mcdonald's has announced that this year, mcdonald's will not use chickens whose eggs are important to human medicine. it sells more chicken than any other restaurant chain. how much chicken are we talk going? the national chicken council says 39 billion pounds of chicken is produced every year in the united states. the council says mcdonald's buys three to 4% of that or roughly 1.5 billion pounds. why are they moving away from human antibiotics? in the company's company's press release mike andres set, we want to produce food that people feel good about, farm to restaurants. inside the chickens we eat with dr. david walin inga. welcome to the program. >> thank you ray. glad to be here. >> is mcdonald's leading a trend or confirming one that was already underway? >> i would say a little bit of both. the trend may be started about a decade ago but with smaller companies like chipotle and panera. companies as large as mcdonald's makes a huge splash. >> why do companies dose chickens with antibiotics in the first place? >> that's a good question. the apt biotics on the face of it are used

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come on mcdonald's. that is not nice.s why give a raise to some of your workers now? are you just feeling generous? >> fast food workers from several chains have rallied demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour. organizers are calling for a nationwide strike in 200 cities on april 15. >> larry: a strike? wait i can't eat a mcrib on tax day? that's a tradition i am not willing to break, mcdonald's. okay. i see what's going on here. okay. you're trying to give them a little now so they wouldn't go on strike. but they're going on a strike anyway. nicely done, fast foodies. nicely done. ( cheers and applause ) okay. i get it. very nice. you be what? that being the case i thought it would be a good idea to have a powerful politician on the show to discuss this topic. however because a potential strike could be absolutely devastating to his community, he's agreed to appear on the show here tonight only if we will obscure his identity. please welcome mayor "x"." ( cheers and applause ) >> sorry larry i was in a meeting. thanks fo

specifically, some mcdonald's owners have pointed out that an average mcdonald's does not have enoughies. that means that the burden of figuring out how to increase capacity could call on franchise owners. now, consider that in light of mcdonald's new wage policy which specifically sdngtdoes not apply to franchise owners. when it comes to policies for paying workers another $1 an hour mcdonald's doesn't want to burden the franchisees but when it comes to policies that might make the corporation more money, franchise owners may have to do as told. who's really in charge here. michelle, i have to ask you as i take a bite of this because i'm kind of hungry who's the real boss? >> you know the ceo of mcdonald's, steve easterbrook, has come out with these strategies to overcome quarter after quarter of poor performance, mcdonald's lagging its peers, both its peers on the s&p 500 and others. workers are upset, shareholders are upset and mcdonald's has to take drastic measures. when it makes a decision to raise wages for just 10% of the workforce and calls it an investment in its people and

the protesters were coming here to protest outside the mcdonalds but that mcdonalds closed before thesters are calling calling for a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour. some people come from

mcdonald lay still, showing few signs of life.octor and nurse are walking nearby and keep mcdonald still and stable. >> when i heard him moaning, i figured okay, at least he's still alive. i was trying to keep him down, but usually in a wreck like that, especially somebody like paul, he's like, oh, i'm not hurt. i'm not hurt. i'm going to get up. >> the emergency response is swift, but mcdonald's injuries are severe. internal bleeding, a fractured collarbone, five cracked ribs and both hands broken. >> translator: my first thought was, where are my hands? what about my hands? how am i going to communicate with my family, my friends? >> though he's not completely recovered after years of physical therapy, he has regained full use of his hands. >> translator: i'm a little bit glad that vince had that camera on and was recording me. i really do believe that this video can show other people out there what can go wrong. >> mcdonald attributes his survival to proper protective gear. >> translator: definitely believe in my equipment and

for mcdonald's. i mean just looking at that number by itself isn't this more of a pr stunt than anything else? do you expect the franchisees is follow the mother ship with this wage increase? >> well i think they can depending on the market that they're in. if a franchisee looks around and makes a decision the corporate level made based on our market we can raise prices enough to offset this. i think may may do it. the fact of the matter is the kind of $15 mandate that the seiu is seeking really isn't workable. i'd like someone like kendall felds to sit here and explain to people how an independent operator is supposed to absorb a 60% increase in labor cost and not lose business, not cut staffing levels, not have to aut mate the kinds of jobs that used to be done by employees. that is going to have a direct negative impact on the exact people he claims he needs to help. >> let me ask it this way. we know how negotiations work kendall. you're calling for $15. will you accept $10? that's more than you'

