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s&p, we traded back to it on the upside. we saw the acceleration. look at the mcdonald's chart, it's eerily similar to the s&p chart. the news was awful, but the chart looks good on the long side. >> and the real bad number came from asia. >> china and japan. >> you would expect that to turn. the same-store sales were atrocious. but that stock never got hammered. not down two points. that's a sign of something about the market and the appetite. >> and two rounds of u.s. air strikes beginning today in iraq. president obama launching a new air campaign three years after leaving the country. hampton pearson has the news. >> well, after 10:00 a.m., a remotely piloted aircraft, a drone to you and me, struck a site. moments later, they were attacked and eliminated. and minutes later, planes struck a convoy near erbil. and news that two jets operating from an aircraft carrier in the gulf had dropped bombs on mobile artillery used by isis. and the white house says that president obama has not established a specific end date for the air strikes inside iraq. and there's the humanitarian crisis. u.s. dropping supplies, food an

mcdonald's can come back. if you look at the menu. in the 1950's, mcdonald's only had nine menu items.y have close to 50. i think that is why there are problems with execution and restaurants. to domcdonald's trying too much, please steal while many people? >> i think they are. they need to decide if they are going to play to their core, or are they going to play to this new generation with new products? they have been trying to do both, and firms tend to struggle when they try to do two different things at the same time. >> do they expand and grow or focus on their core? why are we hating so much on mcdonald's for being so bad at this when they have good things about them. 25% of their revenue comes from breakfast. they own that market. they're working on customization. that is a good thing for consumers. >> she mentioned breakfast. in the wake of the tim hortons merger this morning, it will be vital that mcdonald's continue its a game in the breakfast space. tim hortons, the chain itself, you will probably see a lot more units in the u.s. so it will be important for mcdonald's to kee

s & p closed at an all time high. nasdaq also rose. millennials are leaving mcdonald'shipotle five guys and other restaurant chains. the younger diners are looking for fresher healthier food chains with menu items they can customize. the trend has been one of the reasons for the weak sales at mcdonald's. customers in their 20's and 30's have long been a main stay of the chain. tam k-we say carnitas. >> we'll get to you in a moment, mr. matt. >>> the parade will start at 2:00 in the afternoon and winder its way around city hall to broad street. the team will make two symptoms. first at the kimmel center and then at broad and washington where they will be greeted by the mummers. the party in the streets will ends with a rally at fdr park. afterwards they'll head to citizens bank park where the phillies host a pregame tribute. >>> stay with "action news" for continuing coverage of the excitement surrounding the taney dragons. getting everything that they deserve. >> yup. >> i don't have anything to say. >> no, you don't really. so it's warm again, sunny. >>> going to be a

mcdonald is still on paid administrative leave while they conduct their d.c.'s mayoral race has taken a sudden shift to focus on the leadership of the metropolitan police department. it began with the police union endorsing republican turned independent candidate david catania, prompting an accusation from d.c. council member carol schwartz also running as an independent campaign for mayor. it was her understanding to get that endorsement, a person would have to agree to fire police chief kathy cathy lanier. >> i don't know where she got that idea. >> murial bouser says she continues to look forward to working with chief lanier. >> it is very wet out there. we dropped one warning and gained a new warning south of d.c. so ups and downs as we move through the next few hours or so and the trend unfortunately will continue into tomorrow. abc7 live super doppler radar. orange, madison and culpeper counties where you see the box at the bottom of your screen, that's the newest severe thunderstorm warning until 7:00 this evening. it's not moving very fast. the cell movi

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s future. plus is the trial of governor bob mcdonald an example of larger problem within the system? and later, government wants to know how you handle your affairs? how do you get a more transparent view of washington? you will be surprised at some of the tools being rolled out to keep uncle sam in check. ♪ >>> our digital producer, wajahat ali is here bringing in all of your feedback. this is so interesting when you get into in eric cantor lost and the role the digital space may have played. >> yes, darth vader is currently the leading presidential candidate according to the "washington post" poll. and the most hated star wars character of all time is more popular than all of congress. and the reason for that, a lot of people are saying it's corruption. a loyaling streamer says . . . and that's a major reason, lisa why people want a change. >> yes, they do. house majority leader eric cantor losing his election bid to tea party candidate dave prat. many believe he is one of the only people to beat such a high-ranking leader. so what is behind brat's win? and what was it indicate abo

