it's not clean. but i'm not just giving them advice. i'm putting up millions of dollars of my own money. if you don't know your numbers, you just don't know your business. i'll work by their side... i'll put in the hours... 'cause i have the same risk that they do. where's accounting? >> she's counting. >> no, where's accounting? >> um... >> oh, my god. this business is a total mess. i judge businesses based on three things: it's pretty damn good. most often, businesses fail because of people. >> i trusted people to man

i want a taste of it. >> hello. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm marcus. >> hi, marcus, nice to meet you.'m lori. >> nice to meet you. are you lori--are you mom? >> i'm mom. >> i wore green because i wanted to-- >> you're gonna fit right in. >> i wore green. >> [laughs] >> i'd love to meet everybody. >> would you like to meet--sure, come on in. >> yeah, that'd be great. >> this is marcus. >> hey, guys. >> hi. >> how are you? i'm marcus. >> this is dick, dick's our operations manager. >> i'm dick, nice to meet you. >> this is my son, michael. >> nice to meet you, mike. >> nice to meet you. >> and my husband, rich. >> hi, marcus. very nice to meet you. >> how are you? it's nice to meet you. >> heard a lot about you. >> you too. so, rich, tell me a little bit about the history of mr. green tea. >> well, you know, my dad started this business, you know, 45, 50 years ago. >> he's the real mr. green tea. >> he saw the need of high-quality ice cream for the restaurants. he had a friend who was also in the ice cream business, and my dad believed you gotta sell to food service--to restaurants, and

>> hello, my friend. >> i'm marcus. >> marcus. my name is armando. nice to meet you. >> armando? >> yeah. >> nice to meet you, brother. like most cubans, armando was living on a government wage worth about $25 a month. now he makes that in a single day, thanks to the taxi license he got under the new law. >> this is a good business. >> and you can make good money doing this? >> i can save a little bit for my own business. the best job is to do your own company, a small business. >> your own company. >> yeah, exactly. >> with his newfound cash and a degree in computer engineering, armando hopes to launch his own start-up. if you have a business and we become friends, can i invest in your company if i live in the united states? >> yeah, you give me the money and that's it. >> well, you have to pay me interest. >> okay, we can do it. >> a lot of interest. >> we find a lawyer, and we can do a contract, yeah? >> armando made me feel welcome. of course, i can't invest in a cuban business -- yet. that's illegal because of the u.s. embargo imposed after fidel castro's communist revolutio

as another marcus. >> we can all say, did you see marcus last night?> you wouldn't belying. >> did you know he was going to perform? >> i asked him about it because i knew he auditioned, i haven't heard back yet then yesterday afternoon he started tweeting stuff and then on instagram didn't know about the solo i was like marcus. >> like he auditioned to touch janet jackson. >> very interesting. >> i would have tweeted out so you can see it. >> that will be really cool. we're starting out with few clouds here and there. we're also going to see that mist and drizzle starting out as you get ready to head out the door and dance your way on to work this morning. here's a live look outside from emeryville. our camera there looking towards the bay bridge. we have the low clouds and the fog as you see from that view, out the door temperature at 53 degrees and 54 in palo alto. it's 57 now in san jose. the 7-day forecast is at the bottom of the screen showing a lot of 70s through the week and looks like nice and quiet weather. we'll be in the mid-50s in concord

ana: hey, marcus. how are you? steve: marcus.own a restaurant franchise concept called the simple greek, and we're in need of a furniture supplier for all of our franchisees. so i'm looking for ana and steve to bid on the business together. we have one concept that's really taken off, and that's the simple greek. we have about 250 franchises sold. the last thing that's left to getting these franchises open is getting the furniture package right. and so i'd like you to lead the design process, ana. ana: okay. this is totally up my alley. lemonis: okay? i know that typically, you lead the design process. steve: yeah. of course, 'cause i've got more experience and i've been working in this industry for many years. i should be design, you be lead sales, hospitality. ana: i mean, i'm going to disagree. i am a designer, i'm a furniture designer, but, i mean, i think it should be a team effort, definitely. i mean, i would like to run things by you. steve: well, it -- it -- okay. lemonis: are you pissed off right now? you look a little f

