very much. >>> up next -- mcdonald's announcing a wage hike for workers at company-owned restaurants but that's just 10% of its u.s. locations. is it enough? at the same time son mcdonald's to negative. we'll talk to the analyst that made that call on the credit rating after the break. the pursuit of healthier. it begins from the second we're born. after all, healthier doesn't happen all by itself. it needs to be earned... every day... using wellness to keep away illness... and believing that a single life can be made better by millions of others. healthier takes somebody who can power modern health care... by connecting every single part of it. for as the world keeps on searching for healthier... we're here to make healthier happen. optum. healthier is here. >>> mcdonald's, struggle with protests from its workers, planning toing raise wage as the company-owned restaurants in the united states. kate rogers with more on the story. good morning to you, sara. some 90,000 mcdonald's workers around the country are going to be getting that raise that you mentioned this summer. but here's the cash only account for 10% of the company's u.s. restaurant workforce. the

olivia: i would also point out that yesterday mcdonald's is getting downgraded by s&p from negative -to negative from stable. there is a one third chance mcdonald's cannot improve sales growth. tom: one analyst says it is a modern progressive burger company. tell me what that is. we have a modern progressive twitter question for you today. when will wage growth catch up with job growth? we will answer that tomorrow. good friday. olivia sterns is falling on the "surveillance" sword. she is with me tomorrow. jim glassman will be here, and we are thrilled to bill you -- to bring you alan krueger from princeton. we will do that tomorrow, 7:00 to 9:00. stay with us. "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance" from new york city. olivia goes blogging. olivia: specifically, larry summers and ben bernanke. then bernanke, the former fed chair, he has a new blog with -- he writes, -- olivia: jeff rosenberg of blackrock, do we have secular stagnation? jeffrey: i am not in that camp. to broaden the conversation about the blog, it is much more about this wonky

a lot of that, about 20 points of that had to do with mcdonald's which had very good numbers. s&p up a little more percentagewise. nasdaq up about the same. russell 2000 up as well. liz: coca-cola did very nicely. david: not bad at all. liz: finally managed to move the needle on revenues. "after the bell" starts right now. liz: we are looking at t

s&p 500. tomorrow we hear from yum! . on wednesday it's facebook and coca-cola and mcdonald's. thursday tech all-star's google microsoft and amazon report. along with p & g, pepsi, hershey's and starbucks. >> we now talk about one sector that investors need to watch. on oppenheime rrks and expectations we are very low. how are doing to meet them. >> so far so good. the bar was relatively low coming into earnings sea consensus was earnings would be down 5% in q1. about 75% of companies have been beating the eps numbers but much fewer on top line revenue side. only about 5 showing that companies are doing a pretty good job of managing co in a pretty difficult revenue environment. >> is it going to be a positive earnings season or slightly in the negative? >> i think the numbers will be slightly down no matter what largely because energy will be such a big drag down almost 60% quarter over quarter, materials will be firmly negative as well. even the positive sectors like health care finals and teches which are going to show good earnings growth won't pe enough to offset the big lo

a lot of that, about 20 points of that had to do with mcdonald's which had very good numbers. s&p up a little more percentagewise. nasdaq up about the same. russell 2000 up as well. liz: coca-cola did very nicely. david: not bad at all. liz: finally managed to move the needle on revenues. "after the bell" starts right now. liz: we are looking at the highest close for the nasdaq since march 10th of the year 2000. knew tech was hot. let's get to today's action. we have michael wall. michael says he is expecting a breakout in the market soon. is it up or down? he will tell us what he thinks. michael murphy sees plenty of opportunity right now that investors may be overlooking. he will tell us where. ira epstein in the pits of cme. we're waiting on facebook. meantime so much news whodunit with the "flash crash" but a nice rally today. >> yeah, the "flash crash" thing has me. when it happened i was always of the opinion and vocal the chicago mercantile should have bust ad bun of trade the way the stock market did. they let them stand. what would you expect them to say? their own rese

