papa john is out.john is in. >> the rapper has informally agreed to step in for the company's former ceo who stepped down from his position at the pizza chain after weeks of blaming poor sales on nfl best choice. were untwitter user tweeted quote now that papa john isn't the ceo of papa johns i think the only valid choice for ceo is lil john and the turn down for what artist says i'll humbly accept the position as your new ceo. i can start immediately and a senior recruiter for papa johns responded saying still waiting on your resume. is it a deal breaker if we won't rename the company papa lil john. maybe he'll get some commercials out of this. >> i think anything is good publicity for papa johns. >> i'll be honest i'd rather watch that than just see peyton manning, you know, try to sell pizza. he does a bunch of commercials already for papa johns. >> i'll look at peyton manning. >> we're back after this. annual poll barack obama and hillary clinton voted the most admired man and woman in the united s

papa john's. >> all right, well, papa john's is out at papa john's pizza. founder john schnatter will be replaced as ceo coming weeks after he criticized how the nfl was handling the national anthem protest blaming lower football ratings for a drop in pizza sales. papa john's is the league sponsor. schnatter is staying on as chairman of the board. >>> the hunt for a possible serial shooter looking for a person behind at least ten drive-by shootings. in cases cars were hit. one woman was hurt by shrapnel as she sat in one of those cars. >> a common thread in all the they heard loud bangs as another vehicle passed them. going the opposite direction in the roadway. they later inspect their vehicles and find bullet holes in various places. >> police say the shooter is firing at random. >>> a 6-week-old baby missing is safe this morning as we learn new details about her ordeal. shamali flores was found thursday at an apartment complex. a family friend is now charged with murdering the baby's mother. the suspect hid a recent miscarriage and took the baby because s

in november schneider blamed slowing sales at papa john's on the anthem's protest.y, which is an nfl sponsor apologized two weeks later. >>> meantime eric schmidt will leave his post as executive chairman of google's parent company alphabet. he took over in 2001 to help turn the startup into the global technology giant it is tore. he will serve on the board of directors and as an adviser for the kpaup. >>> here on wall street the stocks closed higher. the dow rose 55 points, the s&p 500 tacked on 5 points. the nasdaq added 4 points. >>> ford's ceo is apologizing for sexual harassment at its assembly plant in chicago. in an open letter jim hakken wrote, quote, i am sorry for any discrimination and misconduct. ford has settled two lawsuits, one this year and once in 1999 with women who were harassed at the plant. >>> boeing is talking to brazilian jet maker embree air about a potential combination. it would give boeing a bigger footprint. its rival promised to buy from bombardier. they would have to sign off of the deal. >>> and a face-off. mcdonald's added a $1, $2,

, papa johns. >> john schneider stepping down as ceo of papa john's pizza, they have been under scrutinyhandling of national anthem protests for his poor sales, he will remain as chairman of the board. interesting move. >> big bucks to make syrian refugee kids more comfortable. ♪ can you tell me how to get ♪ how to get to sesame street ♪ >> the nonprofit behind the children's tv show getting $100 million to create programming for syrian refugee kids, sesame workshop chosen is the program with the most promise of real progress for critical problem of our times, a big problem in europe, the show is expected to reach 9 million kids throughout the middle east. outrage iphone users slamming apple with a lawsuit after the company admits purposely slowing older phones down. jillian: you told us the story yesterday. >> something we long suspected, a proposed class-action breach of contract suit, two iphone users with a los angeles lawyer suing apple, they never consented to let apple slow down their phones and they are demanding a jury trial here. this is for iphone 8 or older and it interesting

the reason papa john of papa john's pizza is stepping down as ceo. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> a quarter after 5:00. a followup to an nbc10 exclusive story. earlier this week, we told you how a thief took off with the family's wheelchair-accessible van. an anonymous donor has stepped forward to help a philadelphia manager and her son who is pair -- philadelphia mother and her son who is paralyzed. >> oh, my god. thank you very much. >> that was the scene yesterday as mary saw her new van for the first time. she made the disclosure after the van was sto

papa john's later apologized.chnatter will remain chairman of the board and the biggest shareholder. >>> legendary sportscaster dick enberg has died. his family said he passed away yesterday following a heart attack in california. enberg was the longtime voice for nfl football on nbc and called major league baseball games and wimbledon tennis. he won more than a dozen emmy awards and was best known for his catch phrase "oh, my" to describe a big moment. >>> the stories of the white house and the u.n. -- an overwhelming protest vote by the must general assembly has members calling on the u.s. to rescind its declaration of jerusalem as the capital. just before the vote, the president threatened to cut off aid to any country that went against him. u.n. ambassador nikki haley appeared to double down on the threat. >> this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the u.n. and how we look at countries who disrespect us in the u.s. and this vote will be remembered. >> the white house claims most americans bac

