>>mcdonald: yeah. you're a bit of a detective. you have a look and say yes, i think that's worthy of further investigation. >>reporter: industry statistics are few and far between, the number of registered taxidermists in the uk has remained fairly steady for the past 15 years, but if you are looking for an investment, auction houses have seen some pieces by well known victorian taxidermists increase ten fold in value over the past ten years. yet even for less known works, the demand and the money is definitely out there. >>medina: i sold a piece yesterday for 800 pounds >>turner: something like a crow might be 50 to hire for a week and something like a lion could be 750 quid fora week. >>reporter: how many pieces would you sell in a week? >>medina: i would think in a week 3 to 4 pieces. 3 to 4 pieces, yeah there's a market for it... >>reporter: a market that appears to be growing ever stronger...as more and more people simply succumb to an animal attraction. >>abirached: historically polo may be the last bastion of aristocratic s

here's the heavily marketed mcdonald's, a 32 ounce cup cost us $1.o sells sweet tea, it cost us $2.09. this is arizona sweet tea, a 23-ounce can cost us $1. and we threw in a ringer, lip ton powdered tea, a 24 1/2 ounce key good for 40 eight-ounce servings cost us $2.99. we poured the sweet tea in cups marked a, b, c and d and proceeded to announce our famous taste test rules and regulations. >> we want youo taste one of each and tell us which one you like the best. >> reporter: sweet tea is loaded with sugar and history. legend dates ito3yz back to theh century when americans began to grow tea in south carolina. add sugar from louisiana and sweet tea was born. bubut it took the sweltering st louis world's fair in 1904 for an enterprising merchant to pour ice in the mix. and now you have yourself a tradition. as for our taste tests, each tea got sweet reviews. tea a is wendy's. >> a had a very sweet flavor to it. and it seemed like it was more fresh. >> why do you like a? >> because i dislike the other ones. >> reporter: you picked wendy's. >> wendy'

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. >>> john mcdonald says he thinks most people would do what he did. imagine, reaching into a burning car that could explode at any second. rob mcmillin has more on the brave heroics of this good samaritan. >> reporter: what are you thinking as this is happening? >> oh god. that's the first thing that came to my mind. and he was there. >> reporter: this was the scene yesterday in el monte on the san bernardino freeway. this red suv engulfed in flames. linda lozano was the driver. >> i told my daughter to take off her seatbelt and i told her to get out. and she got out, i leaned over and tried to get my granddaughter out. so i couldn't, so i looked behind and this man was coming. i jumped out and screamed please help my granddaughter. >> reporter: the good samaritan john mcdonald waste nod time at all. watch the video as he climbs out of the car after rescuing the 3-year-old girl. >> she was upside down. it took me a while to figure out how to unhook the seatbelt. then i sort of got my wits about me. i popped it and managed to drag her out. >> reporter:

the former attorney general bob mcdonald is representing the gop. only one of them will make it to the executive mansion. reporter: each came with very different agendas. >> every day in south virginia because we don't have the infrastructure to support it. >> reporter: republican mcdonald making every effort to nationalize the race. >> the governor of virginia, if it is at the federalevel that is bad for virginia and kill jobs and hurt our businesses, i will stand up against it. >> neither man scored a knockout. the contrasts were stark. from abortion -- >> i've been pro-lifen my time. >> he is very much outside the main stream when it come to common ground on this issue. >> during this man's legislative career, he introduced 35 bills that would restrict a woman's right to choose. >> you believe higher tax is the way to prosperity. i think that's wrong. $3.5 billion in tax inkraesz. you voted for gas tax six time. you voted for 19 tax increases. >> two can play that game. you voted to trays sale tax in hampton roads. you voted to raise on it soft d