mcdonald trial on wusa9.com. >>> this is a yellow alert day. now here's wusa 9's first alert weather. >> okay we're still tracking big thunderstorms through the bread basket of the immediate metro area. another storm moving down 270 in montgomery county and this storm is hanging together. we've been tracking through loudon county over the last three hours. heavy rain around waldorf about to cross the river. slow going between newington and quanaco. a big storm up 270. this is producing heavy rain. rainfall rates over an inch per hour south of mt. vernon. i don't see hail or sheer. but flash flooding is a good bet with some of these storms. moving to the southeast. heavy rain at waldorf as you go over 301. but the heaviest rain is clearing lorton and heading toward indian head. we're talking heavy rain from gazersburg to clarksburg to the east and to both sides of 270 really. this will move essentially down to the southeast. get ready in rockville. get ready in wheeton and colesville and silver bring. we'll talk about when these storms die out tonight and when anot

>> well, jonah, you have mcdonald's who makes an arbitrary decision to raise the wages mip ma s minimally for $1, and that works in seattle, but not biloxi, mississippi. so it means that you don't have control of your own spread sheet, and why would you go into the biz offense you have no control. >> that is true. because why am i going to go into the franchise if i am controlled by the mothership? >> well, you are, and that is why there are only 43 of 181 cases brought to the nlrb that were singled out, and they said that mcdonald's has direct control and directing everything and they were given out specific corporate programs to allow the franchisees to track the number of people to the restaurant to employee ratio, and so mcdonalds has a lot more control than they are saying and timing everything from heating up a burger to -- >> a that is not true. >> that is the case. that is why it is only 43 cases. >> and i want to give gary b the last word. doesn't that break the entire franchisee model based on what jessica is saying? >> yes, on both ends. if you are a corporation, and not a mcdo

coming off yesterday talking about an article in the journal that had gone into mcdonald's sales figure finding customers in the 20 snd 30s defected away from mcdonalds to competitors to fast casual restaurants like econochipolte. this is a defensive play now from 3g they can't grow burger king as you could other brands? >> absolutely, no question. traditional qsrs are struggling right now. mcdonald's saw the lowest monthly same-store sales in almost 30 years, burger king itself has pretty flat same store sales, just up less than 1 %. in comparison, you see tim horton with the u.s. same store sales at 6 % in the last quarter. from additional qsr is struggling. the younger depp rask is looking for more helpful affair and different environment to dine in like the econochipoltes. it's a defensive play, provides burger king the opportunity to tell wall street we have a growth play, make real growth happen, especially in the united states. >> quickly, the point in part simon's trying to make and made by jim cramer is people don't want to seat donuts and burgers as much anymore, so even though you're going to put the comp

mcdonald's. >>> another day of gains on the stock market, s and p inched up five-point to 1900, dow jones climbed16 points -- climbed 16 points to 16,500. nasdaq composite gained 30 points to 4400. looking at the day ahead labor department is releasing it report on job openings and lab or turn over for june. treasury department is releasing federal budget figures for july. >>> brace yourself burger king is bringing back its chicken fries, they can be return to the menu yesterday in response to social media pressure. company says it was getting one tweet about every 40 seconds if you can imagine to bring back the products, chicken fries first appeared two years ago before burger king took it off the menu but now they are back. >> who is tweet ago this stuff all day. is there other stuff going on in the world. >>> department store barney's has to pay up, this is serious. they evidently have been racially profiling. state of new york slapped the store with the fine of $2,525,000 last year. customers complain barney's sickled them out at the store's flagship location in new york city and claim it hap

this week, russian officials shutdown four moscow mcdonald's, and authorities there cite sanitary violations, but there is more than a sneaking s suspicion that those closures are retaliation for western sanction ises gaiagainst russia. as the relations deteriorate, virgin founder richard branson penned a letter calling for a peaceful solution to the russia/ukraine conflict and signed by 15 other russian and ukrainian business leaders. i spoke to branson about the growing concern that progress made over the last quarter century is being erased. >> we all speak with one voice, and i must have spoken over 100 russian businessmen and over 100 ukrai ukrainian businessmen, and western businessmen, and every wone of us are incredibly sad that the e dreams of what had happened when the berlin wall came down of the russian people being able to trade merrily and go on the holiday with the western people, and with working together to sort out to bigger problems of the world, and it seems to be diminishing rapidly. >> and is this letter meant for vladimir putin, the russian president to take heed that we are going in the wrong dr directio