mcdonald's. >> you are winning $50,000. >> $50,000! what? >> that aes's athea who goes to d.c.'s science mathematical technology high school in northeast. she tells us she enter aid mcdonald's scholarship competition but she had no idea the prize would be so large. >> i'm like, god is good! god is good all this time. i'm so happy. i'm feeling relieved. i'm feeling like i can just do anything. >> what a smile. >> we're feeling it too. >> acia tells us she's planning to study industrial engineering next year at morgan state. >>> home depot is clearing its shelves tonight of toxins. that's the message the hardware giant is putting out this evening. consumer reporter erika gonzalez is here in the studio to tell us what kinds of toxins we're talking about. erika? >> we're talking about a kind found in some types of vinyl flooring. the chemicals are considered extremely dangerous to kids, yet some types are found in flooring at levels that exceed safety standards for kids' toys and clothing. home depot says it's putting a stop to any sale of flooring that contains that will atfal ats b

s model of service. i want to thank you again, mr. secretary for testifying before this subcommittee and i look forward to your testimony. secretary macola -- secretary mcdonald: thank you for the opportunity to discuss the v.a.'s 2016 and 2017 advanced appropriations request and budget. we appreciate your steadfast basher steadfast report for veteran services organization. as v.a. moves from a serious crises, we have a critical opportunity. we intend to take full advantage to make v.a. a model agency and an experience comparable to the best private sector businesses. currently, a million veterans aren't rolled and use at least one service. the cost of the filling obligations grows over time because veterans demand continue to increase. in 2014, 40 years after the war ended, 22% of vietnam veterans were receiving service-connected disability benefits. we expect that percentage to continue to increase. from 1960 two 2000, the percentage of veterans receiving v.a. compensation was about 85%. in the last 14 years, that has more than doubled to 19%. in 2009, vba completed about 980,000 claims. in 2017, we project we will complete over 1.4 million claims , a 47% i

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s sanctimony this week in economics. some people saying they will spend more money on mcdonald' thanks to mcdonald's saying t they will pay higher wages for the workers at the stores ey own. some sayining they are going t boycott indian because of new religious freedodom laws they'rere saying they discriminate. will mcdonald see any profit from boosting minimum-wage and will indiana see any losses as a result of their laws?? jonathan: i think they recognize they need to payeople a living wage to cocome to work there. they are hard jobs. i think it will help mcdonalald's. social issues are really tough. a lot ogay lesbian n consumers in this country -if they are going to be welcome they are ing to spend a lot of money. rebecca: they have the best fries in the universe. yocan't have a dollar menu if you pay too much to your workers. i don't want to have -- jim: mcdonald's is facing what a loof other businesses are facing. recruiting and retaining. the market is tting tighter. indidiana may come back and haunt some of the jurisdictions. rebecca: times up, thank you. morris: this week on "government matters" -- the bureau pre

senate appropriations subcommittee hearing for testimony by veterans affairs secretary, robert mcdonald on the v.a.'s budget request for 2016. it's a nearly $170 billion plan that includes expanding health care and benefits. transforming the v.a. into a more veteran centric department and programs to end homelessness among veterans. mark kirk of illinois's, the chair of the subcommittee. you're watching c-span3. >> he was a vietnam veteran in the marines and presented himself to the v.a. with chest pains. went to see dr. deetiter, the head of cardiology. he didn't want him to be in his win loss record. referred him to the floor. there, tom expired of a heart attack. wanted to make sure that that kind of a thing never happens to our veterans that we have. competent, strong administration of people. ms. secretary, i have raised this issue with you multiple times. behind that is the story of lisa a cardiologist as we witnessed this whole thing and thought it was an outright malpractice happening in this case. i know you have a ten minute opening, mr. secretary. >> thank you chairman kirk. >> thank you,

s in a place like new york. >> reporter: in response to criticses, mcdonald's a can noannounced on april 1st it's increasing averagee just under $10 an hour for workers at corporate-owned restaurants but the workers are saying it's not enough. and the raise will only impact a small minority of mcdonald's employees. so they continue to do battle. rallying across the country roy wednesday, outside big-named business who his say they can't afford the increase. and will either have to cut jobs or raise prices. fifteen dollars an hour sounds like a reasonable thing to do. until you realize that somebody has to pay for it. >> reporter: researcher james shrek says the economy needs entry level jobs like these. >> the vast majority of people who start at these low wage jobs move up in to hire paying positions one a few years or in many cases within a year. >> reporter: but agnes whose husband lives on a fixed income has been doing her job for 27 years. >> that is a biggest myth. low wage workers are not teenagers, they are families, they are mothers, they are fathers. they are not just teenagers. >> reporter: and like agne