lynn: thank you, marcus.focused at not messing with the charm of the shuler's location. but i do like the fact that i could take a piece of shuler's and spread it across the country. when i first went to shuler's, i saw lines out the door. a great product with great demand but small profits. the good news about this business is that the story's been great. but it's not over. we're breaking ground on a brand-new building that'll have a general store and an expanded bake shop for lynn. that should get done in the next six to eight months. while i fixed the flow up front and i added another register, customers are moving through the line much faster. and more customers through the line means more money. i know the additional seating on the deck will provide a significant increase to our revenue. and doing this to leave something sustainable for little shuler to take over one day has a special meaning to me. you were very comfortable with a stranger coming into your business and suggesting and forcing changes. no

i'm lawyers, a garcia prf i'm marcus. we'll get p to breaking news in a moment. first check with meteorologist car irks hall. prf a /* /- >>> hercules on the edge, eastern edge or western edge of the county. we'll take you to the maps. showing a smooth drive, speed acceptsors south of the bay bridge. westbound 80, westbound highway 4, overnight crash coming into hercules. that's where we saw a little bit of slowing. that may also be because of the road crews clearing from the construction westbound 80 just past highway 4. all those lanes are open. i'm tracking for any updates. so far we're okay once you get onto the freeway. the issue is coming over to the freeway on westbound highway 4. meanwhile bay bridge toll plaza shows an easier drive. 880 past coliseum, one construction crew pick up the northbound side. a bigger issue and i'll bring that to you coming up. >> thanks, mike. 4:31. back to breaking news. this is south bay. police are investigating in a neighborhood off of sierra road and skyview drive. right now people aren't allowed to drive through the area.

i'm marcus. pat: oh, marcus. so wonderful to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. steve: hey.emonis: i'm marcus. steve: i'm steve. lemonis: steve, nice to meet you. steve: nice to meet you. it's so surreal, actually, meeting you face-to-face. lemonis: we're here. let's do it. so, this is your business. steve: this is it. lemonis: what prompted you to get into this? steve: i'm a minimalist by trade. lemonis: do you live in a tiny home? steve: no. i live in a regular house now. i've got a family and kids. i actually live in sonoma and in colorado. lemonis: what happened to, "i want to be a minimalist"? steve: i still am a minimalist. lemonis: yeah. what did you do before this? steve: i was a restaurateur. i really don't have much experience in manufacturing. i can manufacture a burger. lemonis: okay. can you show me a few models? steve: so, we have cypress, the farallon alta, the elm 26 equator, and the roanoke. lemonis: i mean, it's like a log cabin. steve: yeah. lemonis: but it's movable. steve: yes. they can pick their floor finish, they can pick their roof and window colors.

marcus. michael: hey, marcus.d i've gotten an e-mail that is quite concerning. so i wanted to give michael a call and find out what the heck's going on. the e-mail that i'm reading says that you specifically are making changes to the package that is slowing the process down. michael: we have to have the back of the container correct. lemonis: michael, i cannot believe that this product is not ready yet. i cannot believe it. it's got to be ready by sunday. i asked michael to make sure that the bottles were done and ready and produced for bronner. but now i'm hearing that he's making changes to them, slowing down the process and putting the process at risk. and this is a good example of him not being focused on one task. this is a big deal. it's a big deal for you. it's a big deal for me. you're confident that this stuff will be done for the event? michael: oh, yeah. i'm very confident it will be done for the event. lemonis: okay, buddy. i'm looking forward to seeing it. i'm excited. michael: yes. lemonis: see you t