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. >> larry mcdonald, we have to leave it there. hits to the s&p 500 should putin invade, guy, what do you think? >> in astate levels, first, maybe he's right, maybe not. you could easily see that 15% level. but again i'm not trying to be geopolitical here. to me it's all levels, a breach of 1866, i think larry is right in the ballpark. >> you lived in russia for a long time. what do you think the odds are that would happen? in there larry says an invasion, what will happen. it will be a humanitarian effort to save ukrainian lives. so it's not going to be a traditional boots on the ground. there is no way that can happen or geopolitically putin would do that. i don't think no matter the that happens, that's a 20% correction in the u.s.. >> the am of humanitarian level, ukraine will not allow that. either way, it sound like this could be. >> what i said before that, i think we'll get there. i don't think that leads to a 20% sell-off in the united states mark. i think if you look at the leading indicators the la obore markets, two weeks ago, we wer

leading s&p 500 right now. 3% up for morgan stanley. >>> mcdonald's stock, little changed but new dataenials. people in 20s and 30s would rather spend more money on burger from five guys or burrito at chip pole tease than get a fast, cheap, decent burger from mcdonald. we have young ladies from the "varney & company." unbelievable. i'm going around the block so to speak, start with you, christie. why would you not go to mcdonald's. >> first of all, i don't know what is in it. i don't know what is in that hamburger meat. i'm a little appalled you called it a decent burger in your intro. i wrote the intro, it wasn't in there of you added that, number one. number two, i am not a fan of the chicken and the burgers. i just, i don't know where it comes from. when i go to the grocery store. i see what it looks like. i make it myself. stuart: we get to the point. you don't know where it comes from, you don't like it. kaitlin, why don't you like mcdonald's. >> i don't like it almost the same reason as christie's. i don't see them making it. where does the patty come from? is it frozen? is the n

s new secretary bob mcdonald insisted reform is already happening that will change the agency for goodeason for being. >> reporter: not surprising that ig report is already becoming mired in politics. the republican chair of the committee accused the v.a. of trying to cover up the agency's problems and his democratic counterpart in the senate said he was relieved there was no direct connection found between the delays and the deaths. it doesn't matter what that ig report says. both sides on capitol hill will be arguing over this one for some time. >> jim acosta with the latest from the white house. thanks very much. our senior investigative correspondent drew griffin was there in charlotte for the president's speech today. broke the story of the wait times at v.a. hospitals months and months ago. so what was your impression, what was your reaction to this report that finally came out today, drew? >> well, it details and confirms a lot of what we have been reporting and our sources have been telling us on the ground in phoenix took place there. a long list, wolf, of terrible things that

secretary robert mcdonald plans to talk to employees, leadership and patients at v.a.'sity in palo alto. he wants to make sure patients are getting care they need when they need it. earlier this year a scathing report found 1700 veterans at a phoenix v.a. hospital were kept on secret waiting lists with majority having to wait two weeks just to be seen. the palo alto facility says that's not the case on the peninsula. >>> 5:36. we are following breaking news this morning. mike told us about a report of a pedestrian possibly hit on southbound 880 on industrial in hayward. hour chopper is over the scene, as you see in live pictures. two lanes closed. traffic backing up for miles. mike is tracking that incident. what are you hearing now? it's interesting, a pedestrian on the freeway? >> a big question mark. but if you look at chopper shot behind me, this is the industrial, overcrossing, south bound 880, right in the same area, stopping traffic before you get to the overcrossing. and traffic control on the overcrossing itself. we put things together, sometimes folks walk acro

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s at 6:00, say no to the dress. i'll tell you about maureen mcdonald's reaction after one of the governor's aides told her johnny williamswould not be allowed to buy her a fancy gown. >>> the search is on tonight to find the person who set a house on fire in maryland. dash cam video caught video of the fire on ingallman drive in laurel. no one was inside at the time. no word yet on any motive. >>> all right. a lot of talk about bertha this week on the east coast. >> yeah. >> but not for us so much. >> not really, unless you're down there, have family down. there the biggest thing is a rip current threat. that's it for us. we have some nice weather coming over the next couple of days. finally feeling more like summer. over the last week, we have not seen a lot of summer-like weather. right now, 88 degrees. we have some clouds out there. a nice afternoon, just on the warm side as we start off the month of august. 88 degrees now with those wins out of the east at 3 miles per hour. plenty of sunshine and not too humid across the region. humidity is going to be creeping up here as we move through the day tomorrow. 58 in marti

