hi is that nigel fishers office? hi there, i'm trying to get through to nigel fisher's office, there doesn't seem to be anybody answering the phone now. >> but it was proving difficult to get hold of him. >> hello, there's still no answer from nigel fisher's office. it doesn't look like it's going to happen. ok well, i guess we'll just do what we can to try and catch up with him. but just as we were about to give up... >> this is nigel fisher, this is the man we've been trying to find all afternoon. it seems he's finally turned up, so we'll see if he's actually going to answer our questions. >> you remember me? sebastian from al jazeera? >> yes, of course, you're very determined! >> nice to see you. sorry to keep, uh... >> that's alright. it's just that it's a horrible day. how long do you need? >> i mean we really needed as much time as possible but it's been kind of difficult to try to get that. can we ask you some questions now? >> sure, sure let me dump this stuff. >> the one thing we've found difficult to talk t

nobody went to the fancy yogurt place, nigel. we always went to 31 flavors.e bit after tired brand or trendy yogurt places but what kind of revenue can cake ordering online really add to this brand? >> to be honest, liz, we don't know. we think it will be spectacular and build steadily. cakes are a very important part of our franchisees margins. they obviously have cups and cones. they have beverages. but the real icing on the cake, excuse the pun, is, is the ice cream cake. now, of course at the same time we're still bringing out new flavors. this is the amazing "spider-man" player that we brought out this week. liz: i'm holding it right now. here it is. you can see why it is called the "amazing "spider-man"." all the colors of "spider-man", blue and red. >> we're focused on the franchising profitability. that is what i want to get over. we see the profitability of our stores increase year by year and dunkin' donuts and dunkin' brands we believe in franchise relationships and driving franchise e's bottom line and you do it by giving consumers new ideas and n

. >> nigel, i've got to ask you. there are concerns around the world that we're all getting bigger, fatter. begin to be frank. doughnuts and ice cream don't help those concerns. is there a time you look at healthier options going down a different path if you will? >> we've done that many years. we've had in place in the u.s. and around the world dunkin smart menu. we have basically less than 400 calories in sandwiches. we have yogurt and sherbert. we believe in balancing your life. a lot of customers occasionally have lower calorie items but still enjoy traditional favorites. >> you've got plenty of choices. nigel may have plenty of choices. viewers in the studio look at me. i don't have one single product in front of me. i know they're coming. nigel, we appreciate your time. thank you very much. the big boss of dunkin brands. i think there are products coming. follow me on twitter. follow me, and i'll follow you back. bbc aaron. that's it with business. >> i've had three. i can't believe you missed out. the whole st

>> nigel! than a picture under glass. >> she's going to remember nigel when she's 80. she won't remember me or any of this, but she will remember nigel and nigel will have taught her something. >> reporter: to surrender a dream leaves life as it is and not as it could be. for "today," bob dotson, nbc news, with an american story in warwick, rhode island. >> nigel lacks happy. >> so since it's friday, i'd like to conduct a quick vote for guy of the week on the show. we give it to greg. that's fantastic. >> love it. mine came from a kill shelter down south. she ended up with us. >> greg dotson with another great story. >> amazing story. >>> coming up next, we've got a great concert for you. naughty boy & sam smith performing their smash hit "la la la" on the plaza. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought

>> it is an interesting idea but i don't think it is going to happen. >> i'm curious, nigel, about your input costs. we've seen dairy prices on the rise. coffee prices are higher. what is your hedging strategy? i know a lot of it is passed on to franchisees but are you going to have to raise prices to deal with those higher costs? >> we feel really good about the way our franchisees have been disciplined about pricing. we talked about our overall quarter pricing being 1%. our franchisees understand that dunkin' donuts is about value. we have mitigation strategies for the commodities. our franchisee-owned, purchasing and distribution operation has done a wonderful job managing all this. so we don't think we have the pricing pressure that some of the other fast food outlets have where they've got beef prices, for instance, to conten with. >> right. nigel, thank you for joining us today. >> maybe the summer weather will add in ice cream. >>> let's get a quick "market flas flash". >> security regulators are looking into general motors delay for the recall with nearly 2 million cars with tha