s popping out for next weekend. the best days, tuesday wednesday, and possibly next weekend. kellye: a 7 on your side consumer alert, mcdonald's closing at least 900 restaurants worldwide, one day after they announced a $400 million first-quarter profit loss. the world's largest burger chain has been struggling with dwindling customers and falling sales. and chipotle at your doorstep launching delivery service at 67 major cities, including the district. customers can order food for delivery using an app. deliveries from the service start at five dollars if you are within a mile of the restaurant and the charges go up from there. coming up -- a life-saving haircut. kellye: some customers will receive more than a haircut the next time they go to the barbershop. a new program is designed to give customers life-saving information. sam ford shows us how it works. sam: christopher's grooming lounge in northeast was the scene of an unusual news conference with cigna health care and doctors. >> a tube is inserted into the colon and polyps are removed and colon cancer is presented. sam: d.c. has the highest rate in the u.s. and the hig

mcdonald's. >>> discouraging reports on jobs manufacturing and construction sent stocks on wall street lower. the dough fell 77 points sht and nasdaq finished 20 points lower. alee janet air expects to file suit after the pilots strike. the pilots union will comply with the court order. the pilots say allegiant is highly profitable benefits have been rolled back. a strike today would have affected some 33,000 passengers. >>> hbo is headed to the internet television service, sling tv. it is the first time hbo offered their content on a live tv service. sling says hbo will be available for the april 12th "game of thrones" season premier. they will have to pay $15 a month for an hbo subscription. >>> a self-driving car arrived in new york after completing a cross country trip. the delphi audi will be featured at the new york international auto show. for most of the journey, the car drove itself. the suv is equipped with a gps, radar sensors and cameras. engineers were along for the ride from california to new york, but they did not drive. >> thanks a lot, jill. when we return, iconic game show host, bob barker returns to

with these strategies to overcome quarter after quarter of poor performance, mcdonald's lagging its peers, both its peers on the shen it makes a decision to raise wages for just 10% of the workforce and calls it an investment in its people and its product, there's something that doesn't connect there. and that's a really significant indication of what it's really trying to do with the wage increase while at the same time it captures a third of its company revenues from the fees royalties and rents that it receives from franchisees. >> i think i'm finished chewing there. it's not the hottest egg mcmuffin. michelle i found one of the interesting things about this announcement was the educational assistance it's extending to all of its workers, even those that work at the franchises. i'm just wondering why can't mcdonald's do the same thing around wages? >> it can. it doesn't want to. to be honest i think the educational assistance that's great. i wonder if it has something to do you probably know better than i do whether that has to do with employee retention which is not just a matter of mcdonald's good will they

s on sunday. chris and jessica back over to you. >>> mcdonald's certainly a favorite spot for so many kid out there. >> there is one restaurant in pennsylvania, that says minors are no longer welcome there without an adult. mcdonald's in altoona says that it is prohibiting children and teenagers from eating unless they are with a guardian. that comes a week after dozens of juveniles caused a disturbance there. this is not first time they have had issues at that particular mcdonald's they plan to deploy more officers there to clear out any rowdy minors. >>> well, this story is generate ago lot of buzz on social media. we'd love to hear your thoughts. connect with us on facebook and on twitter and use the hash tag cbs-3 chat. >>> coming up, a hollywood star invade, broadway. >> we will hear from philadelphia's bradley cooper who was nominated for a tony. next. a part of what standardized tests don't measure, very frankly they don't measure the diligence, the potential passion of a student. so it's really a measure of how adept you are to working out a problem quickly. but what if you're brilliant and