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s. we look at lbj's "great society." we will also take your calls, beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. secretarys affairs robert mcdonald spoke recently at the 70th annual american veterans national convention. it was his first major speech since being confirmed by the senate in july. he addressed some of the recent problems at the v.a. and talked about improving veteran access to health care. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you. please, be seated. thank you for your strong and independent and great support for our veterans. good afternoon. it is an honor and privilege to join you in memphis, tennessee. i spoke as i was preparing for my senate confirmation hearing but this is my first chance to speak directly to the quarter million members of your organization and discuss the concerns we all share. and what we are going to do about them. let me say right off. i appreciate your contribution to va reform. the discussions that we have had on capitol hill and across the nation. i welcome counsel from amvets and other organizations. your experience and deep devotion to veterans is not lost on me. i value your insights. i thank

s&p in the same time period is up 42%. wendy's chipotle, outperforming mcdonald's by a lot. >> they ran into a lot of headwinds. a valuation problem. but the stock traded down from $104 to $92. it held exactly where it held back in june. i think it's interesting against 92.5, 93. it's not ridiculous valuation. to me all bad news now is really priced into the name. i like mcdonald's right here. >> you liked dominos. they have been 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 yo

s condition. >> a man from arlington has been acqttn the shooting death of a man in hawaii back in 2011. chrt didi was a state deptmec agent. he a man at a mcdonald's resurte a night of bar hopngse he said the man was bullying another customer. a mistrial was declared in the case last year. in thi most recent trial he was acqttf murder but the jury deadlo charges of manauan assault. >> he's not the shooter but polsae played a critical role in the murder of a 3-yol poli arrested brian campbell tod charging him with first and second degree murder. he supplied the gun that killed her helped the primary suspt,divan wallace get away. walce not yet been caught. >> the cou appearance is bringit evidence in the shoong of a d.c. police detect prosecs the wall lat of this h a suspect, romeo hayes wasou n the stolen car link te shooting on wednda hay claims he was at a club at the time. cou documents say he first shot at a female off duty offir,n minutes later fired at 12 shots at a detti southeast d.c. the dee w wounded is expec make a full recory >> to weather now. fee more like early october thanid august out there tonh veronins s a look at how ol it's goi

s&p and the nasdaq up 4/10 of one percent. in terms of individual stocks where watching today, take a look at mcdonald's. poised to sell beef, chicken, in china again. that is after one of the suppliers was accused of packaging -- meet. it is too early to estimate the full effect on the company passes earnings. studios'sy's marvel "guardians of the galaxy." earnings tomorrow may seem bottom-line benefits, in terms of viewership and continuing strength from "frozen." we will have more on the markets in 30 minutes. ♪ >> welcome back to the second half-hour of "bottom-line" on bloomberg television. i am mark crumpton. thanks for staying with us. let's check in with some of the top stories we are following for you this hour. israel is facing renewed international criticism after an apparent israel strike killed 10 people at a u.n. school being converted into a shelter in gaza. israel says it has targeted three wanted militants on a motorcycle in the area of the school. former white house press secretary james rady -- james brady has died. he was wounded by john hinckley in his assassination attempt on presid

s&p 16 points to 1,925 here. >> meanwhile coming up, customers not exactly loving it right now. mcdonald's sales taking a hit from a food scare in china, lackluster demand here in the united states. the pros are going to debate if now is the time for investors to bite into the world's largest fast-food chain or not. >> grizzly. >> also on the docket, a former u.s. ambassador to iraq weighing in on the latest military action there and if american boots on the ground could be in the future. >> and when we come back, a poignant story, the world health organization declares the ebola epidemic an international health emergency si. our meg terrell has the latest. in india we have 400 million people who don't have electricity and i just figured that it's time i do something about it. what we're doing right now, along with ibm, is to actually transfer data through a satellite from our wind farms directly onto the cloud. i think we could create a far more efficient system across the whole network where we could actually draw down different kinds of energy based on when it's needed by the consumer.