scorer are still a rebel but will miss the final plea to recover from the employment problems but nigel he said revellers absence of a positive effect on his teammates. indonesian team has re entered the result of fun. christiane ever now that magically like having to bake the bread of all the lunches we played without him at the madrid in one place which may take to correct the running cost of keeping sick of the goal was to run into the match the final whistle to help the science they get on my way out the team. nearly four months off the thief is that lights up elmo's world cup stadium was officially delivered on tuesday will still want to be done and typed this up a storm and south islands corinthians will be calling the stadium well woke up i will admit i did it to carol reed covered dunes. however the stadium still less than twenty thousand temporary seats they get to host the file structure world cup the building was originally due to open in december but a series of setbacks including the death of three construction site what has caused major delays the venue will host six world

nigel gault so cool just right the cosmetics company chairman says the money was used to cover election campaign expenses. he says that before two thousand and twelve pole he got an e mail from up above the sink. he paid a deposit for the election and was thankful for the loan was another form of the party after leaving the liberal democrats in two thousand and nine to fight political iraq to seek the group has been reading diet seats in recent elections but the novice as he returned the money he borrowed and has no intention of leaving the party for resigning from parliament other lawmakers are calling on him to clarify the matter before a diet political ethics committee. the eldest son of late chinese leader who yelled bond is in japan to the political figures the visit is raising hopes that he can help improve strained ties. diplomatic sources say food and pete arrived on sunday he met former prime minister yasuo fukuda sources say who will talk with people close to the government during his weeklong stay is also expected to meet another former prime minister yukio hatoyama whose fat

and in fact on the sidebar play immediately asked immediately child reaches out to buy china since nigel and ten cents today was a thirteen billion us dollars despite which has power in china is due a small plant in west but there are signs the company is gearing up to trying to mop new reports from some francisco we chant says it has more than two hundred seventy million users every month from over a hundred fifty countries. but in the us it's still not mainstream mostly used by chinese students or those who communicate with friends in asia. in the us we chad recently came out of stealth mode by offering a promotion that reported u s users with a twenty five dollar restaurant dot com gift card if they win their google account but we checked and we chat also made a special appearance at ten cents up all the events at the recent game developers property and seven says go flying all the breaking ball is hopeful the teams meet at jamison judy general manager rejects us operations declined to disclose how many u s he was in the past says he's happy with how americans are using the service th

. >> nigel adams. >> a cloud hangs over the job prospects of 700 mine workers in my constituency. could the prime minister usher the house of the government is doing everything he can to ensure the future for their livelihoods of? >> i can get my honorable friend that assurance. i think it is important despite the difficulties uk coal faces that the government should do everything it can within the rules that are lay down to look at whether there's help and assistance that we can do. that's exactly what is happening. i'm being kept up-to-date with this on sometimes a daily basis and i can assure him it's getting the government's attention. >> in the spirit of a new positive case for the union produced this week, can be prime minister perhaps give us his view as to which of the apocalypse -- [inaudible] >> my view it is entirely positive one about what this united kingdom has achieved together in the past and what we can achieve in the future. i think the ones that take a narrow inward looking rather selfish here about the future are sitting on the benches over there. >> the surgeo

we have a pic of james' new puppy ollie, me and my cat zazie, plus simba, nigel, elsie, and bunny., cat, rabbit, or bird, we'd love to see your pet pictures too! just send them over to ireport4kron@kron4.com. coming up. questions still remain on why a boy went on a stabbing spree outside pittsburgh. we'll hear the latest information about the suspect. a quiet pennsylvania community wants to know why a student would slash or stab 21 people at his school. miguel marquez brings us more about the suspect. the stabbing rampage has many parents wondering how to talk to their kids about tragedy. one expert of child psychiatry at n-y-u says the most important thing parents can do after something bad happens. or after they see something bad happening on the news. is to reassure them that they -- and the people close to them-- are going to be okay. [♪] false assurances. be real and truthful. coming up. the latest on a bus crash near chico that killed students and chaperones on a trip to visit humboldt state university. plus.bed bugs on bart? it's got some people's skin crawling.we'll have th