s biggest multinationals like ibm and mcdonald's?we have to keep in mind that they are most concerned about the overall u.s. economy and they are not overly concerned with the earnings of the individual companies and i think they already addressed the fact that the dollar may have gone up a little too much too quickly and the pace of the dollar appreciation is what has them most concerned and that seems to have stabilized since their last meeting. >> so not as focused on earnings, more on the economy which is expected, but talking about the earnings we've seen poor retail sales, slowing job creation, all raising the question as to whether the fed will impact raise rates in 2015. what are you expecting? >> i still think the fed wants to get started with the normings process and probably not going to see a rate hike before september. we think a lot of these factors have been transitory as we move back into the second and latter part of the year we'll begin to see the economy picking back up again. >> what does that do to the u.s. bond

s and an increase is long overdue. the group wove through the streets picking up more and more people along the wayfinally the march ended at the mcdonalds restaurant at the corner of university and shattuck. the restaurant was closed for the event. the march had ended and speakers gathered in the intersection to raise their voices and demand a living wage for all americans. all this comes after the mcdonalds corporate headquarters announced it would be raising the hourly wage of all employees who work at corporate owned stores. that raiseone u.s. dollar an hour. many in the group say they think the mcdonalds announcement is a nice gesture and appreciate the effortmost say it is a long from the living wage that is necessary in the second decade of the 21st century. the protestors say the time has come and it should be a nation wide change that affects workers in all 50 states. police say the protest was well organized and the good news is that nobody got hurt and nobody was arrested. i'm jeff bush in berkeley, kron four news. pam moore>>: one person has died in one of two major house fires in the south bay. the deadly fire broke out at a

s americana will be shipped back to the states. but what about the american brands of the 21st century? the star backs -- the starbucks a mcdonald's the hotel chains? will it lose individuality and its soul? geraldo fernandez has been described as cuba's mandela. in prison for 16 years and the u.s. for espionage, he was released that christmas, and is being tipped to succeed while castro -- raul castro as president. >> we can see what is happening now maybe in small countries europe, penetrated by big corporations and also american operations. i certainly hope that that is something that won't happen in cuba. reporter: what is clear is that cuba needs investment and badly. its infrastructure is crumbling. 90 miles separates this fishery line and the american coast. the unbridgeable divide for cubans is almost no more. katty: i spoke to john in havana a short time ago. john, how worried are cubans about this idea that as the country opens up to american business the character might change? i would think cubans would one american business at any price. john: they do want american business, but there is concern that the individuality

mcdonald's the latest, lifting pay for 90,000 workers. that's not enough for these union-backed protesters. they wanted $15 an hour. what is that going to do to jobs? s. >> it's going to kill jobs. we just went through this in seattle where effective april 1st you had to raise the wages to $15 an hour. already you had numerous restaurants closing. just a few of them you had grub in the queen ann neighborhood little uncle the boat street cafe. that's just a tip of the iceberg. wages raise just went into effect. 33% of a restaurant's expenses are on wages. they only have about 1.5% to 3% profit margin. do the math. if you raise wages 50% from $10 to $15 guess what happens to your profit margin? it goes to zero. there is no reason to be in business. >> it's the first wave in seattle right now. >> exactly. >> chuck, why are the unions upset we are raising wages? >> let's stay on the math and do the back woods country math. i'll take the unemployment rate of 10% five years ago. now unemployment rate is 5%. profits are skyrocketing author these big corporations and big restaurants. i would throw walmart in there. there's been social pressure. they started

secretary mcdonald, you noted in your testimony that the v.a.'s really at a crossroads. and you struggle with significant challenges including internal management controls as well as the delivery of safe appropriate care. and we've talked a number of times as i have with dr. clancy about how these two failures have had really tragic results at a particular medical hospital in wisconsin, the v.a. medical facility. and i look forward to working with the members of this committee on a number of steps we can take including legislation legislation legislation. dr. clancy, your clinical investigation into -- into the v.a., you have initial and interim findings and i know it's ongoing. but with regard to opioid prescribing, you found it was double the national average when it comes to diagnosing concurrently which is an unsafe practice at the v.a.'s own clinical practice guidelines for opioid therapy warns against. one of the patients prescribed both of these drugs if you believe the v.a. adequately managed the implementation of the clinical practice guidelines for opioid thera