s harry smith turns 63. i'm dara brown along with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today." have a good one. on august 4th, two unsuspecting men walked in to a mcdonald'sdinary burger with heaps of jalapeños... ...for only two dollars. within minutes, they had also discovered the phenomenon of "economnomnomics" nomnom... nom? nom nom the jalapeño double, try it now for just $2 on mcdonald's dollar menu and more. it's economnomnomcial. ♪ nom...nom...nom... >>> good thursday morning, it's 4:30 i'm stam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. be careful on the roads out there as more students are headed back to school. this morning, the san jose police department will have extra patrols around schools as part of operation safe passage. eight bay area school districts are returning to class this morning in the east bay, expect a busy commute. uc berkeley is also back in session and hayward, the million father march is taking place. the 30 school sites will welcome kids and their fathers to the first day of class. it's national event designed to

mcdonald's is making. >> earlier on today, the dow was down for the third straight week, and then whammo, the dow, s&p and nasdaq are now positive for the week on this one interfax headline. russia's defense ministry says military exercises near ukraine border are over. let's bring in michelle caruso-cabrera, dom any chu, also bob pisani. michelle, is this for real? or do we take it with a grain of russian salt? >> i think what it tells is, one, the markets were very nervous. there had been a big buildup, and without a doubt across wall street had been expectations ratcheted up, that it was possible russia would invade ukraine the reason -- it looked like ukrainance were doing quite well, and it looked like they might beat them back. so that's why the expectations were high. this market was vulnerable to good news. this comes out. i think whatsh read in the market reaction is people in the market think that russia will not invade ukraine this weekend. remember, putin has backed down before. we saw it happened in may. it looked like we were on the brink of something big. he backed down, markets rallied, bu

s&p thethe dow, up .7% for nasdaq. we are seeing a bounce back. also reassurance on the geopolitical front, perhaps helping matters. let's look at mcdonald's, too. largest restaurant chain dropped in july. the third straight month of decline. domestically, mcdonald's has been struggling to attract americans to us locations with increased competition. ♪ >> welcome back to the second half-hour of "bottom line" on bloomberg television. i am mark crumpton. thanks for staying with us. the world help organization has the clear the ebola outbreak in west africa and international public health emergency. it is the largest and longest outbreak of the disease every -- ever recorded. more than 960 people at been killed by ebola. u.s. jets are dropping bombs on islamic militants in iraq, carrying out president obama's promise to protect american civilians still stationed there. it is not clear how many militants might have been killed in that strike. gazatinian militants in refused to extend a three-day truce after negotiations in cairo hit a deadlock. israel was funded with a series of airstrikes in gaza. now to look at the top stories in the news this hou

mcdonald's fell 2.5% in july after there was a bomb for the third straight month. and have established rivals they have introduced cheaper food bills. u.s. stocks rebounding with the s&p 500 climbing the most since march. it gained over 1%. that is a look at the top headlines. a little bit more than an hour ago, the united states launched a second round of airstrikes in a mission against militants from islamic state. , the go to bilal saab atlantic council resident fellow for mideast security. about thehat you know u.s. intervention in iraq right now. >> it is pretty limited. the president was clear what the objective of the airstrikes were. one is humanitarian and the other is to protect u.s. personnel. in the third, which might have been implicit in the message last night, is to provide assistance to the kurdish forces. hold the help them line as isis is mounting an offensive. >> speak more about the role of the kurds in iraq and the possibility of a breakdown in the country's federal system. >> isis is close. there is a threat that the terrorist organization poses to kurdistan as a whole. in terms of its military capabilities, washington has overestimated the kur