i'm marcus. >> hi, marcus. my name is raul.ice to meet you. >> raul, nice to meet you. >> veronica. >> both: nice to meet you. >> are there ever days when you come in here and you wonder, "can the business make it in this tough economy?" >> yeah, that's been in the back of my mind. i know it can grow, but will it grow? >> so tell me about your process. >> come get the bottles. okay. >> so we got a blank bottle. >> then we take it to label it. these labels are probably too big. the roll is too long, so it will not fit on that machine here. >> what are you, rigging the thing? >> yeah, because the roll is too big. >> not only do you not have the automated machine, this machine doesn't even work for what you have. >> right. >> how long does this normally take? >> on a good day, we can probably get maybe 1,200 bottles. >> this is just a bull[bleep] process. >> very long, very tedious. >> now let's see over here. what happens over here? >> this is the filler machine. >> you have one. >> one. >> wow. these machines are small and jerry

i )m marcus washington. and i )m laura garcia. we want get to some breaking >>> good morning, thank you for joining us, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. breaking traffic news, it's starting to clear but there was a big problem near the tunnel. >> high speed chase went on. we have the video over our cell phone, pete might have shot this, but we have a number of resources -- pete did get that to us early this morning. there was police activity shutting down the connector to highway 13. we'll give you a shot of the flashing lights. this is the aftermath and police activity. let me show you where this was on the maps. i use past tense because as i understand everything is clear at the connector. a little residual slowing, folks making the drive heading down towards piedmont and oakland. that again has cleared after the overnight high speed chase and police activity that was going on in lanes there. over here we have this going now. northbound 680, that has got one lane closed northbound. this is a separate incident, complet

i'm marcus.essica: hi. jessica. hi. nice to meet you. lemonis: do you know where monica is? jessica: she should be here any second. lemonis: okay. jessica: i'm her sister. lemonis: oh, you're her sister? jessica: yeah, i'm her sister. lemonis: okay. i'm surprised she wasn't here. jessica: yeah. well... lemonis: you're surprised, too? jessica: no. lemonis: you're not surprised? jessica: [ chuckling ] you'll get me in trouble. lemonis: how often is monica here? jessica: once every, honestly, month, couple months. lemonis: every couple months? jessica: yes. lemonis: what do you do for the business? jessica: in the beginning, i started it with her, with the product line. i was kind of -- lemonis: where's the product line? jessica: very, very first product that we ever had was a candle. lemonis: okay. what's the reason that you guys started the business? jessica: this has always been a passion of hers. my dad was an inventor. we're very creative people. lemonis: parents still around? jessica: my mom i

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. >> we begin with breaking traffic news. a wreck and fuel spill in east bay. let's check in with mike inouye. >> laura and marcus, good morning, folks, we're looking over here and the speeds sensors don't show you where the problem is but this marker right there will take you over to where chp has called for a traffic alert. they call it asigalert. southbound 680 as you're approaching the dublin interchange. dublin boulevard, there's a fuel spill and so reports are that three lanes are blocked and waiting for a sweeper truck. pete suratos is out there. we see from the sensors that traffic is moving slowly but if it lasts much longer in the morning commute this could be a bad section of roadway because it gets very crowded. for the latest, pete, we'll send it out to you. what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, mike. we're here on 680 southbound in dublin. from el costa to dublin boulevard, you've got the big rig sitting here following that accident. according to chp they are saying that the big rig either h

thank you for joining us, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. there's a crash that happened six hours ago 880 in fremont still tieing up traffic. >> still completely closed right now. i want to show the closure of the freeway because this will affect folks even if you're going through fremont. there's the big look. we're zooming into this stretch of 880 northbound. the direction away from silicon valley and heading up in towards the rest of fremont. it is closed and has been closed for six hours as laura said starting ought auto mall parkway, the slowdown starts before you get there. if you can take cushing and fremont boulevard as the at nalt. going towards 680, mission boulevard is accessible without any interruption. traffic relatively light through the area right now. southbound with the headlights, you notice from the live camera, the flashing lights still on 880 itself. from what i understand, chp hopes to have that open in a half hour. but i know you've got bob out there. i'll head back to you guys for more detail. >> at least three peopl