secretary robert mcdonald will testify before a senate appropriations subcommittee on the v.a.'s budget request for the next fiscal year. nearly $170 billion spending plan for the v.a. for disability compensation, pensions and other benefits. we'll have live coverage of that hearing at 2:30 eastern time. that will be right here on c-span3. and then getting under way on our companion network, c-span a senate finance committee hearing on u.s. trade policy with chamber of commerce president tom donohue and a fnkfl-cio president richard trunka. you can find that shortly on our companion network, c-span. just waiting for this hearing to start about the state department. we'll be hearing from the inspector general about states' efficiency and effectiveness. >>> meeting will come to order. both of us are in order, so we will proceed. this hearing of the subcommittee on state department and usaid management, international operations and bilateral international development is entitled "improving the effectiveness of the state department." i'd like to begin by welcoming our witness, inspec

you go into the local mcdonald's orburger -- or burger king in my neighborhood, you can quite see in person that we are dealing with not justine workers, but many who are in their 30's, 40's, 50's. and many who are seniors who need to work in order to supplement their income. i also want to highlight this important fact. 178.7 million children -- 18.7 million children almost 19 million children are supported by parents who work full-time at minimum wage jobs. we are not talking about a government handout. we are not talking about helping those who aren't attempting to help themselves. we are talking about making sure fair day's work actually pays. we are talking about rewarding hardworking americans. and by the way, if you don't work in minimum wage jobs, you're just an ordinary taxpayer you, too would benefit from increasing the minimum wage. here's why. we have right now in america the highest percentage of minimum wage workers who are currently getting government assistance. food stamps medicaid, other sorts of programs because despite working full-time, they make so little they qualify for government assistance. by raising their wage, we would decrease the pover

s&p down eight, and the nasdaq composite down 20 points. >>> motorcycle dodge 'des plans to raise starting pay by more than 10% for about 90,000 workers. affected july 1st, mcdonald he starting wages at least dollar more than the minimum wage. here is the catch. this raise only applies to about 1500 mcdonald's stores, that are owned in the u.s., does not apply to workers who were at the franchise owned stores. and those make up about 90% of mcdonald's restaurant. >>> if you subscribe to dish's sling tv, you can order hbo for extra $15 a month. sling tv is dish network's attempt to attract the estimated 10 million households who pay only for internet and not for cable. >>> in its five short years of life, pinterest has become the place where brides to be create wish boards, from wedding china photos, to do it yourself home renovations being the pin board website has created a world where people share ideas and creatively inspire others. san francisco based website the point to fuel new way to search for items. last valued at $11 billion. >>> so a lot of chains, you will not believe what accounts for the biggest chunk of the prom budget. well today's teenagers spen

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s held rallies, offering consistent full time schedules. demonstrators say workers fought to get their increase to 12.25 an hour, saying that is not a living wage here in the bay area. >>> mcdonald'surly pay for 90,000 of its restaurant workers, pay like hikes are expected to increase to 1 dollar above minute bum wage, giving vacation time, 10% of all of the mcdonald's restaurants, expecting average wages to be more than $10 an hour. workers have been pushing for a pay rate of $15 an hour. >>> time is 6:47, let's check in with torrey campbell, -- tori campbell. >> coming up in our next half- hour, how attached are you to your cell phone, how people said they couldn't live without theirs and why these devices do have a down side. >>> and it's throw back thursday, we'll be showing video of mornings on 219 years ago, that is sal way back when and how this is connected to a big announcement, those are some of the stories working on for the next hour, now back to you in studio. >> tori you just flu me. >>> guess what, baseball is back tonight here in the by a i can't i remember, the a's and giants will play an exhibition game, the first pitch 7:15. it will be scott against jake for san

s&p already. >> yes, we have. >> now here's a look. we have about six names in the red today. they include goldman, microsoft, mcdonald'sch we're going to focus in on in a second. the outperformers. it's a mixed bag. home depot, utx as mentioned, some of the stronger players today. >> mcdonald's announcing plans to raise the minimum wage for workers at restaurants it owns directly. >> kate rogers join us with the details. hi, kate. >> reporter: hi, kelly and bill. that's right. mcdonald's moved to raise its minimum wage to an average of $10 an hour by the end of 2016, they join the ranks of target walmart, t.j.maxx and the gap in raising the minimum wage. for some people it's not enough. here's why. the wage hike only applies to mcdonald's corporate locations which are 10% of its more than 14,000 stores across the country. the remaining 90% are owned by independent franchisees who are able to set their own wage rates. fast food protesters think this move is not enough. the fight for $15 movement which kicked off in 2012 targeted mcdonald's over the last several years. protests picked up again in select cities across the