terrible numbers here again from mcdonald's. investors putting too much faith or what is going on here? david: mcdonald's is one of those chaains that is a mainstay and is not going anywhere but it is being trended against her now. consumers are looking for fresh food in a high-quality environment and mcdonald's is bucking those trends and trying to figure out where it is going next. there are a lot of challenges ahead. betty: they will veto the turnaround plan on may 4 -- they will unveil the turnaround plan on may 4. what could easterbrook announce on may 4? what turner and i were talking about? david: menu innovation and streamlining some of things like that. a lot of franchisees are worried about this because he is a marketing guy. he is not an operations guy. you look at some of the things they are testing right now like all-day breakfast in san diego. that is something that we and other analysts have been touting as a growth opportunity operationally it is challenging. mcdonald's has to look at its overall menu. speed of s

a tastier payday for employees at mcdonald's. kate: mcdonald's will be raising salaries for 90,000 employees in the u.s. raising them to above minimum wage requirements. labor organizations say the move is not enough and will not help the 750 thousand workers who are employed at restaurants that are run by franchises. we explain. >> under the golden arches things are slowly changing. mcdonald's, the world's largest restaurant groups, says it will pay its u.s. staff across 1500 outlets at least next dollar on top of the local minimum wage. it is a move that will take the average salary to around $10 an hour by the end of next year. the increase at mcdonald's comes a month after a new chief executive took over the reins in a bid to boost growth after a two-year decline in sales. we are working with a renewed sense of energy and purpose to turn our business around. we know that a motivated workforce leads to better customer service. the announcement from mcdonald's has already come under fire. the wage increase will not apply to fra

mcdonald's tried to incorporate kale.oving away from their knitting. >> but he raises a good point. my issue with mcdonald's. and a lot of fast food places. they screw up your drive-thru order. if you're selling breakfast at night that's yet another item to crowd the kitchen and screw up that order. right? >> it is. from an operational standpoint you're saying well, it's just breakfast. but it's not. it's running two menus at the same time. and logistically, that could be a disaster. and i just don't think that mcdonald's is really going to gain the additional profit by serving hotcakes at 8 o'clock at night. >> yeah, but melissa is looking at this as, look trying lots of stuff. you might fail sometimes, but try. >> you simplify the menu in some other way. salads. >> who needs those. nobody gets those. anything around the edges. are you a fan of the mcrib? >> they're not ribs. did you know that? >> it looked authentic to me. >> thank you very much. ♪ neil: what's the deal, neil? >> what's the deal of tim cook lecturing in

it was a big, fat, juicy burger. >> mcdonald's for the same thing with starbucks. >> mcdonald's is nowfor coffee. >> more poorly they're buying other products which is where they make their money. charles: okay, what do you think? because it's not just mcdonald's. there are companies out there that recover from being broke. anp supermarkets one time owned 70% of the marquette and market and the government was going to break them up. a lot of names have been broken down, we know this. and what do you make of mcdonald's big macs mecca gets to the point that you have to invest in good management teams, you have a great brand, can the management team turn it around? charles: is it too early to check this guy off? >> yes, i think it is. you have to watch the management team. you have a great historical brand. another one that i'm watching it is going through this as well. barbie is a historic product, having issues, my kids want and ipad. they're not playing with toys. charles: what is a name that you are looking at? >> general motors. i think that if they become cool again, and i think tha

mcdonald's. the other 90% are run by franchises.t 90,000 employees, a lot of people at 1500 of those stores. mcdonald's also offering paid time off to crewmembers at those stores who have been with the company for at least a year and educational assistance for employees at both company-owned and franchises. the ceo says it's part of an effort to transform the struggling franchise into quote, a modern progressive burger company that can retain its workers. >> you can attract and retain the talent, motivate the teams in the restaurants, typically we will see better levels of customer service and that will help us in this competitive environment we're in. >> the change also says something about the politics and how the grassroots fight of the leadership of president obama of course advocated these kind of changes shows that fight is paying off. the president cited the fast food worker movement specifically in a speech on labor day last year. >> all across the country right now, there's a national movement going on made up of fast food

mcdonald's offer has been made only to the 90,000 mcdonald's employees who work directly for mcdonald's corporate. meaning mcdonald's itself owns a bunch of mcdonald's restaurants but it's a small portion of the mcdonald's in the country. most are owned through the franchise system and they have not been guaranteed the wage increase. i suspect we'll see a little bit of that experiment in the weeks to come, at least in mcdonald's. the main thing to understand here is that what is going on at mcdonald's and as at walmart and the other fast food companies is collective bargaining, in the street, meaning instead of sitting down at a table and negotiating, people are yelling at each other through megaphones. workers and the employer uses all the apparatus that are available to a large well resourced corporation to make its offers. now, if we think that that is a better way to raise wages, and it seems as though there is some consensus in this room that it is, that that is a better way to raise wages than the minimum wage, we ought to first ask -- i think there is not disagreement in this roo

