based mcdonald's restaurants are franchises. typically the parent company leases the brand to independently run shops. the individual shops are responsible for the employees. this differs from the model where the parent company opens all the stores, and employees are subject to the same rules. but the new nlrb ruling on mcdonald's says the company shares responsibility for franchise operations. >> what do we want? [ chanting ] >> for the last two years fast food workers staged periodic strikes from new york. >> we are trying to get fair winter games. new york city is not a cheep place to live. >> reporter: to los angeles. >> we'll make a difference. >> reporter: since the protests began, workers filed 181 complaints alleging workers were fired or penalized for prolabour rallies. the nlrb ruled 43 complaints have merit. 68 have been dismissed and 64 are under investigation. for its part the company promised to contest the nlrb decision. in a statement published on their website a top human resources said: . >> the n step in this

mcdonald is out on bail from the santa clara county jail.cheduled to be in court on the 15th. >> thank you very much. >>> the timing of the latest arrest could be hardly worse for the 49ers. they begin the regular is season a week from tod

racing her to the hospital mcdonald wrecked his car in winchester. his daughter, a well known high school student at millbrook high, survived. mcdonald helped recharter the winchester area chapter of the ncaap and served as its president as late as 2012. it's a tragic accident, and accidents do happen, sadly, said member darlene walker, who called mcdonald a strong leader. >> he is on paid administrative leave from the loudon county sheriff's department while an investigation is completed. in winchester, scott broom, wusa daughter is listed in stable condition with a gunshot wound to her chest. no charges have been filed in this case. >>> and now to the shooting in ferguson, missouri. anger simmering in the st. louis suburb following days of unrest. today we learn more about the night the night that michael brown was shot. debra alfarone brings us up to speed. >> reporter: first police revealed that they believed michael brown took part in a robbery of a convenience store. then they said that the officer who ended up shooting him didn't know he was a

and mcdonald's has to do something about that. >> mcdonald's had a problem less than a year ago when they put out a budget. there were complaints about waging low. it used to be a job that you could hold when you were young, and it's now being held by people supporting families, and the budget didn't include food. they're struggling with the nationwide movement for increased wages. >> did you see what tom thompson did? he came on and supported obama's minimum wage hike. and he's moving in the right direction. i have an older son who is looking for the first job, and he's going to starbucks because it's a good place with benefits. and i believe that mcdonald's is making the right step. there's another area, which is how the employees are treated, and it's going to be a struggle for mcdonald's, and i hope they can focus on it. >> it's not a ladder job. it's not designed for that. people were going to come in and work a little while, and it's now a place where people stick around. >> but it's dependent on how they are treated by the general manager and the franchise owner, and how he is

mcdonald's normally gets a cut off of the top line and the top sales and not the profitability. and in case anyone thinks that the franchisee ises and the mcdonald's or a couple, but it is basically most of the small business that you walk into. and 90% of the restaurants that we go to are independent or frap chized owe owns. 6,0007-elev 6,0007-elevens and 15,000 panera breads and talking hotel tax, and if you take a swipe at small business and corporate america and hobble them both, this is the perfect way the go about it. >> jessica, we have been talking about the job market being okay and moving ahead, but this could derail it, right? >> well, no, on the contrary and i have to agree with jonas on h this. there is absolutely a real case to be made here for, let's say that you were at the 7-eleven like gary b. said and you end up slipping and falling,b and is there a case to be brought to the main 7-eleven if there is a code of liability there, and that is what it is about. and it is 43 unique cases, and it is not small business, but a fear of employees being able to express th

mcdonald replied simply, no. prosecutors allege that mcdonald tried to hide the loans, never disclosing them on the statement of economic interest form he filed each we're. health care donald sponlded they were corporate liabilities. on the statement of economic interest i always understood it to be personal liability. the open question? whether the jury believed mcdonald's explanation. >> on do they think this was a reasonable way of operating your finances or do they think that bob mcdonald was trying to find some way to utilize johnny williams in order to make up for what were some poor financial decisions that he and his sister made? >> the former governor had an explanation too for an event that looked very incriminating in the prosecution's case. the very night he drove williams' ferrari back from vacationing at williams' lake home, mcdonald sent an e-mail to his health secretary. he asked that a top aide be at the mansion the next morning for a meeting with williams and the first lady about an anatabloc re