go to any mcdonald's or wendy's around here and sweet tea is all the rage. is there a difference in the flavor of sweet tea? we picked a hot day to find out. ♪ >> reporter: tweet tea looks good. certainly good enough for mcdonald's marketing campaign. and for us, a taste test. so we set up in downtown washington, d.c. to taste four different iced teas. here's the heavily marketed mcdonald's. wendy's also sells sweet tea. this is arizona sweet tea. and we threw in a ringer, lipten powdered tea. we poured our sweet tea in cups marked a, b, c, and d and proceeded to announce our famous taste test rules and regulation. >> taste one of each and tell us which one you like the best. >> sweet tea is loaded with sugar and history. it's dated back to the 19th century when americans began to grow tea in south carolina. add sugar from louisiana and sweet tea was born. but it took the sweltering st. louis world's fair in 1904 for an enterprising merchant to pour ice in the mix. and now you have yourself a tradion. as for our taste tests, each tea got sweet reviews. tea a

if you think working at mcdonald's doesn't pay, this lady proved thatreeothry wrong. we'll tell you about her big payday coming up nix. -- next. th >>> welcome back. the dc council approved an investigation on marion barry, specifically noted attorney, bennett will be given subpoena powers that he awarded to his girlfriend. barry sat down today for his first in-depth interview since the story broke with bruce johnson. >> this is bruce johnson, councilman continues to blame u.s. park police while dismissing any personal responsibility for his arrest after he was stopped while following his exgirlfriend in her car with her exhusband. >> the blame aught to be on the park police. that's what started all this. illegally arrested me. we would not have some of this going on. >> you apologize to the council members. >> because i had brought . intended consequences t emth >> emwhat about the contracts? he hired donna for consulting wo eythwereeyngtida to pay her some $60,000 in taxpayer funds. >> donna had very serious financial problems. and some other things that i don't wan

but mcdonald's has tried to adjust.es. >> today, our most populahappy meal would be the four-piece chicken mcnugget, apple piece and low-fat caramel dip and milk. calories coming in at 375. >> reporter: for kids, it's less about eating and more about playing. you take this out. it doesn't work. now, try. it's like magic. 30 years' worth. and this was the very first happy meal. it was a circus wagon happy meal, released 30 years ago this summer. and you see down in front there, were things like the mcdoodle r stencil. >> i remember the first happy meal. but i remember the grimace. hamburglar. >> mayor mccheese. and the mcnugget buddies. >> there is -- >> the little berman superreporter. >> i can't shoot things from my arm like inspector gadget can. he's much more skilled than i am. another big thing happening this year, i mentioned the teenie beanie babies, the most popular mcdonald's toys ever. they're releasing new ones this year. >> they're coming back. >> mcdonald's very excited about that. >> we're excited that mcdo

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mcdonald's, i bought mcdonald's today. i'm glad because it's been a defensive play. and tomorrow, that actually ownership of mcdonald's should bode well if the tape rolls back over. >> look where we are in the s&p, where we corrected from. two weeks ago we're at 870. we're 100 points higher. that's pretty aggressive on the way up by anyone's standards. >> the question is, you know, the mood that we've seen, you know, in the past couple of weeks in the markets, were we already anticipating that the earnings would knock the cover off the ball? isn't the fact that the earnings actually have to come out, is it that we've already priced that enso we're not seeing that and we're going to come back to normal? >> the nasdaq up 13% in the last two weeks alone. you've got to have a lot of really good news to keep that going. i mean, this last couple of days i have thought this is the flight from safety. and this is a trade we've had on safety versus short to hire, hasn't worked at all. i think tomorrow maybe that will start to work because you had names like walmart actually d

they're not getting it out of mcdonald's or walmart but i still think walmart/mcdonald's are great playbecause i don't think the volatile si done in this session or the next couple of months. >> topic change, but quick touch on biotech. bristol-myers buying med vex today. we have to have extreme value. how do you play this if you know that a ceo like the bmy ceo is talking about acquisitions already? >> the clear point here is the fact that they missed out on imclo imclone, outbid by lilly. they needed to build out that whole pipeline. this is what they're doing. all the different big pharma names are trying to build on the pipeline and find ways. they can't always do it organically. they've all got cash. i think you can continue to look at those names and as they build in the biotech space, i think that does give you the explosiveness you mike looking for for more upside, whether it's merck or pfizer or bristol-myers or lilly or any of those names. >> pete, see you tonight. >>> time now for fast and furious heading into the close today. american express reporting after the bell. do you