. >>> papa john is stepping down as ceo of papa john's. john shatner will be replaced on january 1st. it comes about two months after he said the nfl anthem controversy was slowing sales growth. the company later apologized for shatner's statement. he will remain as chairman of the board. >>> so facebook is changing the way it identifies fake news stories. it is dumping its system of red flagged icons next to the stories flagged as false. now such articles will have related articles next to them from reputable news sources. they found fewer shared when they appeared next to ones fact checked. >> good strategy. >>> and the secret to better sleep? listen up. might be fish. >> so scientists say kids who eat fish at least once a week score higher on iq tests, and they also sleep better. >> did you write this story? >> as a pes mkhitaryan, you would think so. fatty acids in fish have been linked to higher intelligence and improved sleep, but this new study at the university of pennsylvania is one to study all three factors. i do not sleep more a

let's talk about papa johns though.eporter: who else but rapper littlejohn. [laughter] >> reporter: so, this. >> i love it. >> reporter: this all came about last week papa john crow john stepped down. littlejohn accept the position as your new ceo. i can start immediately. papa johns a recruiter there tweeted him back and said still waiting on your resume. is it a deal breaker if we won't rename the company papa little johns. so,. >> i love this. >> reporter: this has been going back and forth and littlejohn tweeted yesterday that just got off a great phone call with papa johns. excited for the future. >> hm. >> reporter: papa johns retweeted that with a handshake emoji which we know in 2017 means that something official is happening here when you've got the handshake emoji. >> listen, i don't care if they don't change the name i'm going to call it papa little johns because yea, i'm going to have to do it. >> reporter: maybe he'll be in a commercial. >> great pr for them. theobald use the good news right about now. >> r

rob: what happened to papa john?pping down from his position as chief executive after that nfl controversy where he said that nfl and kneeling protests was due to poor third-quarter results. he says now he is stepping away from the company and here's what he said earlier, the nfl leadership has heard papa john's shareholders and the controversy is polarizing the country. rob: i don't see that being a big deal. cold and toys "r quote us doing the holiday hours thing. >> reporter: last-minute shoppers, the clock is ticking, you can still shop starting yesterday, kohl's, 24 hours through 6:00 pm christmas eve and a 63 hour shopping spree starting this morning 6:00 am through 9:00 pm christmas eve at toys "r quote us. those chains open 24 hours and this saturday is supersaturday, the busiest shopping day this holiday season, 126 million people will be out there. rob: it might be picked through on this one. thanks. ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ ♪ you ♪ baby ♪ rob: imagine how much money mariah carey made off of that

one the founders of pappa job, certainly the fails of papa john. ainsley: he is the john.re down you need to look at exactly how the ratings are going backwards regarding the nfl. last year ratings for the nfl went backwards because of the elections. this year the ratings are going backwards because of the controversy. the nfl has hurt ufers by not resofling the current debacle to the players and the owner's satisfaction. nfl leadership has hurt pappa johns shareholders. so they said they were going to pull their ads from the games. now, as it turns out. he is going to step down. another guy is going to take over. brian: why? it makes no sense u. ainsley: do you remember when i first got to the national level and i would read the blog whals people would say about me. everyone has gone through this experience, jillian is shaking her head yes, you read it and you are like oh my gosh people hate me and i can't stand this. and them you are in the business for a while and you don't care with anyone thinks. you don't read it anymore because you are happy with yourself. steve: th

. >> papa johns founder is stepping down as ceo. snyder made controversial comments saying kneeling for the national anthem was hurting sales. back to you. >> thank you, landon. 6:17 right now. it's a really big weekend at the box office. dwayne johnson, kevin hart and jack black star in "jumanji." welcome to the jungle. they only have three lives to get out before it becomes