mcdonald's is top of mind. bat, we see the trends affecting them other -- more than other players. but mcdonald's has so much history and success based on a branding relationship with its consumers. the changing relationships with netflix and streaming video and things like that have interrupted the ability of big random names to build brand reputations, especially -- big brand names to build brand reputations, especially with millennial's. >> do they need to take a page from five guys? much ofguys may be too a competitor. look at fast casual in the same space. look at aaa five years ago. it makes sense. i understand why aaa did not otle did not want to maintain that relationship. >> what do you think? is fast casual the way to go? >> i am not sure that i agree with that statement. one of the reasons i think they got out of that business was to return to the core in the early 2000's, and that is what you saw restaurant same sales growth by the mid-2000's. >> we want to see chipotle. mcdonald's is not going to h

you talk about mcdonald's.food chain, really affecting their coffee offering this would give burger king another thing to offer. got rid of satisfries recently. this would give them a exposure to coffee. this is inversion story about a better tax rate and we'll see. don't forget congress is working hard or treasury in particular, they want to move forward with legislation that prevents inversions and also retroactive. we've seen some companies doing this. stuart: there is another element here too. seems to me, america has turned antibusiness. i think they are, and i think this administration is antibusiness. why not buy a foreign company, shift your tax base to that foreign company and use the money thaw earn around the world, go to that foreign company and then you can expand around the world because expanding in america is very difficult thing to do with this administration. i think that is part of the deal as well. into that's why you've seen the momentum of inversions growing exponentially since 2010. stuar

then the shout across the bow at mcdonald's. co-ceo callceo of chipotle callg ou outhis former parent company. he said this chip on th chipotle restaurants will challenge there are suppliers. saying that mcdonald's will become irrelevant. in last two years a growth for chipotle, in u.s., and mcdonald's, their sales have been flat, existing stores are down, revenue growth, chip on the li up 113%, and mcdonald's 105%. -- onl only 5%. when a business rival says your company is irrelevant, that is the same as inept. everyone here is a health nut, i don't know who to go to first. could it be possible? >> no, people need cheap food, it is expensive to create food the way that the ceo of chipotle said at a low-cost, the reason we have dollar menus, is because it does not cost very much for their suppliers to supply the meat, that 78 cheap -- that meat is cheap, we're not only putting chemical in our body when we eat mcdonald's but really inexpensive food. they still need a place to go. >> when was last time you had a white castle murde

of maureen mcdonald. said she was often manipulative. today, a witness testified she was possibly suffering from mental illness. when bob mcdonald himself took the stand, he testified about how even on day one, even on the day that he was elected governor of virginia, he could tell that his wife wasn't going to be able to handle it well. "i could tell she was not as happy as i would. she was yelling at me about something," suggesting it was about something she was going to wear. later he said he was ready to become governor but said that his wife did not feel ready to enter that phase of life with him. and so they accepted $165,000 worth of gifts and loans from a wealthy businessman? apparently this is a really expensive, experienced defense team and they somehow must be planning to connect these dots and make us believe that bad marriage and wife people don't like equals not corrupt. and should. go to prison. but this bad marriage defense really is the defense that they have started on. that is the subst

we learned that the mcdonald's were not living together. right now, during the trial, the couple considers their marriage on hold. joining us now is white collar criminal defense attorney, mark shammel. he's successfully defended clients in similar cases. we'll back. we keep hearing about this narrative and the fine line with keeping with the defensive narrative that he didn't know what his wife was doing. but he can't throw his wife under the bus. how did he do today? >> a couple things i heard he said concerned me for cross- examination. i think that's -- it's too early. you can't judge his performance in direct examination. that's like giving a speak. >> what concerns you. >> all these things about his wife. the staff has to tell her to not accept an oscar delorenta dress. if i'm cross examining him, why weren't you paying closer attention to the finances ? i think it begs questions that are hard to answer. >> all he needs is one empathetic juror. one husband who says i pathize with you because my wife and i have a similar situation or s