subsidizing the walmart and mcdonald's. mcdonald's respond, thanks in part to our low wages, we're able to give consumers low-cost products. nermeen: and they make the argument that if they paid higher wages, they would employ less people. >> yes. as many of your guests has said on the show, many, many economic studies show a modest increase in the minimum wage will have very little effect on jobs. amy: or they will charge more for the burgers. >> if you raise pay to $15 an hour, they're going to charge more for burgers. even liberal economist like ramstein say -- bernstein say there hasn't been effects of going from $7.25 to $15. we could see some mcdonald's cashiers replaced with kiosks. amy: mcdonald's just announced they're going to increase the minimum wage. but explain the little twist. to the non-franchise workers. franchises employs 90% of mcdonald's workers. they won't go to them? >> mcdonald's on april 1 trumpeted this "big announcement" it is raising wages to about nine dollars an hour, raising about 10% for its

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mcdonald's. the other 90% are run by franchises.hey say the change will impact about 90,000 employees. also offering paid time off to crew members at those stores who have been with the company for at least a year and education assistance. now mcdonald's new ceo say says it's part of an effort to transform the company into quote, a modern progressive burger company that can retain its workers. >> you can attract and retain the talent, motivate the teams in the restaurants, typically we will see better levels on f service sglt change also says something about our politics and how the grass roots fight and the leadership of president obama who of course used the state of the union to advocate these kind of changes, it shows that fight is paying also. the president cited the fast food worker movement specifically in a speech on labor day last year. >> all across the country right now, there's a national movement going on made up of fast food workers organizing to lift wages so they can provide for their families with pride and dignity.

. >> signs of optimism mcdonald's and coke two ike onic brands have a tough time around but big tusharns might be making progress. >> house party. house sales surge for the biggest in 18 months but not everything is in bloom. >> the grapes of wrath, why a raisin farmer is getting his day in court. the supreme court. all of that and more tonight on "nighlty business re" for wednesday, april 22nd. >>> good evening and welcome i'm sue herera. >> and i'm bill griffeth in tonight for tyler mathisen. we start with mcdonald's and coke two of the world's most recognizable brands and two companies that have been mired in a slump. but today, investors got a glimpse perhaps ever so slight things may finally be g around. mcdonald's revenue met wall street estimates but earnings share missed but the company ceo is close to revealing a plan to remake the world's largest fast food chain. coke meanwhile beat wall street estimates and for the first time in nine quarters reported a revenue bump. investors liked what they saw and heard and sent both shares of companies higher at the end of today's trade. s

mcdonald's wants to flip off without letting us have t. >> mcdonald's is also feeling the heat from the national labor relations board. it's claiming several cases cut hours and fired workers who took part in the fight for 15 movement. now, some of these companies including mcdonald's, will argue that if they raise the minimum wage to 15, it will make it harder for their franchisees to hire additional workers. >> diane, thank you. and from the city that has already taken steps to phase in a 15-dollar minimum wage, we now from the $70,000 minimum salary. wow, a seattle company that processes credit card transactions has set a new pay scale, and nearly half of its employees will get a pay raise. at least this sounds too good to be true here. $70,000 membership? >> well, topi and it is good at least for a handful of workers in seattle. now, i talked to a couple of workers yesterday who just got $11,000 raises, bam overnight. they were making $50,000. and that's the minimum with the company. let's roll the video and show you the meeting. this is where dan price the ceo and foundern of gravi

it is a five to six cent headwind for mcdonald's, 1%.you look at walmart, ever since you were down there, and they raised that stock's been in a downturn. >> down 7% since they those raise wages. the stock market doesn't like that. >> right i was thinking -- >> thinking broadly about the benefits for the u.s. worker and the economy. >> it's hard to switch to the passion issue i have about d rams and flash memory. it's not so bad. look, if you add up how many people work at these places, numbers are staggering that the people who work at these places. >> we can do it it's only 90,000 people talking about. talking about a buck an hour. i don't know what the average shift is is it eight to ten? >> i have no idea. >> ten bucks a day? that's going to help them. >> even if you look at walmart employees affected and now these, i mean it's very hard to draw a correlation to big, broad wage hikes coming. >> you have a hedge fund manager has a good year it triples what they -- >> they're oligarchs. >> one guy. >> look, i'm not here -- what are you