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. >>> papa john's founder is also stepping down as ceo. but john schnatter will remain chairman of the company. papa john's has been in the headlines, the ceo criticized the nfl publicly last month for not resolving the anthem issue and blamed declining pro football viewership on a drop in its sales. papa john's is a sponsor of the national footbal league. >>> there is also a change at the top of csx. the third largest railroad named jim foote chief executive, succeeding hunter harrison who died sud week just months into the company's ambitious turnaround plan. csx's board says it's confident in foote's ability to lead the railroad. >>> home depot is reportedly i'm going to xpo as a takeover target. that's where we begin tonight's market focus. home depot has been in talks with xpo in recent months regarding a potential merger. the report says if home depot does make an offer, it will be because it wants to keep that transportati and delivery company out of the hands of amazon. shar of xpo jumped 14% to $90.01. >>> swiss drug maker roche i

charles: i will say papa john's stock is at $57 a share, while dominoes is up 20%. there were economic reasons for that. but from time to time it's not unusual for companies to have these sort of problems. >> dominoes had to do a revamp' and that's why they are doing well now. you have a chicken wing company saying their sales have down and it's probably because of the nfl. people aren't as interested in what's going on. some people say it's because of the protests. that's what the polls say. plus you add on to this that this season hasn't been that interesting because of the injuries. so the nfl is having an impact upon business. the ceo was treating unfairly because he said what was true and got fired for it. charles: do you think the board of directors deciding the fate of the ceo basedn public opinio polls? >> heasoivotal in blding this brands in the first place. but firing him because he said something that is prove any true with statistics. to take a controversial political stance. that isn't what he did. he didn't say something racist or politically incorrect

this is papa john's.ounder, john stepping down as ceo the move comes two months after schnatter made controversial comments saying that the protests by nfl players were hurting his company's sales. papa john's is a major advertiser during nfl games, and schnatter is the public face in those ads. the chain did later apologize for those comments he will stay on with the company as chairman. shares up by 0.1%. down 18% over the past three months >>> the sharing economy got a big wake up call in 2017 so what's in store for the new year here's the playbook for 2018 >> reporter: some of the biggest players in the sharing economy got a reality check in 2017. airbnb facing increasing regulatory pressure in some of its biggest markets and uber underwent a shakeup that led to the departure of its ceo and a crisis of culture. others like lyft raised billions of dollars in new capital and gained market share. here are three predictions for 2018 the debate over labor in the sharing economy could intensify as gig works

. >> still to come, papa john's found ir ier is out. in australia, a driver ran through a crowd of shoppers. >> and eagle wide receiver alshon jeffery comes with a truckload of gifts for children. >> meteorologist cecily tynan returns with a white christmas forecast. and ducis rogers with the chance of an eagles win on christmas >> other news tonight, a man is in custody after he drove through a crowd of holiday shoppers in australia. police called the attack deliberate. 18 people were injured, four in critical condition. another man that had knives in his bag was taken into custody. the man had a history of drug use and mental illness. >> the house has approved a temporary spending bill to keep the government going past friday night. in doing so, they put off solutions to tough challenges on military spending, immigration and healthcare. the fate of dreamers and da ca will need to wait for next year. >> the united nations voted overwhelmingly to denounce president trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capitol of israel. 128 countries

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papa john's is a major sponsor of the league.he move drew immediate backlash on social media and schnatter immediately apologized. he'll stay on as the company's chairman. >>> the man behind a notorious literary hoax has died. in the early 70s, cliffing irving conda claimed to have paid a huge advance for what he claimed was the authorized biography of howard hughes. he bluffed his way through interviews including one with mike wallace on "60 minutes." hughes himself finally blew the whistle. irving went to prison for 17 months. clifford irving was 87 years old. >>> britain's royal couple released two engagement photos today and then a third as a way to say thank you. prince harry and his american bride-to-be meghan markle posed for the photos on the windsor castle estates. the bonus photo is a full-length candid of the happy couple. the wedding is may 19th. >>> winter began today with the solstice. crowds gathered at stonehenge to see the rebirth of the sun. from now on, the days will get longer. >>> the san diego zoo trucked in

the original place to invest online. >>> papa john's pizza announced that john schnatter will be stepping an nfl sponsor and claim the leadership have hurt papa john's shareholders. papa john's have apologized for schnatter's comments they went onto say we believe in the right to protest and equality and support the player's movement to create a new platform and change. together, we should honor our anthem there is a way to do both. papa john's was the only one to blame the protests and competitors. >> did i hear correctly? >> papa john's account tweeted out the middle finger emoji. >> they said they support the players and the year right to free speech. there is a way to do both. they did the middle finger mow j emoji and said fu to those guys. >> relevant on social media. >> i guess so. >> high glis that right? >> thank you, kate >> what's on the menu for 2018 a lot is baked in the stocks and challenges are in store. joining us now is andy barish, it is great to have you with us. >> good to be here >> going into the last quarter of this year, a lot of the stocks have already started to