. >> mcdonald's is promising customers in south florida their fast food will be fast with free lunch if the drive through order is not ready in 60'st a timer and workers have to hurry, the average drive through order takes three minutes. this is a catch. it only ones weekdays from noon to 1:00 o'clock p.m. through august 29. >>> hillary clinton made a surprise appearance on the colbert report. >> he was criticizing the former secretary of state for name dropping in her new book and he was saying there is no way a woman can be in so many places at once. this she was. >> hillary clinton! >> now who is a name dropper? >> really? name dropper? that is not what my good friend tom happens calls me. when we hang out at george clooney's place. >> >> i love george i wish three could have joined us with i had link with meryl streep and the president of ecuador. >> this went on for a while. the name dropping contest included opera and paul mccartney. >> i drop your name. >> it gets me places. >> like a thud. >>> the five-year-old who stole the show while being interviewed by tv reporter at a county fair. >> today he is take on the big dogs o

s inspector general looked into allegations that 40 veterans died while waiting for care. the scandal exposed other issues. veterans' affairs secretary robert mcdonald said more work needs to be done. >> our strategic plan says it clearly. v.a. is a customer service organisation. we serve veterans. it's about how well we serve the veterans, ultimately that decides the value of our organization. the truth of matter is we failed in a number of ways, and we need to do better. we have to do better. >> president obama promised veterans that he would take further ages to improve access to healthcare and housing. congress approved $16 million to improve the system. >>> in politics, it's 10 weeks until the congressional midterm elections, when it comes to a g ox p takeover -- g.o.p. takeover, fears are growing. david shuster joins us with more. >> republicans need a net pick up of six seats. six to take control of the u.s. senate and derail the final two years of president obama's term. the polls show that the democratic fire walls are in trouble. in arkansas, mark prior appears to be slipping in his re-election efforts. if tom cotton pulls out a win in ark

cooler the next couple of days s [ cheers and applause ] >> that weather report brought to you by mcdonald'slike these. >> all right. well, you do some grand theft, ginger. manufacture i'm inside with the guest i'm excited about. i'm not sure that the guest herself is very excited. we have the internet's most famous cat, the grumpy cat and she's got a brand-new book called grumpy cat to life: observations by grumpy cat." and she's hear with her owners tab by and brian bundson. i have to say my wife and i love your cat. love your cat. so there are lots of inspirational self-help books out there. this book, however, is a rich treasury of deep cynicism and anti-social sentiments. what is the message you were trying to get out to your readers? >> basically grumpy cat is just trying to give some insight on how to live a grumpier life. >> do you think this could be helpful to people? >> absolutely. it's like the other side of the road. everybody has a situation they need to respond to and this will help with that. >> so we've got some thought bubbles we want to have the grumpy cat fill us in on, s

just released shows a mcdonald's employee pistol whipped by two robbers while on the job this happened week ago in upper chichester the two robbers are still free tonight. >>> fox 29'sruce gordon shows us who police are looking for. >> reporter: full week after the predawn rob bro most mc don until's customers were blissfully unaware of the violence that took place here. notification spoiled their appetite. >> it's getting crazier around here these parts. it hadn't been like that around here. spreading where are. violence. it's a shame. >> reporter: extensive surveillance video shows a tall slim black man and much shorter heavier black woman enter the restaurant just before 5am. she heads straight for the lone customer and robs him at gun point. he hurdled the counter and crack the manager in the head with his weapon. take good look at the the gun. it's very unusual. >> it looks like an old western style revolver just looking online for gun similar to that it look like a colt revolver has the extended barrel. >> 19th century. >> yeah exactly older. it look like, um, it's bronze plated or gold plated. >> reporter: the crooks forced two employees and the lone customer

s and p500 rose 22 points to 1931 and nasdaq rose 36 points to 43 hundred. >>> a trend towards healthy eating, maybe to blame for decline in mcdonald'snternational profits. according to the sidney morning hurled mcdonald's reported a ten year low in overall international sales. australia has been identified as a weak market for the fast food giant. >>> are you in the market for a new car? if some of this could be the perfect month. new report from true car says best deals for new cars can be found in august. now traditionally december is thought to be best month to find a car, a new one at that but this report says average price of the carries nearly $2,000 cheaper, in august. interesting. >>> workers rights activist are rallying against clothing retailer ralph lauren they are upset that the company has in the the yet signed an international agreement to seek to improve working conditions in bangladesh. country is the world's biggest clothing suppliers? well, last year more than 1,000 people there were killed will when a factory there collapsed. ralph lauren says it uses 15 factories in bangladesh and the company utilizees policies t