easterbrook, hello. >> reporter: in february mcdonald's pushed out c.e.o. don thompson and replaced him with navinder singh sarao, the head of mcdonald's europe who promised a turnaround. >> what we recognized is the pace of change outside of mcdonald's has been a little quicker than the pace of change within. we have run this effort a sense of urgency and purpose to make the meaningful changes customers care about. >> reporter: easterbrook said mcdonald's will announce its turnaround plan may 4. that gave the stock a 3% bump today. but analysts say it will take a year or more for that plan to have any impact. >> pelley: anthony mason thank you very much. anthony. dr. oz answers critics who say his tv show promotes quack medicine. new photos reveal the anatomy of a major jewel heist. and a 102-year-old dancer sees her prime for the first time when the cbs evening news continues. allergies can distract you. so when your symptoms start, doctors recommend taking non-drowsy claritin every day of your allergy season. with claritin, you get powerful, non-drowsy r

mcdonald's was offered to those that were currently for mcdonald's corporate. mcdonald's owns a bunch of restaurants but it is a small portion of the overall mcdonald's in the country. most mcdonald's are owened ned through the franchise and they are not guaranteed the wage increases. icepack to see those experiments -- i expect to see that experiment. what is going on at mcdonald's and walmart and at the other fast food companies is collective-bargaining. it is just collective-bargaining on the street meaning instead of sitting down at the table and negotiated, people are yelling at each other through megaphones. workers use literal megaphones and the employer uses all the apparatus that are available to a large, well resourced corporation to make its offers. now, if we think that that is a better way to raise wages -- it seems as though there is some consensus in this room that it is -- than the minimum wage, we ought to first -- i think there is not disagreement in this room. maybe there is. i don't think there is disagreement that we got to have a minimum w

ask joe. >> mcdonald's only three. >> mcdonald's -- >> right where we are right now. you ask me beginning of the year, i'd have a different answer. >> last comment right here. >> that's the problem. this thing was 80, i'd be on your side of the table. scott makes the point that hst eld up. he's right. it has not given you the discount that you would need to get excited. >> that's a point. there we go. >> we asked the twitter-verse to weigh in and the winner is the bear case. the bear case wins on mcdonald's. >>> coming up, all but one of the traders are bullish on. should you follow those guys right there on your screen? or are they about to get trampled. >>> plus, it's the first day of halftime's energy summit. as oil pushes back above 50 bucks. rbc's head of commodity strategy is doing what we call the perp walk. she's coming to the set next. we're going to get her take on the framework for the iran deal. what it means for oil and so much more. >>> don't forget to visit our website as well. all the trades and analysis from our team. we are back in two. (trader vo) i

will back to mcdonald's.we can be upset with mcdonald's or any other fast food joint because they put on a very low-wage model. we can ask ourselves whether that's a sustainable model. but the issue is there is a broad range of companies in this country who input isn't solely low-wage labor. that's a we tried to identify not specific companies but sectors, types of firms where it could be broadly sensible to invest in that because it's not like you are an individual cleaning service or an individual mcdonald's franchise where you move your labor input and backed away your profit margin. i think that's part of the question we have to think about is how realistic is it. we would argue it's realistic for a large part of the countries. the second would want to make before turning to is bringing us back to the international context which jacob did in part. he has a great essay in our new briefing. it is very important to put the kinds of things that michael cited from the cbo in context. when we talk about the cbo

what does mcdonald's do to change?i think is interesting is mcdonald's doesn't go there for salad or apple slices. is it focusing on making your core business better or expand to norah's point. >> you i've got to win your home game. we want to be the best burg business out there, but that doesn't mean you're restricted. you offer range and variety. that's important to people. but ultimately we want to be recognized as being the best burg business out there. >> you'll be the best burg business out there if you make the best burgers out there. beyond all this, what are you going to do to change this company so that rather than having a declining sales in income revenue, you increase it by making better burgers? >> i think what we recognize is the pace of change outside of mcdonald's has been quicker than the pace of change within. you will see us run this business you'll see me run it with a sense of urgency and purpose to make a meaningful change that customers care about. they love our food. just a day-to-day customer