i'm marcus. nice to meet you.he challenge that existed at coopersburg was over time, larger competitors had come into the space. and, obviously, what that meant was their revenue started to dwindle and so did their morale. i never wanted to quit or give up anything, and i really feel like this is one of the toughest things i've ever gone through in my life. scott appeared to be someone who was very earnest. lot of stress. i'm tired of it. a good family man, great salesman, great pitchman -- at least i thought he was. so i agreed to put in $630,000 for 30% of the business. started paying off some of the debt. started building new inventory. went out and rented a new warehouse. it's amazing, isn't it? it's gonna be great. it's gonna turn out nice. unfortunately, what happened after the cameras stopped rolling is that scott just continually called me for more money. "we need more inventory." sent him money. "we want to try these new products." more inventory. it was almost like the rope that pulled me in. and then no

i'm marcus. -ray: good. -nice to meet you, marcus. -lemonis: nice to meet you.t what ray and jus is? -ray: exactly. yep. -justin: that's right. -lemonis: okay. -justin: it's a little bit of a play on outrageous. -lemonis: okay. justin: jerseys and crazy stuff we make. lemonis: they don't seem so outrageous. justin: if you wear it to the store, people kind of look at you funny. lemonis: you guys have, like, a boat dealership in your garage. justin: yeah, that's my boat and his boat. ray: my roomate-in-college's boat and then two other rentals. lemonis: you guys do a lot of fishing, obviously. -justin: as much as we can. -ray: yep. [ laughs ] ♪ justin: we are kind of geared towards the fisherman and the boater. -sun-protection designed. -ray: completely custom shirt. so, this starts as plain white fabric. lemonis: so a customer calls you and says, "i want to make a shirt for my fishing tournament." ray: on our website, they can actually go on and build their shirt. then they can add their logos because we have a logo library online. lemonis: they can add their log

>> marcus moore, live from dallas for us tonight. marc marcus, thank you. >>> next, the fda warning about liquid nicotine used e-cigarettes and sold in packages that look like kid-friendly products. from juice boxes to candy to cookies. can you tell the difference? abc's erielle reshef with the side-by-side images. >> reporter: tonight, the government cracking down on e-cigarette products disguised as kid-friendly foods. take a close look, this isn't a whipped cream can, it's actually liquid nicotine. these boxes nearly identical, one containing vanilla cookies, the other vanilla e-vapor. doctors warn, if kids mistakenly ingest those e-liquids, it could put them in grave danger. >> most of those reservoirs carry about two packs of cigarettes. and if it only takes one or two cigarettes to kill a child, you know, you have quite a few that can die from just a little bit of liquid. >> reporter: in just five years, more than 8,000 kids under 6 have been exposed to e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine. >> if you do use e-cigarettes, please tre

. >> i'm marcus washington, right now the weather. >> we're looking at more sunshine even though we start out with clouds and fog this morning. in fremont, you can see the flag waving there, a nice little breeze and people up and out the door. we're going to see mostly sunny skies as we go through the day and up to 68 degrees by noon. here's a look at our high temperatures today in the mid-70s for the inland areas and low 60s for coast today in san jose, 75 degrees and mike, you're saying it's already slow on the upper east shore. >> yes, but we warned folks about this. this is a project long term overnight through november. one lane closed over there. there's no surprises and that should be cleared up over the next half hour. we'll track that , add about fie minutes into your drive. over here to the north bay, far north for most of the viewers from vacaville, we have a closure, on and off ramps at leisuretown road are closed. it would be counter commute, way up in vacaville for most of the viewers that is not concern but still tracking that for you and let you know if there are any chang