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s&p 500 in three sessions. the nasdaq meantime would register its third straight day of gains with the rise currently up seven points. the biggest dow gainers, visa mcdonald's coca-cola, earnings fueling those and energy and tech are higher consumer staples is moving to the downside. industrials was also trailing but now it's moving up as well. the biggest winners on the nasdaq 100, tesla and broadcom up. a gain of 5.4% on tesla and intuit is up by 2.4%. >>> it is the world's most indebted oil company, and it's getting ready to report its highly anticipated earnings report amid a national scandal. michelle caruso-cabrera is live in rio de janeiro, brazil. i assume we're talking about petro brass. >> that's right. petro brass is the state run oil company in brazil. it's been brought to its knees by a massive bribery scandal that investigators say lasted nearly ten years. will they finally report earnings tonight? that story coming up right after the break when cnbc is live from rio de janeiro. financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise >>> welcome back. angie's list soaring. the consumer review service posting a surprise first quarter pr

s g.i. bill comparison tool. i am glad -- and i want to thank secretary mcdonald -- that the scrayvairv.a.has launched this in response to the president's executive order which established principles of excellence for schools that serve veterans. and i also think that secretary mcdonald can take steps to improve this tool by adding a risk index that would highlight unscrupulous bad actors in the industry u as our nation's veterans decide where to spend their taxpayer-funded education benefits their money -- taxpayer-funded -- they deserve to know if the school they're considering is under investigation for deceptive practices, what it's record is, what its graduates do, what the value is of education and courses there. they deserve to know if the school that they are considering has been placed on heightened cash monitoring status, heightened cash monitoring status is a specific status from the department of education. and they deserve to have this information. let me just finish by saying that for-profit schools have been problematic in many ways. the help committee on which i served duri

mcdonald's results at about 8:00 a.m. eastern time. in the meantime we've been watching the markets. so far it looks like the bears are in command this morning. dow futures down by about 52 points. scouple of big stories this morning. the european union has filed formal charges against gas prom accusing them of raising barriers to competition. they appeared to be headed towards a settlement until russia's annexation of crimia last year. also the high freaksly trader arrested in london is due in court this morning. investigators say navinder sang used a program to generate large sell orders that pushed down prices. he then cancelled those trades and bought the contracts at lower prices. >>> the biggest buyer of u.s. chicken has halted imports of chickens and eggs after a bird flu outbreak was discovered in iowa on monday. morgan brennan is that at facility and will join us with an update in a few minutes. it seems to be spreading and bigger issues now. >> already in 10 or 12 states. >> we sent her out there? >> it's only 1% of chicken -- >> 5.3 million hens is what they're trying to get rid of and kill off so it doesn't spread. >> it's still a very small percentage. but we make a b

mcdonald's? >> i buy this. i think it's getting it out real fast. the date doesn't go well it's just coffee. can i bail if finance not going to work out quick nic pizza. >>s >> where was your first dated? he would want to know. you can send us by twitter, facebook smoke signal. weave definitely want to know where you went with your significant other. so tell us. coming up here on the show. after more than five long years, the survivors of fort hood are given the purple hearts they deserve but not the west to go with it. a hero who helped people to safety is near next. >> used to seeing high speed chases but this guy taxi and dropped cash out the window. bizarre ride that went on for hours. people ship all kinds of things. but what if that thing is a few hundred thousand doses of flu vaccine. that need to be kept at 41 degrees. while being shipped to a country where it's 90 degrees. in the shade. sound hard? yeah. does that mean people in laos shouldn't get their vaccine? we didn't think so. from figuring it out to getting it done, we're here to help. he has been told his injuries do not qualify for come bat benefits. what do you think of that? well retire