duncan brand's ceo nigel travis making a huge splash in cakeland. not doughnut world., talking about what he's doing with baskin robbins that might make ordering your next cake a lot easier. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ tires screech ] chewley's finds itself in a sticky situation today after recalling its new gum. [ male announcer ] stick it to the market before you get stuck. get the most extensive charting wherever you are with the mobile trader app from td ameritrade. liz: david asman joins me now for "after the bell" as we bump up against this, the dow is turning positive. david: yeah. there are some whisper numbers out there. we were expecting 200,000 gained as we get the job number from march. there is whisper number that it may surprise to the upside to 250,000. that no doubt leading some of this optimism. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of new york stock exchange. nasdaq was big decliner. it is still in the red. big loser were all the social media companies, facebook, zynga, twitter down. >> interesting that it was technology. i shouldn't say just social media, it

nigh -- nigel, what do you think? >> no question. how about alberto gonzalez? about colin powell? >> yes. >> condoleezza rice. it's a vicious double standard. eric holder was a disappointment to use the race card as a political weapon of mass destruction. >> richard, i have to be honest. those are legitimate questions. this administration has a lot of lawlessness. lies about the irs and health care that they sold to the american people. is this the way to intimidate people into silence, to play the race card? >> i wouldn't go that far. i can understand you, sean, being upset about how they handle benghazi or the irs. no attorney general has ever went through this type of treatment. >> excuse me. that's false. go back and check. let's look at the videotape. excuse me. excuse me. there's never been any administration as lawless as this one. look at george washington university law professor saying we're at a constitutional tipping point because of the abuse of power. >> real quick. richa richard, jackie robinson was a wonderful example. he had far more obstacles

lets start with british celebrity chef nigel, a lawson turned away when she tried to board a flight to she admitted under oath to using cocaine. u.s. officials denied visas in the past over similar drug issues. >>> it's official russian president vladimir putin formally divorcing his wife after 40 years of marriage. her name now scrubbed from his official bio. former president george w. bush has shown us his paintings of his four-legged friend. he's getting ready to unveil 24 portraits of world leaders. it's going to happen tomorrow at the "washington post" tony blair, vladimir putin, dalai la lama. >>> former navy s.e.a.l. shot in the stomach after an altercation in the grocery store parking lot. but he managed to not only chase his attacker's car but also plugged his wound and drove himself to the hospital. chris joins me now via skype. chris, wow. i guess you had a lot of great training as a navy s.e.a.l. you learned tenacity and perseverance and a bunch of stuff. >> you learn toughness. people are saying, hey, why didn't you call 911 and i would say my idea of an emergency is a lit

. >> "american idol" founder nigel lithgow, tweeted out, one of the greatest performers all-time justing to be a hell of a show in heaven tonight. actor william shatner called rooney one of the greats. and author, anne rice said it was sad to think of him as gone. but what an amazing life he lived. >>> jay leno has weighed in on david letterman's retirement news. leno jokes that he and letterman were going to do, quote, the sunshine boys on broadway. we're very excited about that. >> actually, a good idea. >> the rival comics had been feuding since 1992. but last year letterman told howard stern they had made up. when asked who should replace letterman on tv, leno said there are a lot of good people out there. >> when pushed to say whether he would fill in for letterman, leno would only say there's nothing to fill in. these guys have been at it for a long time. >> yeah. i'm really going to miss david letterman. not that i see it a lot on this shift. he's so funny. >> he really is. he was one of the classics. and it was all about his timing. >> timing was fantastic. you listen to ellen

we are talking about dunkin' brands -- the ceo, nigel travis, will sell -- will tell us how the weather wreaked havoc on last quarter's numbers and how he's feeling the coffee price pain. we will get his reaction when his competitor, starbucks, reports after the bell. let's move onto to the stocks we are watching -- julie hyman keeping an eye on the stock. rex you had mentioned apple and the stocks trading higher. the number of different factors with the company raising its buyback authorization. raising it dividend and announcing a 71 stock split which many analysts say could place it in the dow jones industrial average. the earnings numbers which also in particular and the company's iphone sales surging as the iphone was introduced through china mobile. iphones a big driver but sales did disappoint. verizon numbers are out and even though verizon numbers beat the narrativewth, over at&t's earnings yesterday is that more customers are going to the phone installment plans which will be less profitable for these entities. by biomed to get an increased foothold in orthopedics and artifici