start shopping at the new carfax.com >>> mcdonalds in moscow them and mcdonald mcdonalds in moscow nowciting sanitary violation violations. but they are saying it is just a backfire of what we are doing to them. is this backfiring? >> every dollar coming out of the country is a bad thing. we are on a shaky ground. just about everybody in this country has mcdonald's in their 401 portfolio. and in is not just mcdonald's, but talking about 35,000 employees affected here. they are making a huge, huge shot at the united states by doing this. >> and gary b, you agree? >> well, i don't know if it is a huge shot, but it is four mcdonald's, tracy. >> well, they are not done, gary. they are not dope. >> and next week, they double it to eight. oh, my god. >> and you are telling me that they are really just about four mcdonald's? >> well, you think that we should or should not have sanctions and the point is that the sanctions are obviously working, and if they were not working, russia would not do anything, and so this is a tit-for-tat thing. and so should we do the sanctions? well, you can argue

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we start with the latest in the corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonald. the prosecution has started questioning after mcdonald answered some questions from his wife's defense team. peggy? >> reporter: hey i tell you what, the heat is on. the former governor looks to be squirming somewhat with tough questioning. the lead prosecutor, michael dry, began cross-examination of bob mcdonald about 45 minutes ago. look at the walk ins this morning. the governor not talking too much to us this morning. but dry began with a series of questions. you don't deny you stayed at the smith mount ten lake home you don't deny that you drove his ferarri? went through a bunch of the different gifts and loans been mcdonald received and every single one of those you did something for johnny williams? that is what he is trying to slow and he is catching him off guard a little bit. in fact at one point, the judge admonished mcdonald and said just answer the questions. because mcdonald said i don't believe that is what i said when dry was trying to say this is what you said under t

fast foods leaving a sour taste for russian regulators who are suing mcdonald's today over quality against the backdrop of escalating tit for tat sanctions between moscow and the west. and washington is sending over one hundred additional military advisers to iraq to help kurdish troops battle islamic jihadists and concern the u.s. is getting too deeply involved in the conflict. you're watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow where it's now ten am in the russian capital it's good to have you with us. at least three people have been killed in fresh ukrainian army attacks on the outskirts of don yet where troops are closing in and vowing a major offensive locals are being told to get out of the city the area came under heavy fire on tuesday night and is the current front line in the conflict a market and several apartment blocks were pounded by shells in the main square residents helped firefighters put out the flames distort a nineteen year old man and an elderly woman are among the victims many have now been left homeless as a result of the bombardment tens of thousands o

while mcdonald's is offering below 400. calorie things.y point, sonic says, hey, america, you want a cheesy bread dog, don't you, in fact, you want two of them and a 32-ounce shake. not apples in your happy meal. >> going back to why do you go out to eat, right, most of the time you don't go out to eat to feel better about yourself but to indulge. it's an experience. sonic has dope a great job saying you can't get a cheesy bread dog anywhere else, so that innovation is a big part of it to bring customers into the door as opposed to i can eat healthy at home. even though i want to feel a little healthier, that won't do it for me. >> when i want a salad, not going to mcdonald's. >>> there's sad irony in this new u.s. bombing in iraq. we'll explain why your tax dollars, taxpayers like you, you could be outraged by this story. >> as we head to break, the best performer in the spooich on this big day is that one, nvidia. if you own it, pat yourself on the back. but not while driving. use two hands for that. up 8%. your 16-year-old daughter stud

. >>> former virginia governor bob mcdonald took the stand in his own defense late this afternoon. peggy fox has been in court every day since the trial and tells us how the former governor did on the stand. >> reporter: the former governor was on the stand for about and-a-half. and he came across this very believable, even relieved to finally be telling his story. but remember he's only answering questions from his attorneys, and he's well prepared for those questions. >> i can't comment on it. >> reporter: under oath, former governor bob mcdonald said he never gave johnny williams anything beyond routine access to government. they're accused of taking more than $177,000 in gifts and loans from star scientific ceo johnny williams in exchange for promoting his product anatoblock. he asked him what he did not give star or williams. any appointments? no. press releases? no. tours or site visits? no. money from the governor's fund? no. and no line item funding in the budget either. mcdonald told the court that his administration did very little for star. >> did you do anything differe