. >>> papa john's says its finder is going to step down as ceo next month. this move come two months after he publicly criticized the nfl leadership over national anthem protests by football players. white supremacist. the company apologized two weeks later. he will remain as chairman of papa john's. >>> a new report finds americans are dying younger. >> according to centers of disease control, life expectancy in the u.s. is down for a second straight year. that's something that hasn't opinion -- been seen in half a century. drug use, especially opioid abuse is a factor in the grimmests the tick. -- grim statistic. the cdc says a baby born in the u.s. in 2016 could expect to live 76.8 year. that's down two months from 2018. the declines are out of sync with the rest of the world where lives are getting longer and healthier. >>> americans find flying to be a bigger hassle compared to five years ago. u.s. travel association airline fees and fright changes have -- flight changes are more expensive. terminals are more crowded and the lines are longer. >>> the nu

mejores ingredientes, mejor pizza, papa john's.ca y me encanta bailar y me gustan muchos artistas. cuando voy a entrevistar a un artista, lo hago como periodista pero también lo hago como fan. rodríguez: ¿cuál ha sido tu entrevista favorita? salinas: han sido muchas las entrevistas que han sido muy interesantes para mí. por supuesto con josé, con shakira, eh, con ricky martin. rodríguez: era el año 2010 y ricky martin acababa de anunciar que era gay en su página web. muchos estaban detrás de esa entrevista. maría elena la logró. salinas: tú te enamoraste locamente, al punto de considerar dejar absolutamente todo. ricky: así es. salinas: de un hombre. ricky: así es. salinas: de un locutor de radio. yo agradezco el hecho de que ricky martin haya confiado en mí para hablar de algo tan personal. rodríguez: ¿te sorprendió él cuando te dijo eso? ¿te lo esperabas? salinas: sabíamos de que él estaba dispuesto a hablar sobre este tema; y me dijo que él lo decidió mucho tiempo antes porque yo le había hecho una entrevista en algún momento y

. >> and john stepping down from papa johns, and papa john's is an nfl sponsor. >> that really did not go so well for him. now the question is will he still be the face -- will he duty commercials? >> i wonder. he's still affiliated, just not the top guy. >> should be interesting. >>> "early start" starts right now with a government shutdown averted, but is another one looming in january? yeah, shut down averted. congress kicks the can another month. major issues remain as lawmakers and the president head out for christmas. >> testimony from the deputy fbi director suggests he can backup james comey's claims about president trump. >> and the u.s. not backing down after a lopsided u.n. vote criticized the president's jew decision. >>> the response of the former cia director comparing the president with narcissistic vengeful autocrats. >> it's mar-a-lago friday. >> it's friday before christmas, and it's 5:00 a.m. in the east, and it's noon in jerusalem. good morning, everybody. >>> the lights will stay on, and congress did its job and that's news. they voted to keep federal agencies ope

papa john's later apologized. schnatter will remain chairman of the board and the company's biggest shareholder. >>> it was a warm welcome in new castle county for former vice president joe biden who drew a big crowd at his book signing yesterday. take a look. the line wrapped around the side of this barnes and noble in north wilmington. he signed copies. " promipromise me, dad," chroni the loss of his son to cancer. he chatted with people in line and gave advice to this father-to-be. >> he said to hold him tight. i was -- that was his advice for the baby. >> yeah. >> sweet. many snapped pictures as they wait. biden lives in greenville, a few miles from the store. he told us he knew many of the people in line to get their books signed. >> they're making snow in the mountains. cold enough there, but the rest of the area, not typically cold for the first morning of winter. 36 degrees at 6:26. there's big charchlths heading into the holiday weekend. got your neighborhood forecast coming up. >>> bullets fly when four