. >> thanks, nigel. we going over there? >> this young lady. >> ok.e button, -- pus button, hon. >> that is awesome. >> takeover for me. have a good day. great. >> good evening. i am a state senator. >> where? >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] ago.saw you a couple weeks ly?did you real that was some spot. my wife could not come out. what you have done. >> yeah. thank you. >> [indiscernible] >> what is your name? billboard bob. billboard bob. >> oh. >> [indiscernible] >> babcock -- do remember the babcock signs? >> we had a privilege of having a house party in '06. >> where was this? >> here in cedar rapids. we met one time, we had a great dinner with all of them. the first time i have been able to be part of the campaign again. i was not 100% on board. but, yeah, we are still friends -- >> [indiscernible] that is the shame of it all. people did not get a chance to see who he really is. of that give you a sense what he is really like? >> the other thing i do, the last 12 years -- [indiscernible] is trying totown get him to come back. he came back a

is he so good. >> especially as nigel he does i will will survive. classic. ' neither near you and catchall our in the fox light dot many can. follow me on twitter at fox light michael. >> he was just in the muppets movie too germane. he was very funny then. >> is he a dry whit. >> he does. thank you, michael. >> coming up on the show. it's called heart bleed the latest internet bug that could be n your computer stealing your information. what you need to know right now to protect yourself against this horrible thing. >> then god, is that you? nope, but that really is his first name. now he is suing because of it. ♪ [ banker ] sydney needed some financial guidance so she could take her dream to the next level. so we talked about her options. her valuable assets were staying. and selling her car wouldn't fly. we helped sydney manage her debt and prioritize her goals, so she could really turn up the volume on her dreams today...and tomorrow. so let's see what we can do about that... remodel. motorcycle. [ female announcer ] some questions take more tha

. >> nigel adams. >> a cloud hangs over the job prospects of 700 mine workers in my constituency. could the prime minister usher the house of the government is doing everything he can to ensure the future for their livelihoods of? >> i can get my honorable friend that assurance. i think it is important despite the difficulties uk coal faces that the government should do everything it can within the rules that are lay down to look at whether there's help and assistance that we can do. that's exactly what is happening. i'm being kept up-to-date with this on sometimes a daily basis and i can assure him it's getting the government's attention. >> in the spirit of a new positive case for the union produced this week, can be prime minister perhaps give us his view as to which of the apocalypse -- [inaudible] >> my view it is entirely positive one about what this united kingdom has achieved together in the past and what we can achieve in the future. i think the ones that take a narrow inward looking rather selfish here about the future are sitting on the benches over there. >> the surgeo

. >>> celebrity chef nigel la law son has been invited to u.s.s stopped from flight across the atlantic last month. she admitted using cocaine last year. drug use is one of the reasons why someone can be refused entry into the united states. >>> an interesting exchange of gifts during a brief and historic visit between britain's queen elizabeth ii and pope franc francis. he gave her a stone orb for great grandson prince george and she gave him a basket of goodies including a bottle of whisky from scotland, honey cider and a dozen eggs. >>> we know skydiving is fraught with danger, involves throwing yourself out of a plane, of course, but no one ever recorded this kind of danger before. >> a guy in norway with a small camera on his head, just after his parachute opens, he captures a meteorite zooming past him. >> experts who watch the video say it was, in fact, a meteorite in dark flight, when it stops glowing. it's believed to be part of a bigger meteorite that exploded in space. >> that's the craziest thing. a meteorite by your head when you're