j.b., you're working at mcdonald's, all right?d shaneka drives up, orders a bacon cheeseburger. you notice there's no bacon on that cheeseburger. >> right. >> larry: now, you're a comic. you like funny, okay? do you give her the burger snowing there's no bacon on it, for the laughs? because you know something funny is about to happen. or do you do the right thing as the mcdonald's employee, put the bacon on it and give her the burger. >> what do i do? i know her smart is coming back. take off the bun, put the bacon on both sides like the bacon is the bun. put the meat in the middle and put it in a box and give it to her stupid ass. you got the bacon! shut up! >> sounds delicious. that bun is staying with me! >> larry: he kept it 100! (cheers and applause) there you go. okay. all right. we'll go to robert on this one. there was a story we didn't show. one of the stories was of the pope recently lamenting about his fame and how he misses being anonymous and he can't go into a pizza place anymore. so the pope popemobile is going arou

firms to follow suit. >> mcdonalds is one of the companies.fast food chain is pledging to raise the minimum wage for full and part time employees at its company on locations also saying it will start to offer vacation benefits. 90,000 employees are expected to see a 10% boost in wages starting in july. mcdonald's shares have been under pressure over the past year and you can see shares down about 1.1%. so yes, an increase in the minimum wage. the question is carolyn, will this be enough to satisfy it's workers? of course fast food workers across the u.s. have been demanding that minimum wage in the sector should be raised to $15 per hour. this of course isn't that much. isn't 15 but it is a step in the right direction. >> it certainly is but then i wonder seema because mcdonald's has this model, can they actually -- they're not under pressure. they're not forced to pay their workers more. mcdonald's doesn't have that power over the franchisee so there were calls by some to unionize the franchisees to actually follow through with those wage ris

the sciu argues that mcdonald's can persuade franchise owners to pay their employees more. >> mcdonald's controls every decision. they control the rent, the paper products, the food. >> reporter: he says he would be paid even less without oakland's minimum wage. he says $15 an hour is about respect. >> and become, you know, american citizens and live like i was supposed to live. not live in poverty. >> reporter: this protest was well organized and peaceful. no incidents to report beyond the backup of traffic here in downtown berkely. >> ken pritchett live in berkely. >> reporter: right now, oakland's minimum wage is the highest in the nation at $12.25 an hour. san francisco's is set to increase to that same level on may 1. and increase annually to $15 an hour bay 2018. in san jose, the minimum wage stands at $10.30. statewide, the minimum wage is $9 an hour. it's set to rise to $10 an hour in 2016. >>> developing news now from san jose, where one person died tonight in a house fire. these are live pictures from gene avenue near the 280 interchange with 101. officials say two people lived

they say food safety scare at mcdonald's was a major factor behind the slump. sales there fell nearly 30% after a series of incidents at which foreign objects were found in mcdonald's meals. sales at fast food chains dropped 10% overall but family restaurants and other chains saw sales rise. higher grade items on the menu were popular. customers were ready to spend more if they thought the food was worth it. >>> car makers are looking to drive their products into one of

sales of mcdonald's japan have suffered double digit declines for nine months in a row. last month a supplier in china used expired food products. that was followed by several reports of customers finding foreign objects in their food. >>> direct investment from japan to china fell by double digits in the first three months of this year but the decline has slowed as relations between the two countries shows signs of improvement. officials at china's commerce department said investment was $34 billion an 11% increase from last year. that's smaller than the decline for the first two months of the year. the total figure was just over $1 billion. manufacturers there are still cautious about rising labor and other costs. but some companies have been putting more money into china, they are expecting local markets for goods and services to grow. >>> checking the markets some investors went on a late buying spree to reverse some hefty losses in tokyo. they listed the nikkei 225 in positive territory where it ended the day up 0.08% at 19,885. earlier people reacted to the stronge

taco bell versus mcdonald's.food war moments >>> back of the book segment tonight, did you see that? featuring mcdonald's versus taco bell. very disturbing story out of orange county, california 20-year-old faced 25 years in prison convicted of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl. but the judge in the case mark kelly busted down the mandatory sentence to 10 years. citing cruel and unusual punishment. joining us now martha maccallum you see her 9:00 in the morning. how could a california judge bust down a maximum sentence? >> he can't. the d.a. is going to appeal this decision. >> can't, right? >> he says he absolutely doesn't have the jurisdiction to do that the law in california is that the two crimes that he was convicted of, which were sodomy and a lewd act, we are talking about a 3-year-old child here. >> jeesh. >> he says that, you know, the d.a. says he simply does not have the authority to change that sentence. he said it was cruel and unusual punishment. he says that the man was remorseful, that there w