john, the founder and papa of papa john's pizza is stepping down as the company's ceo.by saying protests by nfl players were hurting his pizza sales after white supremacists talked about naming papa john's their official pizza, the company had to backtrack by apologizing and tweeting a middle finger at, quote, neo nazis. he will be out january 1st but will remain chairman of the board. tune in this sunday morning to cnn's "state of the union." my guest will be senator bernie sanders. we'll talk to him about tax reform and 2018. it all starts at 9:00 a.m. and noon eastern on sunday. also be sure to follow me on facebook and twitter @jaketapper. you can tweet the show @theleadcnn. that is it for "the lead." i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." if i don't see you before then, merry christmas. otherwise, i'll see you sunday otherwise, i'll see you sunday morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> happening now, cashing in on credit. president trump reverses course deciding to sign the gop tax bill in front of the news media today instead of in ja

abc 7 news app with enhanced features and customization and get more >>> the founder and ceo of papa john'sust two months after john criticized the nfl leadership by national anthem protests blaming slow sales on the out cry after the kneeling at the national anthem. had later apologized. >>> farnt company stepping down. will remain on the mountain view company board of directors he joined as ceo in 200 1. he announced on twitter saying can't wait to dive into science, and technology and philanthropy and look forward to our future here at alpha bet. >>> 4how can you lose a christms >>> 4how can you lose a christms tree. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first month's payment. >>> rock 'n' roll history is being paid in the east bay right now. if you are not there you have one more chance. ♪ what are we fighting for ♪ ♪ >> abc 7 news caught up with country joe mcdonald today, the 60s rocker and navy veteran is playing his last club gigs tonight and tomorrow. he's perhaps

>> one twitter user tweeted now that papa john isn't the ceo papa john's i think the only valid choiceat ar artist -- turn for what? >> replied i will humly accept the pig as your new ceo. i can start immediately. well, senior recruiter for papa john's responded to the he can change saying quote still waiting or your resume is it a deal breaker if we won't rename the company papa lil jones? i can any more. this is torturous. >> oh my gosh. >> you did it so much better, though. >> lil jon may not actually be the next pizza boss at papa john's but maybe they'll get some commercials out of this whole thing. >> it's fun. >> lil jon. >> do it just one time. >> no. >> come on wis. >> no. it can't be forced, no. >> it has to be natural. wisdom is like -- >> i'm a method actor. >> any other of your british accents. >> the rock. >> it just happens. >> clearly it's not happening. >> it's not going to happen. >> they're ready for your close up. >> it's not going happen. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> well played. [ laughter ] >> whoo! >> so bad people are like just stop it. okay. >> so good. finally --

[ laughter ] turtle said that. >> steve: turtle said that about papa john schnatter?mmy: yeah. [ laughter ] guys, the nfl regular season is winding down, and tomorrow the minnesota vikings will take on the green bay packers. that's right. yeah, now as you know, at the end of the season they give out the most valuable player award. but they also give out other awards during the season. sort of like the ones in high school yearbooks. like most likely to succeed, class clown, stuff like that. so with that in mind it's time for "tonight show superlatives." here we go. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ tonight show superlatives ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: first up from the packers, we have wide receiver trevor davis. he was voted most likely to be the love child of bruno mars and marge simpson. [ laughter and applause ] next up for the vikings is tight end kevin mcdermott. he was voted most likely to become aroused reading the "wall street journal." [ laughter and applause ] third quarter profit margins. [ laughter ] >> steve: mm. oh. [ laughter ] hey-o. >> jimmy: next up for the vikings is jer

>> jimmy: papa john schnatter? i've been eating at papa schnatter's pizza? >> steve: ew!ghter ] >> jimmy: gross. >> steve: oh. shadoobie. >> jimmy: let's -- [ laughter ] check in on president trump. i heard that he will celebrate new year's eve with a party at mar-a-lago. [ audience oohs ] when asked who can go trump said, "anyone who's been indicted -- i mean invited." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: wall. >> jimmy: oh, yeah, it's almost time for the big countdown to the new year. i'm very excited. i love new year's eve. but since it's been such a a crazy year with trump in office. favorite trump moments of 2017. very quickly. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] there's only five. >> steve: five of them. >> jimmy: very quick, very short. >> steve: very short. let's see. >> jimmy: here we go. let's take a look. ♪ >> five. >> does red -- does red mean it's on or it's off? >> four. [ applause ] three. >> hang on, let me -- >> two. >> steve: yeah! >> one! >> and god bless the united shtates. >> steve: yeah! [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: god bless the united shtate