in an e-mail to cnbc, the mcdonald's koerpgd said, "mcdonald's will contest this allegation in the appropriateald's also believe that this decision changes the rules for thousands of small businesses and goes against decades of established law regarding the franchise model in the united states." back at the table, jadavid k. n johns ton, and peter sudeman and the michelle martin, host at npr who is part of the identity and culture unit. nice to have you all here. >> thank you. >> david, is labor back with this ruling? >> well, this isn't so much a ruling as an accusation under labor laws. the technical term is charge, but that suggests criminal, and it's not. but this is very important. the -- the laws we have on this were written in the '30s for industrial corporations. we haven't updated them for the franchise model. mcdonald's exerts fantastic control over every franchisee. and the suggestion that they are not deeply involved in every aspect including the wages because of their flaun over everything else i think won't stand up to scrutiny. this is going to be fought for years. we need to up

prosecutor noted today mcdonald was in financial trouble even before he took office. and in 2011, the firstned with couple had more than $40,000 in credit card debt, that's right around the time the two accepted their first loan from williams for $50,000. one of governor mcdonald's central claims is he and his wife couldn't have conspire to accept gifts because the two were barely on speaking terms but the prosecuted noted today this supposedly estranged first couple went on 18 vacations together over the course of just 22 months. maurice >> nancy cordes, thank you. america's pediatricians hit the snooze button for teenagers, and a great white shark scares swimmers out of the water when the "cbs evening news" continues. and cialis for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment is right. cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as i

bob mcdonald replied absolutely.n my heart i spent 38 years in public service, and i wopt give that up for a round of golf. referring, of course, to one of the many gifts that the former first couple received from johnny williams. as you mentioned, mcdonald repeatedly on the stand today said for all those gifts and loans, he never did anything

or near that mcdonald's. >> well, just a couple doors down from that mcdonald's, they burned down a building. . >> several nights ago. >> no last night. last night there was another building burned. >> are you saying this was because of the safety of the people inside? are you going on the record saying they were cleared out because there was a safety issue that the mcdonald's was at risk for the same kind of vandalism? >> i have no idea, i wasn't there. again, all i can -- spending a lot more time than i'm getting other reports. >> and the reason you're with us is because we need the answers to these questions. it's pretty critical stuff. we have a community making lead headlines on every national newscast for five days. these are critical questions. >> right. well, again, after i leave this interview, we'll be going in to meet with st. louis county prosecutor to talk more about this issue. as the information comes through down the chain of command from the county to our chief, he keeps me informed, we'll obviously release that information. i think our chief earlier discussed the s

first the u.s., about 30% of total business for mcdonald's. having trouble connecting with its core customer and struggling. the eighth sales decline in the last nine months for mcdonald's in the united states. people are using faster fast casual food options like chipotle. healthier. wendy's and burger king holding up better. showed growth when it comes to sales in the last quarter. asia-pacific, i mention, the concern for mcdonald's. 10% of the total business, a food scandal, bad meat and chicken causing them to pull menu items and also to have to discontinue their relationship. hard for them to get visibility how that will impact consumers and whether they'll lose trust with mcdonald's. seeing it in numbers. early yesterday. yum brands struggling with this, michelle? >> thank you, sara. >>> guys, mcdonald's. lovin' it? logon and vote. cast your vote in realtime. mr. najarian, what do you think? >> i think it's going to point to the asian issues faced now. a lot of that doing with the food. and so let's just flush that down for now. when you

mcdonald not expected to testify. is this case getting a lot of attention in the state of virginia, people paying close attention to it? >> absolutely. absolutely. we've got just about every media outlet in the state here. >> woodruff: all right, craig carper, wcve public radio, we thank you, in richmond. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: following this week's cease fire collapse, there was heavy fighting again today between israel and hamas. members of the palestinian group's military leadership were among the casualties. hari is back with that. >> sreenivasan: thousands marched through the streets of gaza today in the funeral procession of three senior hamas military commanders. the men-- identified as mohammed abu shammala and raed al-attar, mohammed barhoum-- were killed by a pre-dawn israeli air strike. the militant group quickly decried the killing. >> ( translated ): the assassination of the al-qassam leaders in rafah is a big israeli crime that will not succeed in breaking the will of our people and won't weake