i'm marcus. nice to meet you. how are you? i'm marcus? -lisa: lisa. nice to meet you.ovanni: hi. giovanni. -nice to meet you. -lemonis: nice to meet you. [ dog barks ] giovanni: say hi, angel. lemonis: hi, buddy. don't be scared. lemonis: so, if you were describing this business to me, how would you describe it? giovanni: trader joe's for pets. lisa: like the trader joe's or whole foods for pets. we do all-natural food, no byproducts, corn, wheat, or soy in our foods. lemonis: is it dangerous for the animals? lisa: yeah, a lot of them are getting sick. lemonis: the basic premise is we want safety for dogs. -giovanni: correct. -lemonis: and, so, total revenue of this location is approximately? -giovanni: $1.3 million. -lemonis: and of that $1.3 million, how is that broken out? giovanni: 60% of it is probably food. lemonis: what's the most profitable product -in the store today? -lisa: treats and chews. lemonis: what are the margins on stuff like this? lisa: they're about 50% to 60%. lemonis: $12, and this would cost $6? lisa: about $6. lemonis: what does the other stuff

. >> and i'm marcus washington. of course we have your commute times with mike inouye, but first we want to take a look at what it's going to look like as you walk out the door. >> it's going to be a beautiful day. a lot of sunshine and a little bit warmer than it was yesterday with highs reaching into the 70s for parts of the bay area. we wake up, we see a few clouds right now. as we take a live look outside at san jose, every now and then the sun has been peeking out but we'll get more sunshine later on this morning. in sunnyvale we'll be at 59 degrees and low 70s for the afternoon, which is about normal for this time of year. we'll be at 77 in concord today, 67 in oakland and 63 in san francisco. today in napa, 76 degrees. we'll talk about what else is ahead as we continue to warm up in the forecast in about seven minutes. mike checking back with the san mateo bridge. >> last time we looked i was surprised by flashing lights and slowing. the flashing lights cleared. the slowing cleared as well. smooth drive on th

good morning marcus and laura. after the president said he did make a payment a couple weeks ago or know where the money came from, now one of president trump's attorneys is saying president trump paid back the guy who paid off stormy daniels one of the newest members of president trump's legal team rudolph giuliani on fox news channel's hannity. >> having something to do with paying stormy daniels woman $130,000, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. >> reporter: admitting the president paid back $130,000 to his personal attorney michael cohen, money paid to adult film actress stormy daniels just before the 2016 election. cohen said it came out of his own pocket. just last month the president denied even knowing about the payment. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to toestormy daniels? no. >> reporter: now he claims it was settled. >> she claims it was hush money, said she had an affair in 2006. trump denied allegations of an affair. but the settlement with damages a proposed campaign law viol

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. kari is back and a nice forecast? >> it looks really nice. we'll start out with the fog and clouds and drizzle near the coast but as the day goes along it will be slightly warmer into the afternoon. a live look outside in san jose, clouds rolling by and it starts out with 50s, we'll stay in the mid-50s through 9:00 and clearing skies we'll make it in the 70s for today. and still going to be a little bit cooler than normal but we'll talk about what's ahead for the week coming up as we head over to mike, you've got a look what what it looks like on the early start. >> we have scattered incidents. we have one major issue for a roadway that typically is an issue, 680 towards 580. a lot of folks will cut over and handles a lot more traffic than norris canyon. crow canyon is currently closed and you'll have to take bolinger down to norris canyon road which is okay right now. but we'll track that incident because it cuts the corner and could be a major factor for folks. we'll track that for the reason for the closure, that's

. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to go to kari hall to see what we can expect. >> another cool one but we're seeing a few more clouds, the temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s. fremont, a live look with nice clear visibility and a breezy wind there and as we go through the day, the winds will pick up as we go from 56 degrees at 8:00 to 68 degrees at 2:00 today. we're going to stay in the 60s and then see the winds increasing later this evening. a couple of sprinkles in the forecast for tomorrow morning and i'll detail that. mike, you're seeing some complications out of the altamont pass. >> typical for westbound 580 into the area. livermore out of tracy, we have the road work going on. you see the speed sensors close to the water over here, just fine, it's farther out where we typically see the slowing. early morning hours like this, we have a road crew just a couple of lanes open. in those couple of lanes reports of a crash involving a motorcycle. sounded like everything moving smoothly up to one lane no