admiral mcdonald, you describe the situations very well.there's not really a whole lot of differents. the politics of this for lack of a better word. is it your view that closing guantanamo bay would be an overall benefit of starting over on the detainee policy? >> it is my view that closing guantanamo enhances nashville security. >> i would like to be the odd goi out as a republican. everyone has said that starting over would take a tool out of our arsenal. guantanamo is the best run facility is that true? >> yes, it is. i agree that the professionalism of our personnel there is remarkable. >> to the guard force families who may be listening. when your loved one goes through everyday at guantanamo bay is making a sacrifice. i do think it is important. i take it to be one of the main reasons we are doing this work is to enhance the legity massy. i agree. the last thought is i can't believe frankly given the supreme court cases that if you close guantanamo mai bay and move inside the united states and perform a military trial like we did in

they decided to donate 37 air purifiers to her friends at the ronald mcdonald house. >> shared with them desire for katherine's gift. and it was literally a gift that landed not only in our laps of an idea to put filters in ronald mcdonald house here, but also a desire for katherine to give back to children as well. >> if you would like to learn more about katherine's gift, or future you would like to donate, you can head to abc2news.com and check out the links on our website. >>> now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate, here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> i think today was even better than yesterday. >> i tell you what. absolutely gorgeous day today. we started thought morning tying the record low at bwi at 58 degrees. now tomorrow morning, we could set a brand-new record low at bwi tomorrow morning. so we'll have to see what happens. >> amazing. >> the cool air just continues now. over the next couple days, we're going to warm up a little bit, get more humidity. give us a chance for much needed rainfall. things are look goo

he's the president of mcdonald's usa, in charge of all the mcdonald's in the united states. i'm fortunate to be on the board of directors, and i've watched him closely and see that he has an enormous potential, a dynamic leader, and he's bringing along a lot of other leaders. mcdonald's has this great culture of bringing in great diverse leaders. >> let's talk a little about the markets as well. and you are a chicago bull at heart, and you're bullish on the markets. what are you looking at right now in a good day today? what are you focused on? what sectors are you focused on right now? >> we're continuing to believe the media sector's going to be a great place for us. we think that corporate advertising's going to come back at the end of '09 and into '10 and i think that's going to continue to drieflt advertising stocks, media names, newspapers, television companies, the cable companies. we think it's going to be the best place to be-s in the media sector. >> scott? >> hey, john, it's scott wapner back here. it's funny that you're a chicago bull because our viewers are goin

and now she owns three mcdonald's. plus, mcdonald's gives out scholarships.nd who wouldn't want that on their resume? shouldn't you two be taking a nap? mcdonald's -- deeply rooted in the community. hey, craig... one day, this will all be ours. ♪ >>> welcome to times square, everybody, right in the heart of new york city, watched over by the econic statue. "give my regards to broadway" over there. yankee doodle boy. nice to have you all in the audience. we are live right now, literally in the middle of manhattan. my next guest also made his reputation as an entertainer. these days d.l. hughley is a cnn contributor, just joined the ranks of raid wroe talk show host on 98.7, kiss fm. you were part of black in america the first one which we so appreciated. what was your defining moment? what was your moment of truth? >> it's funny that i would bring a teacher on i hadn't seen 37 years. it was probably the last time i went to school. i remember being a kid. i remember my mother would always say never ask why. you ask so many questions. stop asking why. i was in c