bob mcdonald has been a trustee of pat robertson's university, which is where bob mcdonald wrote hisster thesis, where he argued that government policy should favor married couples over homosexuals and fornicators. so he has long ties to televangelist pat robertson. and the defense now being mounted by pat robertson is not that the mcdonald's had a bad marriage or he didn't get all those gifts and cash and the ferrari from the wealthy businessman with the magic tobacco pills. the teleevans list defense is that the kais case is a secret obama plot in which a fantastically attorney general eric holder tried to derail mitt romney's presidential campaign. you know how they say you can't make this stuff up? turns out pat robertson can. >> bob was candidate for vice president, without question. and he would have been on the short list of mitt romney, the vice president. >> yes. >> eric holder is the guy -- >> the attorney general. >> he's behind all this stuff. >> he, as the chief -- the attorney general to make the decision, this is -- if you looked at the facts objectively and say this i

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than life to maureen mcdonald.nlike the other pman in he life, johnny williams paid attention to her. yesterday mcdonald's former campaign manager testified in 2012 he heard maureen mcdonald tell ann romney that a dietary supplement like the -- anatabloc -- don't put words like that in the teleprompter anymore. the product made by johnny williams' company would help cure mrs. romney's multiple sclerosis. the campaign manager said he was horrified by the exchange and thought it was a train wreck. joining me now is washington post columnist and msnbc political analyst dana millbank and matt, who has been in the trial and is joining us from richmond. maybe you can pronounce that dietary supplement. but dana, this defense is the one no one saw coming. ' we always try to guess how it's working in the courtroom. what is the guess at this point? >> my guess is that governor mcdonald was taking some peculiar nutritional supplements, however you pronounce them, to decide this was a good idea. he was offered a plea teal in d

i like mcdonald's right here. >> you liked dominos.n at the forefront in terms of using technology to really cut both their labor costs but also the turnaround time for orders and accuracy. do you think that could be a catalyst for mcdonald's? >> my kids actually love dominos and for a sill sicilian male, i difficult. >> it's a tough slice to swallow. >> that was cheesy. >> but the app is amazing. you remember what he did institute, he instituted the gluten-free pizza. at this day and age you have to have a company that gets away from bread. >> you're saying mcdonald's is not -- >> technologically, the menu, the product lines. you have to start offering platters of the stuff. people don't want the bread. >> you say thank you, no thank you to the stock. >> i do like the stock. i think they will turn it around. technically it sets up poorly still, but i think it's due for the bounce. >> as the fast food wars heat up, burger king is packing up its bags and heading to canada. we'll tell you where the deal has traders running right after th

bob mcdonald said that's false. he said he didn't know about the 50,000-dollar loan until maureen told him several months later. he wasn't happy about it but didn't tell her to give the money back because it was all ready spent. now we also heard about the rolex watch. he said he really thought that maureen bought it. it came in a mavado box. with not rolex wrapping paper. he questioned it. but it was around christmas time. he thought it was a sincere gift from his wife and that she bought it, so he kept it. that watch has been given back and the jury has seen that watch. here's what bob mcdonald said a few moments ago. >> it's a long way to go. but all i've said for 18 months is that i want the full truth to come out. and that's the best for me and my family in the short and long- term. >> governor how difficult of a day was this for you in the context of how this process has gone down. what was today like? >> that's probably pretty self evident i think. >> governor you talked about this being the whole truth. what

the mcdonald's employees were all left in the mcdonald's to close it down.o i'm not sure exactly, you know, why there is this incredible need to do this immediately. but it was very aggressive tactics they're using. i mean, that's -- it was the mentality they came in with was pretty disturbing. >> we've been criticizing the police all through my show today in the "news room" so from your perspective was there a reason for that huge police presence there and the rubber bullets and tear gas? was there a real reason for that last night? >> at the early on in the evening when there was peaceful protests i cannot come up with a reason for that. i can understand having them certainly a few blocks away and ready in case anything were to happen but this is a situation where there was a peaceful protest happening and, you know, the number of s.w.a.t. officers that came in was extraordinary. understood, the caveat is obviously all these officers have a stressful job and have been, you know, working long hours and, you know, have been dealing with a lot of tough situat