mcdonald, without more information. >>> joan rivers daughter says that she is hopeful tonight, three case after the legendary comedian went into cardiac arrest in a new york city's doctor an "soffice. melissa rivers said in a statement today we are keeping our fingers crossed. she thanked fans for their support. the mt. sinai hospital announced no updates on the 81 year-old's health today. yesterday we have learn that rivers has been placed on life support. >>> residents in the nation's capitol are warned about a new widespread phone scam, the the irs says people are calling, claiming to be agents, and they are demanding payment for state tax claims. authorities say that the phony agent who usually has a heavy accent calls, saying that the unsuspecting person owes money to the irs, and if it isn't paid immediately, they will ab rested. >> she said she was calling from some civil division and that they had legal papers, if you talk to them licensing enough, they will ask you for money. it is sort of where you're in big trouble and we've got papers to deliver but there is a way to work around this. >> the irs says it has received at least 90,000 complaint regarding this partic

mcdonald's. >>> just an hour and a half left until game time in williamsport a live picture from the little league series, the taney dragons hope tonight come back kids tonight. those dragon. sre now a household name. >> where did that name come from? we have been talking about that in the newsroom. christine maddela went looking for answers. >> reporter: in 1994, this is where the trainings were born, 400 south taney street, where the youth baseball organization got its name. but what's in a name? the historians i talked to say the taney name didn't originate in philadelphia and the street was most likely named after the fifth chief justice of the supreme court, roger tawny. >> today, chief justice tawny, however is best remembered for a case that almost tort country apart. the dred scott decision. >> reporter: a decision widely considered the worst ever rendered by the supreme court. ironically, tawny wouldn't have been a big fan of mo'ne davis or the taney dragons much in his decision, taupeny wrote that african-americans could never be united states citizens. >> the results of the dred scott decision was to conclude that slaves had no rights whatsoever. >> reporter: it w

the california-based company s raised $85 million, led by special opportunity funds with help from matrix partners and shining capital. and coming up, mcdonald'seing red in russia. we'll tell but crackdown on your big mac. plus we'll talk about a real crisis for new yorkers. there's a shortage of their favorite win in the hamptons. ♪ >> you are watching "in the loop" live on bloomberg television, streaming on your phone and bloomberg.com. good morning. i'm betty liu. the largest retailer in the u.k. has unexpectedly slashed its dividend and cut investment. tesco shares fell to their lowest level in 11 years. the fourth largest wireless carrier in the u.s. may be on the auction block. deutsche telekom willing to sell t mobile if can can get at leasted pads a share. earlier this month, t mobile rejected $33 a share from france's iliad. and russia stepping up that crackdown on mcdonald's. a russian consumer watch dog has ordered that 12 of the restaurants be closed temporarily and another 100 are being investigated for sanitary issues. there's speculation the closings are in retaliation for western sanctions against russia. in the meantime, it's

by the way this is coming despite mcdonald's which is a dow component looking like it is going to open lower on this news. s up by about four points this morning. if you look at what was happening overseas in asia, markets closed before you saw any of this turn we've seen here and in europe. nikkei was down 3% on all of those concerns. a drop of 454 points. in the european markets things have turned like they have in our futures. ftse is still down only by about 18 points. green arrows in germany, france and italy. >> let's continue the conversation about some of those concerns. the escalating conflict in iraq. david phillips joins us on the "squawk" news line. director of columbia university's peace building and rights. good morning david. help us through this sort of walk us through the permutations of what you think happens from here. >> we bombed some physicians of the iz lameic state forces but those are pinprick trikes. they are extremely well armed. they've got deep pockets. they've got their sights set on erbil which is the capital of iraqi kurdistan. there's some big energy companies like exxon mob

mcdonald's and k-f-c. >> james:while both brands insist they would keep operating independently. the merger would allow b-k to potentially cut its tax bill. >> james:this is a growing trend among u-s with a foreign business and relocates its headquarters out of the u-s. which has the highest corporate tax rate among developed countries. >> james:the move is legal. >> james:burger king is currently based in miami. >> darya: if you're having trouble with your eyes phone battery you may be eligible of giving a new one. mac operating system is made for the 5 c. >> darya:you might be eligible for a free replacement. >> darya:apple said "a very small percentage" of iphone 5 smartphones may "suddenly life or need to be charged >> darya: sold between september 2012 that fall within a certain range of serial numbers. at ikea, we don't just design furniture. we design good mornings. little experiments. big ideas. brighter ways. and better tomorrows you can take home today. imagine if everyday was just a little bit better for everyone. >> james: a lot of folks headed back to school today. timid to israel map and the emperor is low 60s. and lent it will be next and one. and by no and we will