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investors concentrating on upbeat reports from ford, at&t, and mcdonald's. >> mcdonald's was in linectations. i'm rebecca jarvis. optimism void bi-weekly jobless claims, coming in smaller as some had feared. the seasonal adjustments, auto plant closures, that sort of thing playing into these  numbers. >> that really made them less than reliable the last couple of weeks. they need to get past this period where they keep doing the seasonal adjustments. futures reet now as you can see, not great. we're up 260. needed 1.50. that's a relief. flat to slightly positive. >> now, as everybody knows, cnbc is earnings central. but this morning, "squawk on the street" is ceo central. check out the lineup. live, first interviews for our morning beginning at 9:30 a.m., qualcomm ceo paul jacobs joins, greg donahue will join us, and at 10:00 a.m., doug parker. he is the chairman opd ceo of us airways. he will be with us. jordan ce dorks is up next. and at 10:30, jim young, union pacific chairman and ceo is up with us. mark, of course, not only are we going to talk to them about their businesses but

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>> well, first i respect admiral mcdonald a lot. and i respect his views on this issue. it's one he and i have discussed extensively. we think that there should be a voluntariness requirement being just that as a factor because we think that military commissions, judges, courts, what have you are going to try to impose that any way as we have more and more of these prosecutions. as a requirement, we ought to get it right and make sure that it accounts for all the circumstances that congressman hunter is concerned about. so we are advocating a voluntariness standard but it's got some good language in there that we're happy to put forward for the record within the 10 days that i think is sufficiently flexible to take account of the battlefield and when you look at it, it's really not that far from what admiral mcdonald is saying. >> okay. i'm assuming because we're going down unchartered territory here because we're fighting a nonconventional-type enemy, a nonconventional war, we're setting new rules for what mr. hunter -- his scenario has, assuming we move forward here an

so if you look at mcdonald's, mcdonald's is an interesting one.have beaten the earnings expectations six out of the last six times. they are following through. if you look at all of the analysts, quarter after quarter, the revisions keep going up. they're looking forward to this company continuing to rise. >> so ups, mcdonald's, what's the other one? >> dupont. >> these are the three different sectors on the economy, and yet they all have a finger on the pulse of the economy, and is as the economy recovers, as i keep insisting this recession is over, these companies fare well. and especially since they have ignited with all these stocks. >> exactly. >> thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you very much. >> all right. and taking aim time. tonight we found a democrat who is on our side in a fight with the obama administration over taxes. he is a true blue dog, a group that just might stop the democratic party from rolling over and passing president obama's plans for huge tax increases on high earners to pay for the health care overhaul. l

so, mcdonald's decided to feel like starbucks with coffee drinks. started to act like mcdonald's with breakfast sandwiches. dunkin' donuts got in on the game. then, starbucks tried value meals. today's reinvention, the unstarbucks starbucks is facing some skepticism. >> seems like a bait and switch to me. >> reporter: the new shop is supposed to be more like the original homegrown coffee house. for the first time, you can get more than a caffeine buzz. beer and wine are on the menu. they hope to have coffee tastings and poetry readings inside, along with an independent look and feel. a lot like some of seattle's other boutique coffee houses. >> they were just -- they had big observations. i wasn't amused. >> people of design in other parts of the company, are in stores all over the world. and we're taking that information and feedback all the time. >> reporter: if the new coffee house is a success, starbucks has plans for more. possibly many more. i'm neal karlinsky, in seattle. >>> and coming up on "good morning america," unwelcomed >>> straight

. >> in america, you have models, whether it is sears stores or mcdonald's hamburgers. you are able to open a chain of stores, restaurants, hotels, and you are able to organize them efficiently. >> you spoke to him here. you were sitting here, and he was sitting there and talking about mcdonald's. >> reporter: dr. v died in 2005, but his office is left untouched as a shrine to him. his nephew, ophthalmologist aravind srinivasan, manages a system that's grown to five regional hospitals and 25 satellite clinics. this was the first one. >> this is a 32-year-old hospital, so we are probably geared to see about 700 patients a day. today, we are seeing about 1,500 to 2,000 patients a day. >> reporter: each pays about $1 for a doctor's appointment. that helps fund an equal number of patients who go next door to a free eye hospital. there's not much profit margin, so a heavy volume of paying patients-- satisfied patients-- is critical. efficiency is also critical >> we call this a clinic scoring sheet. >> reporter: dr. aravind, who also has an m.b.a. from the university of mich