brendan: mcdonald's workers -- olivia: mcdonald's workers will soon be getting a raise.cdonald's joins walmart, target, and t.j. maxx, who have all boosted wages for the lowest paid workers. but not everybody will be loving it. that is only about 10% of mcdonald's employees. jennifer joins us now on the set. thank you so much for joining us this morning. is this about optics or economics? is this a reaction to the labor market tightening, or do they just need the good press? jennifer: it is a combination of both. mcdonald's has been under a lot of pressure to raise their wages. there have been strikes across the industry, but at the same time, at some point companies will raise wages when it is in their best interest to do so. to fight for the -- the fight for that entry level labor is getting more intense. with competitors such as walmart and t.j. maxx, hiring at the same entry-level point, it becomes more necessary for them to be more competitive as well. olivia: you need to pay people to serve the big mac with a smile. brendan: you do, and could this be a copout? do t

these are for the m mcdonald's-owned stores. when we were an economy we had a collective action against england to say we are not going to take this any more. if you pump more money into the back pockets of workers? they are going to spend that money and it will help the economy and help all of us. i don't know why we would be against people making more money. >> john, you have businesses deciding whether to raise wages or the government telling businesses whether to raise their wages. which one is better and what do they do to jobs? >> i think the business knows their own business. a lot of these are franchisees the not mcdonald's-owned stores. they can't afford to pay this. if you are talking about $15 minimum wage in seattle that doesn't play well in biloxi mississippi. it's hard to have a federal minimum wage. i agree with indexing to a basket of wages and to inflation but this fallacy if you look back to 1968, minimum wage would be $10 now. they cherry picked their numbers. if you go to 1988 or 1948, that is significantly b

they're trying to pressure them everywhere they can to unionize mcdonald's, unionize walmart. this is about survival. gary b. is right. this has nothing to do with the minimum wage. this is about increasing their membership roll. why $15? it's because it sounds god. that's the only reason. unions do not want and neither do politicians a permanent fix to the minimum wage because if you index it to inflation, that would kill unions because the only way unions are gaining membership is because they're paying people, spending tens of millions of dollars. we'll get you $15 an hour. why $15? it was $10. because it sounds so much better. unions are dying here and using this as a way to recruit. >> emily, give us some feedback on that. >> look, i do think it is incredibly cynical. are unions advocating on behalf of their members, yes, that is what we do. are they trying to unionize more shops? yes, that is what they do because then they have collective bargaining in the places and a better chachbs for the workers to actually get a living wage. $15 gets them to a living wage, if you wa

eastern, earnings from mcdonald's.t in the spirit of the economy to see what coke and mcdonald's are doing. futures are negative six. the euro 100 772. -- 1.0772. between the transaction between time warner cable and comcast, the rumbling is that justice will speak. we have seen this with ibm, microsoft, and others over the years. what is different this time versus other big company mergers? peter: i think what is different is what is that take for the technology industry and the media industry as a whole. the government opposition at this point, we are told, is not based on the fact that these companies are inside competitive when it comes to their basic business of cable. they do not overlap that much. that would be new ground for the justice department. they stand in the way for other reasons. what they are worried about is broadband and the future and his company would have 57% of the broadband market. that is one reason we are being told the antitrust attorneys are prepared, all right list thinking about -- or are

. >> looks like they're in moscow in some place. >> there's ronald mcdonald. >> that's ronald mcdonaldiller. is the serial killer eating the biscuit? i don't understand any of this. i don't know what this commercial is. >> creative and effective. >> if i'm watching this commercial, i'm saying i'm not moving to russia and why are they doing what they're doing? george row, i like him, but does he eat the biscuit? >> no but big brother will make you eat the round circular thing. >> i don't understand any of that. okay. i want you to show everybody your new bling. >> really? >> martha maccallum lift it up a little bit. >> it's breakfast defector. >> no, she bought this from fifty cent. >> no, i did not. >> you did, the rapper. you look like a rapper with that. >> i think you want to borrow it. >> when i get my ears pierced i'll borrow it. >> i think you're jealous. >> on you anything looks good. >> thank you bill. >> all right. say hello to -- for me. >> i will. >> "the factor" tip of the day, what happens after we die? i know because many of our segments have died. the tip moments away. j

the mcdonald's shattuck shut down in anticipation for the hundreds of protesters. that those protesters are spanning two city blocks. they are marching peacefully and officers are shutting down the streets as those protesters make their way from the south plaza on the uc berkeley campus to this mcdonald's on shattuck. labor interests rallied as part of the fight for 15 movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour and they're fighting to unionize which would help low-income workers battle for health benefits and better wages and improve working conditions. we as a nation come together and have a

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