this is a total conservative play, mcdonald's.re you go. >>> coming up next, tekmira soaring after word that the u.s. government approved their ebola treatment. >> well, this is a name that is absolutely on fire. you want to be looking at it. but the limited use by the fda, everybody excited about it. and another company out there, bio crisp as well. and you do have options. if you're going to get involved, options have limited risk. know exactly what it is. >> if it goes to zero, what else is there? >> well, they've had some funding from the u.s. defense department, too. >>> and sotheby's, falling with high expenses. >> well, you have to own the stock. anything else is a fool's errand. i would be surprised if you don't hear something next week that will take it back up to $42. >> but what is that going to be? >> i don't think it's over on the activist front. one of the properties that any number of people can get involved in. carl icahn, perhaps. >> and risk-reward, $35 going back to october 2012. >> pete, spotting some monster a

the region is 10% of mcdonald's total business.ther problem that's been plaguing this company and the stock for months now, u.s. drop in sales and in july it got worse, 3.2%. we've been seeing that the low-income customer, middle, low-income, mcdonald's core customer, ha had trouble. you see that in walmart, in some of the other fast-food chains as well. healthier is in, another trend that's working against mcdonald's, chipotle certainly killing it when it comes to same store sales. the competitors, burger king and wendy wendy's, have been posting growth the last few quarters. their moves on menus connecting bet we are diners. it raises questions about management and strategy. the ceo, don thompson, his tenure has been marked by declining sales in the u.s. and abroad. he's had a number of failed attempts at revamping, emphasizing the dollar and more. the stock has underperformed and the broader index underperformed when it comes to other restaurant stocks as well. weathering the recession, guys, pretty well, and the few years befor

now russia is taking mcdonald's to court today. johns is accused of violating the country's nutrition and safety codes in some of its products which could see some of the chains most popular burgers and shakes disappear from russian menus now aussies are in english can tell us more she joins us live a really good to see why that is the consumer watchdog lost its appetite for mcdonald's well they have carried out inspections of several mcdonald's restaurants earlier this year and they have said that some of the most favorite and popular burger such as fish or chicken burger actually did not measure up to. believed to be the nutritional nutritionally valuable meal now they are saying that some of the violations that they have been covered as a result of the investigation actually puts the entire fate off the food chain in jeopardy. and they are looking into other violations as well saying that when it comes to some of the cemetery practices in those in the fast food chain that also leaves much to be desired now mcdonald's is saying t

a tribute to the unequaled power of audra mcdonald.iday every night. >> reporter: it's not a stretch of the imagination to think you're listening to billie holliday. ♪ but this signature sound and iconic voice belongs to audra mcdonald. but this is holliday. ♪ this is mcdonald. ♪ how do you do that? you somehow get the timbre. >> it was a long, long journey to find her voice. i'm still searching for it every night. ♪ >> reporter: mcdonald's uncanny ability to capture holliday may by why she has done what no one else has. at just 44 years old, recent ly earning her sixth tony award. more than any other performer. >> i want to thank my mother and father for not medicating their hyperactive girl and finding out what she was into instead. i can't imagine my life getting any better than this moment. ♪ >> reporter: despite her down to earth humility, mcdonald is broadway royalty. ♪ in lady day, she doesn't as much play holliday, she becomes her. in a ritual that begins before he hits is stage. >> i take gin. i put it here, and here. >> repor

mcdonalds has a great balance sheet. people think they will do something. prefer to own companies that do well, but, look, in the end, utility that sells burgers. >> yum, though. below 70. >> not a yield. >> that's going to be ugly. that ak -- >> i know yum, they were like, jim, don't lose faith in us. i'm not, but the chinese are playing hardball. they are playing hardball with apple. do you notice the tenor of china is not, like, hey, i love you guys? the negative publicity out about our companies are amazing. that media, it's not a free press, it's not a jefferson thing going on over there. >> no. >> the communist party runs it. by the way, they are capitalists, but they have, like, a dictatdictatorship. >> like dating a woman not good for you. there's a lot of allure over there. >> i don't know anything about that. >> it's tough. you mentioned deutsche telecom how they need to do something regarding ownership. they say they are in no rush. meanwhile, john ledger tweeted i predict the uncarrier, meaning them, overtakes sprint in total customers by the en