describing washington as cold, formal and of only average intelligence, and then, professor mcdonald researched and wrote the presidency of george washington and completely turned around on that, his respect for washington increased greatly and i wonder if that is a common phenomenon among historians and one of the rules of civility, i believe is don't talk too much so i will listen on the air. >> host: thank you, i would like to use this as an opportunity to show your two biographies of washington, how many years separate them, and -- >> "the first of man" came out 1988 and now is out of printed, but it is coming back in print, oxford university press has purchased the rights to it, and on president's day, in february, they are going to issue it and my biography, of john adams in paper back edition, so 21 years, separate these two books on washington. >> host: is that viewer's theory or description of forest mcdonald similar to your experience in did your view of journal washington change in that time period? >> guest: i think, yeah, my view of washington has been an evolving view.

stephen mcdonald, abc news, beijing. >>> now for more aut all of this, we are joined tonight by drew james nathan. he i a political science professor at columa unversity, who has wtten extensive about china. go to have you back. >> thank you. >> i don'think many americans are aware of who the uighurs are, or how tey fit into china overall. how did they co to view in china? >> well, the uigrs are 1 of 55 national minorities that the chineserecognizes. always lived in thatpart of the world, which is now shinon of china. the live on the cnese side, as well as the otr side, kaakhstan of that bordr. they areturket people. they believe in islam. they're not chinesein the way that we think of enic chinese and that's where they've alws lived. >> and what are tir grvances? >> their grievances are essentially that their identity is not recognizedy the cnese ste. althou the state state says that it recognizes ethni minority autony, but actually what they he done isto kind of bury the local people, the uighurs, inhis influx of han inese from rest of chi. and their strategy iso develop the region

john mcdonald was definitely in the right place at the right time. he was on his what i to work in california when he saw a red suv engulfed in flames. without thinking twice, he ran to the fiery car. linda was screaming that her granddaughter was still in the car. >> she was upside down, and it took me a while to figure out how to unhook the seat belt. when i got my wits about me, i popped it and managed to drag her out. it worked out fine. >> reporter: what's going through your mind through this whole thing? >> i thought we were both going to die to be honest. >> if you pay attention, you can see mcdonald climb out of the car after rescuing this 3- year-old girl. the family this morning, obviously, calming him a hero. thanks to his quick thinking that little girl is okay. >>> here's the latest now in towson catholic high school and the decision do close the scoor. a hearing is scheduled for 2:00 on a restraining order to block the school's closing. the high school announced it would shut down because of financial issues and low enrollment. ever sin

dejoselin está infinitamente agradecida, gracias a la rapida acción se escapó de las llamas, ahora tanto mcdonaldlo llamen héroe se auxilio. >>> y para nuestro final, unos novios se lanzaron al agua, la futura esposa disfrutó de las actracciones de un parque para captara las imágenes. >>> creo que todo estaba a prueba de agua. >>> es solo un vestido. >>> seguro su

our report coming from abc stephen mcdonald who is in beijing. >> reporter: police struggle to control the streets of the regional capital of urumqi. and the attacks weren't only restricted to cars and buildings. han chinese who were passing by were attacked by the crowd. one woman fell to the crowd and was not spared. the government blames uighurs abroad for promoting the clash which started yesterday. >> translator: this is a typical incident of baiting, smashing and looting overrode by overseas' forces. it was premeditated, planned and organized. >> reporter: thousands of protesters had marched through the streets, calling for an investigation into an earlier incident. they'd seen footage on the internet of uighur workers being bat to death by han chinese at a toy factory in southern china. >> it's natural and spontaneous, the response of uighurs against -- the blooding, killing of uighurs. >> reporter: 2009 is the 60th anniversary of shin, xinjiang's liberation of china. the government calls it the peaceful liberation of xinjiang but many uighurs don't accept beijing's rule. and th

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