>> marcus moore in texas for us again tonight. marcus, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next here to the breaking news from baltimore county, maryland, tonight. a female police officer killed in the line of duty just a short time ago. and tonight, the hunt for at least one armed suspect. schools still being told at this hour to hold students inside. and families nearby told to shelter in place. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: tonight, a residential neighborhood north of baltimore on virtual lockdown. a search for suspects after the killing of a police officer. >> respond for a signal 13 for an officer. >> reporter: the officer, on the force for nearly four years, was responding to a suspicious vehicle. >> our officer responded to this call and she encountered at least one suspect and was critically injured. >> reporter: initially, maryland's governor said the officer was shot in the head. police could not confirm that or if she was run over, or both, saying only she suffered significant injuries and was pronounced dead l

marcus, thank you. >>> we turn to the breaking news from the white house, where president trump made a stunning demand on twitter. the president saying he will officially order the justice department to investigate whether an informant working for the fbi or doj infiltrated the campaign suggesting the obama administration's involvement. at the same time, rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, revealing a possible end date for an aspect of the russia investigation. here's david wright. >> reporter: tonight, president trump on the warpath, demanding answers about reports that the fbi had an informant approach the trump campaign. quote, "i hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi/doj infiltrated or surveilled the trump campaign for political purposes." president trump has long insisted he has the right to intervene. >> you look at the corruption at the top of the fbi -- it's a disgrace, and our justice department, which i try and stay away from, but at some point i won't. >> reporter: at issue now, publ

us, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. it was a pleasant day yesterday. >> it's going to be even nicer today but going to be a little bit more windy and that's what we'll have to watch out for. we're starting out with clouds this morning as you get started and looking at the highs for next few days, it will be in the upper 60s for the inland areas, this is much cooler than normal but we'll be warming things up a few degrees in time for the weekend. and in san francisco, starting out with some clouds this morning, it's going to be windy later today and we may have some drizzle and sprinkles by tomorrow morning. i'll have details on that and also more on the weekend coming up. mike, you have a big delay showing up. >> we do, it's over in oakland -- actually hayward. we're showing this backup now. the sensors show green all over most of the bay but this just popped over the last couple of minutes, southbound 880 as you're approaching 92. we know the eastbound 580 will slow sl show slowing through the construction zones. let's

. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's get over to kari to talk about that. >> if you turn on wind shield wipers and it smears the dirlt. >> time for a wash. >> it's not enough rain to really clear off the wind shield. it's that kind of morning. we start out across the bay area. as we look outside in san jose, it's even drizzling there. let's go to sunnyvale, we'll still see clouds rolling by and starting to clear up later this morning and it's a mild start, low 60s and upper 60s there which will be cooler than normal. we'll talk about what's in for the day and for the weekend coming up. mike, you're tracking a crash and car fire. >> which sounds like a huge issue but over in antioch, the bridge where there's the report of the overturned vehicle and a car fire and chp is making their way out there, no fire crews really and no major injuries but we're tracking that, that's getting out of antioch and towards rio vista. there's another crash in brentwood, highway 4 and the rest of contra costa county great. towards the

david. >> marcus moore for us in texas. marcus, thank you. this is hardly the first time the president had to address a deadly school shooting. he learned as presidents before him how much parents, students want this to end. it was a somber president trump today. >> this has been going on too long in our country, too many years, too many decades now. everyone must work together at every level of government to keep our children safe. may god heal the injured and may god comfort the wounded and may god be with the victims and with the victims' families. very sad day. very, very sad. >> i want to bring in cecilia vega tonight. we know this president invited families from parkland to the white house. it's still happening. other presidents have dealt with this before. how many times has president trump had to address this? >> this is the fifth time the president had to address the nation in the wake of a mass shooting. it's an all too familiar drill. in this city now the all too familiar response likely to come, the debate over gun control here in