i spoke with nigel hart of blackrock the other day talking about japan and the potential disruption this could have on global markets. take a quick listen. >> i think japan is the final area really. this is the great opportunity as well. japan in many respects only has one opportunity and one direction to go. and if they fail then it could be very problematic for the rest of the world. >> that is what i want to ask you about, mark. if they fail it could be problematic for the rest of the world. does that have anything to do with the moves we're seeing in the end today connected with the sell-off? >> i think the yen still, for whatever reason, kind of befuddles us, is considered a safe haven. so when you get a sell-off, people turn to treasuries and the yen. we think by the end of the year the yen will be much lower. 115. around that level. they have one choice in japan and that is to weaken their currency. they have no other choice. they have to survive. they've been surviving for hundreds of years. we actually think the opportunity set for japan is going to get quite interesting in the

nigel hart, thank you very much. >> appreciate if. >> uncle sam wants you and your taxes, why tomorrow'smajor factor in the market's recent weakness, plus why does he head one of the world's largest advertising firms right now and want the company to be known as a data provider? wpp ceo martin sorrell will join me live coming up on the "closing bell." "closing bell."a. i don't even know how to answer that. i mean, no one knows how long their money is going to last. i try not to worry, but you worry. what happens when your paychecks stop? because everyone has retirement questions. ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. to get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today. . time to take care of business with century link's global broadband network and cloud infrastructure. we constantly evolve to meet your needs every day of the week. >>> welcome back, so april 15th, the tax deadline is tomorrow and with higher tax bills how many are taking profits to pay off the bills and how many are re-using or investing their tax refunds into the ma

being in or out of the europe is a big issue the political establishment split with candidates like nigel ferrars which is clear he's clearly talking about these elements of the european directives like the one we're talking about right here how come i don't see this particular one mentioned in the mainstream media in the u.k. they talk about other most about immigration as it affects the u.k. but this the u.k. is signed up to european directives about bailing this seems to be to be a lot more hitting the gut of people on the street with if they knew more about this why is it is or is it because they've done a great job deflecting this as being a political issue more or less what do you think i think the immigration thing is there for you because it's a political issue and i think the baby lens i genuinely wonder if there's any political party out that that can come up with what they would see as an alternative if i don't know if there's just i wonder if it's just because political parties had to go down that route because when you're looking at the potential what's going to happen and wh

from civil rights i think to central pillars of the establishment war and inequality first muckle nigel found king was assassinated while planning a mass incumbent of the poor in the capitol and the pentagon the same battles now being fought in his memory today joins us really great to speak to you and we're related to the assassination was his oh so to have a march on the pentagon you know the words he had shifted from being against racism in associating united states. to being against poverty in the american system overall and from there he was actually planning. to take on militarism for assassinations with two kennedy brothers martin luther king and mama gandhi and in all of these cases it was because of the commitment to peace and their frightened reaction against that commitment kennedy and khrushchev for starting some kind of rapprochement and trees out recently. there may have been others of course but for that reason we apparently kennedy west cut off so this is a shocking reminder to the peace movement the wave of action joy is the biggest youth civil disobedience in a generat

it's difficult, because gaby is in love with a villainous bird named nigel. >> you're the only one who >> i can see why they call you gaby. where are you, you filthy fowl? hoot. >> oh! >> kristin chenoweth, good morning. nice to see you. >> you, too, matt. >> so you play a frog that can't be touched, but this week you couldn't be touched literally. you're just recovering from strep throat. >> strep throat and bronchitis. my voice has never been lower. >> you feeling all right now? >> i'm better. it's certainly nice to be out in this weather. >> isn't it great? >> you want my coat? >> maybe. >> in a second, i'll give it to you. >> thank you, matt. >> so let me make sure i understand the poisonous thing. if i put my hands all over you, do i die instantly or only after my wife finds out? >> i say number two. >> number two? >> if she kisses anyone, she'll kill them. which, i mean, who doesn't relate to that? >> exactly. i've been in that situation. and it's cool, because first of all, it's a great movie. >> thank you. >> it really is. the sequel is fantastic. there's a bit of a romeo and j