maureen mcdonald just left the courthouse and came down the street. we'll probably see the former governor stepping out soon. that key witness, paul pirito, he used to be a federal prosecutor before he joined star scientific. he said he didn't know his close colleague johnny williams was giving the mcdonalds gifts until the investigation began in early 2013. he says bere that he welcomed the support the mcdonalds were giving his company. >> reporter: indeed paul perito had a lot to say on the witness stand. he was star scientific's board chairman when johnny williams was ceo. he testified at first he was wary when williams told him he was befriending bob and maureen mcdonald in hopes of getting support for their new dietary supplement, but perito was won over, especially when he went to an august 2011 lunch at the governor's mansion with university researchers on the very day star launched a product. he says johnny williams was on cloud nine, and even though bob mcdonald arrived late, he says the governor's presence provided gravitas for star. a diffe

>> well, it is not just mcdonald's, but it is the franchise franchiser and franchise laws are out there for 30 years, because it has worked well, and it is tough to start a small business so when you have a big company and great company like mcdonalds that you get in with, you can grow better that helps the economy a big way and this steps in front of it and not just this, but everything else that the administration does with the rules and regulations. >> john, jobs numbers yesterday and they are okay, and not great by any stretch, and the hourly wages are barely increasing, and

they're trying to show a direct connection between what johnny williams gave the mcdonald's, whether it's one of those $50,000 loans or the $20,000 loans or one of many vacation stays and what governor mcdonald did for johnny williams. take a look at the witness on the stand. he is special agent david holzer and he momentsing a testified about the receipts he looked at the chatham bar in maine where johnny williams spent $36,000 on a labor day weekend stay for the mcdonald's and other people. he is talking about all those e- mails and texts and receipts he analyzed. yesterday he talked about the credit card debt, the credit card that the -- the seven credit cards the mcdonald's have and he said that they have a peak debt of more than $90,000. i asked the governor about that this morning. i asked him about that debt, and he said it's difficult. he said it's very difficult running a campaign, difficult on the family, and he says he's looking forward to presenting his side. we're expecting the defense to start on monday. we're not sure when the governor's going to take the stand, but hi

that's why the troubled marriage is key to mcdonald's defense. arguing that things got so bad, with wife, maureen, they couldn't communicate enough to trade their position for privilege. but prosecutors say businessman johnny williams, the ceo of a diet supplement company, provided the mcdonalds the use of his private jet, a ferrari, gifts including a rolex watch, on the governor's wrist. $15,000 for their daughter's wedding reception. in all, $165,000. but the former governor claims the businessman got no special access. >> i never thought i would be having to testify in a trial like this. >> reporter: painful admissions, emotionally reading a 2011 love letter to his wife, in which he wrote about the fiery anger and hate from you. you told me again how bad i am. it hurt me to my core. i am lonely sometimes. he went on to tell jurors that it got so bad, he said he would work until she was asleep in the governor's mansion, to avoid contact. if convicted, he and his wife could be moving into prison cells. david kerley, abc news, new york. >>> and u

there was absolutely nothing happening in the mcdonald's. the protests were going on down the street. it's more suburban than i expected coming in here. and so, you know, maybe half mile, not even down the street is where the protests were taking place. the mcdonald's was calm and operating as formal, until the officers came in and decided to clear everyone out. and i think the issue was -- he arrested two reporters, but the issue why he didn't like me too much is that i declined to provide identification just simply because i was taking a photo of him because he doesn't have justifiable reason to command identification from him. so i declined to do that. and he moved on before he then came back and decided to cheer t -- clear the store. they forced the manager's hand to shutting down the store there. and was told to pack up and given a countdown. it reminded me some the way some parents treat their children giving them a countdown. i was given like 30 seconds to basically get all my stuff up and i was evidently not if moving quickly enough