thank you, marcus.ed cory and lisa to meet me in downtown englewood. there was some unfinished business i wanted to discuss. we are gonna look at office spaces, right? so walk me through the whole office idea that you guys have. lisa: let's say we have new accounts, new clients, it's not gonna look good. you can't come to my house, and people are gonna starbucks or coffee shops, which is what we currently do. lemonis: what do you think, cory? cory: i think we need it because we're gonna need customer service, too, when we get online. we're gonna need an account department to get accounts. lemonis: so let's just look at it, and then next week, at the end of the week, we can make a decision. cory: okay. lemonis: is that fair? cory: yeah. cool. lisa: sure. thank you. cory: oh, my god. ♪ [ laughing ] ♪ lemonis: for exclusives, extras, and business advice, visit theprofit.cnbc.com. blue moon is a belgian style wheat beer.od. brewed with valencia orange peel for a flavorful & refreshing taste that rises above

marcus, laura. >> it all adds up. thanks, contessa. >>> let's take a look at this tweet. it's from pittsburgh police. they are getting a lot of calls from police officers demanding money. it's a scam. they are calling from department phone numbers, telling folks there's a warrant out for their arrest and they need to pay up now. just so you know, we're very clear here, no police department will ever do this to you. if you get this, this is a scam. be mindful of that. >> coming up kari has a look at our sunny forecast. >> more sunshine. let's go to palo alto and check out our temperature trend for today. it's going to start out with low 50s at 8:00. we start out cool but we wa up quite a bit again today. we're heading back into the 70s. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates. that's coming up next. >>> beautiful view of the traffic across the beautiful bay. san mateo bridge moves nicely. we're focusing on east bayside, a new report i'm tracking down for oakland. >> plus nbc crews in the thick of it all. take a look, chasing twisters. coming up, new video you don't w

we're joined by ron klain, and jennifer rubin and ruth marcus. ron i want to go to you, we've had time to read all of these questions. what do you make of the design? what designs do you see here in the pattern of these questions? >> lawrence, i think it's striking these questions have foundation, they are factual, fair and answering them would be fatal for donald trump. it is a very straightforward road map through things that are known here, interesting new revelation that paul manafort actually reached out to russia to see how it could work with the campaign, but the heart of this is taking the contradictory and inexplicable things that donald trump himself has said over the course of the past year and laying them out in a very straightforward, very factual way in a way that clearly president trump couldn't possibly explain. >> ruth marcus, also harvard law school graduate, so we have a full team here, the firm of kline, rubin and marcus. >> we get to argue who gets to have their name go first. >> we'll work that out. we have to do it alphabet

laura and marcus, i don't know, that's why too futuristic for me. a little too minority report, don't you think. >> that is kind of strange. >> as cool as it sounds i'm kind of nervous about that one. >> thank you, bertha. new this morning, if you think you're getting a lot of robo calls these days, you're right. "new york times" reporting there were more than 3 billion ought mated calls last month. that's 900 million more than last april. the good news here, congress and regulators are aware of the problem and been holding hearings to try to put a stop to all those calls. >> me too. >> hang up. >> 4:41 right now. coming up on "today in the bay," your monday forecast and kari hall, right there. >> dialing up a great forecast for the bay area. it will be warmer as we take a live look outside in fremont. temperature trend starts in the 50s heading in the mid-70s today, it's going to be a nice one. we'll talk about what's ahead for the rest of the week coming up next. >> and farther up the road we're looking at oakland for the nimitz, nice drive here n

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i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. in the commercial break i said okay, saturday will be this and sunday will be this. we're all trying to make plans for the weekend. there's so much going on and hopefully you're already starting to make those plans. and you'll have a long weekend. we're starting out with some fog and drizzle this morning. not seeing that right now as we take a live look outside in palo alto. that morning commute will be mostly cloudy for the peninsula. and starting out in the mid-50s, watch out for the drizzle and fog in spots and it's going to be very nice in martinez today with those highs reaching in the mid-60s, we'll talk about that weekend coming up and mike says we may have a problem in the tri valley. >> just hearing about this. overall first of all to start our commute as you would imagine, things are moving great. there's a little blip over here in palo alto. kari just showed the live shot. all lanes cleared north 101 and university but slowing on the sensors and folks held up in a quick tra