for more gs 15's or below have been placed on administrative leave. host: the v.a. secretary, robert mcdonald, who took a -- took over after the waitlist and the investigated suicide at these facilities. this is from "the washington times." host: angela, hyattsville, go ahead. caller: i am calling on independent line, but i am what you would describe as conservative. when the republican party started being conservative i voted for them, but now they spend on wars with money we don't have, so i am an independent now. this just reminds me of what my dad did in paris. stations, on radio this president, it is true, he has done quite a lot that is significant. stick with that. a lot for the terrorists not coming here. i am comfortable with them killing themselves over there, i'm sorry. i'd rather have them do that and bring the fight here. the dow jones is fantastic. the s&p is great. we should avoid hatred and deal with fact. until the republican party goes not to its values and interfering in other countries, i would not. good morning, giles. independent caller. go ahead, sir. caller: hello, goo

and for more gs-15's are below have been placed on administrative leave. >> host: the va secretary robert mcdonaldtook over for eric shinseki after the va scandal broke about the facilities across the country with wait lists. also inspector general's report investigated suicide at these facilities. the "washington times" has this, 77 patient at the phoenix va who committed suicide -- host: >> host: angel in hyattsville, maryland. go ahead. >> caller: hi, good morning. i'm calling on independent line but i am what you describe as conservative but not republican. i felt voting republican when republican party stopped being conservative, they spend money we don't have. so i'm an independent now. what i'd like to say is listening to c-span, listening to the republicans calling in, this just nicely of what my dad did. [inaudible] dumbing down america. we call in on a radio station. we don't have our facts. the president come is to come he's done quite a lot. let's just stick with it. he has done a lot and now we have a terrorist not come here. he's taking the fight to the. i'm comfortable within killin

mcdonald boulevard. stick to 452 as your alternate to avoid any problems there. here you can see i-95 moving nicely in delaware county. mostly in the 50'sems there. but on the big picture you can see i-95 elsewhere this area of red, it's a different story from about the betsy ross bridge to girard only about 20 miles an hour. we're down to the single digits once again on the schuylkill westbound. about 9 miles an hour. we can take a live look near belmont and you see that westbound traffic now at a 26 minute ride from the vine to the blue route matt. >> thank you karen. let's take a live look at center city philadelphia where we sea bright sunshine and a few clouds out there. david murphy has the exclusive accuweather forecast. david. >> nice morning absolutely, matt. take a look at temperatures. we're at 70 degrees in philadelphia. a lost suburbs still in the 60's at this point. allentown 65. sea isle city 69 and this afternoon it is going to be warm. we'll see a high of 86 with clouds and sun. there's the chance avenue spotty shower or a thunderstorm but that's few and far between today. some of you might get caught by that. sunny and

s&p 500 is off ten. tyler, it is now down to 1,910. >> joining our "closing bell" exchange this hour, heather hughes, meg green, larry mcdonald, and our very own rick santelli. welcome, one and all. rick, i'd like to go back to something that you showed graphically. might not work quite as well without your graphics. on ""power lunch,"" you looked at the performance of some bond charts versus the equity charts. would you sum up what you were saying there? >> i will. as a matter of fact, we're going to be showing those same charts right now as i talk. if you look at today in the bund and the treasury. for the u.s., this is potentially going to be lowest yield close going back to june. for the bund, lowest yield close ever. for the gilt, low eest. it's like you're dangling over your skis. these charts are not the type of chart if it was an equity market or your apple stock, you'd be saying wow, i'm glad i'm holding this, let's buy more. they look as though they're going to continue to move lower. then the dax is my favorite. look at the dax, same two-year period going back to august of 2012 and it is knocking three times at 9,000 just l

s&p 500 up 7 points. we'll see what happens as we head into the weekend with still a few hours left in the trading day. some of the winners today include mcdonald'se back into positive territory. a loser all morning after reporting sales in july fell greater than the street was expecting. global sales down 2.5%. in the u.s. down 3.2% and the company ceo says the restaurant chain has to refined relevance with u.s. consumers. and monster drink. this stock on a tear year to date. up 1.6%. 52 week up, after reporting better than expected earnings and revenues. more stuart varney after this. you've reached the age where you know how things work. this is the age of knowing what needs to be done. so why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long- term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking vi