papa john's is an nfl sponsor and advertiser. he also criticized roger goodell for failing to resolve the issue. he will remain chairman of the board and the company's biggest shareholder. >> today in japan a driverless bus hits the streets of tokyo. it navigated a predetermined route traveling at a top speed of 30 miles per hour. it is a possible solution for shuttling japan's growing elderly population. >> disney characters come together for disney on ice. joining us are two of the performers. thams for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> i understand this is a homecoming of sorts for you. >> it is. >> tells how you got involved with disney on ice. >> my husband grew up in philadelphia and i grew up in canada. i joined the show several years ago and now we have a home here in philadelphia. >> so both of you are part of what is called the cinderella portion of the show. tell us who you play and a little bit about it. >> i get to play the fairy god mother. >> you grant wishes. >> yes. i make dreams come true. >> and i portray

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. >>> welcome back we have a news alert on papa john's leslie picker has the details. >> reporter: aer says that the new ceo will put the spotlight on our pizza he will remain chairman. back over to you >> leslie, thank you i was going to see if we could compare papa john's performance to domino's. domino's has been a great prefer papa john's had a drop, the ceo said it could have been because of the nfl anthem protest, then they had to walk that back because of the outcry. i don't know if this has nothing to do with it. >> the company's announcement said this succession will put the focus back on the pizza, on the product, implicitly saying there was a distraction here, we created a little too much of a fuss at the top. who knows if there's a back story to that. >> papa john's is now below 60 while their rivals like domino's have had such great performance -- >> domino's is off the highs a little bit but it's been the out performer. >> domino's can go down? >> yes, it's down in the last couple of months >> that's your information on pzza, the ceo is stepping down >>> nike's call sta

criticized the nfl which papa johns is a a responsible for not resolving the issue. the quality of the chain pizza. others including white supremacist. will remain as chairman in the company. >> apple admit he slowed iphones, what's going on? tracee: proposed class action, breech of contract suit was filed through consumers saying they never consent today allowed apple to slower iphones and the plaintiffs are demanding a jury trial after apple admit what had many of us have long suspected, iphones slowed as they age but this isn't reflection to have anal, apple said the slowing was deliberate and after effective software design to have blackouts, designed to avoid unexpected shutdowns on old phones and this in, tush, slow them down. >> the current operating system they have, i've had to update 5 million times, it's like the dais of update are even on. lauren: what number are we on? tracee: i have an iphone 6, it's slow and slowing down. lauren: i know what someone is getting for christmas. tracee: that's what i need. >> even if your iphone slows, you can take a cool

shares of papa john's are down.in on the company's board of directors. >>> the oakland raiders need a miracle, a christmas miracle. a new year's miracle to get into the nfl playoffs. christmas night against the eagles. the raiders need to win the last two regular season games and the team's ahead of them in the wildcard all need to lose. now, they can go to the post season if they are in a four way tie with buffalo, miami, and tennessee or they finish in a five way tie including the l.a. chargers but not the baltimore ravens. the raiders could be eliminated even before they get on the field on monday. >>> sunday at levi stadium. jimmy garoppolo goes for four straight wins. he faces the playoff bound jacksonville jaguars with one of the top defenses in the nfl. he's thrown for a thousand yards and two touchdowns in the last three games. the jaguars are a point and a half favorite at levi stadium. >>> the warriors will try to make it 11 wins in a row. the warriors won against the lakers in overtime. and wednesday, the

there is another ceo stepping down the ceo of papa john's delivery systems.unded it back then by selling he says from the back of his father's truck. of course, it's grown into one of the biggest pizza developing services. he blamed the nfl handling of the national anthem controversy for declining sales. papa john's stock is down about a third, well, almost 33% this year. >> let's talk about another popular topic. bit coins, it's dropped 25% in 24 hours from a record high of $20,000 earlier this week. is it the bitcoin bubble finally popping or a temporary pullback if crypt to currencies? what can you tell us? >> it appears that bubble will never burst. look at how it started off trading at a thousand dollars and got up to $20,000 at the beginning of the week. it pulled back about the 14,000 mark. now cne have introduced futures trading in bitcoin and banks like goldman sachs. it appears as bitcoin and crypto currencies will be around for a while. merry christmas to you. >> merry chift christmas to you. thank you very much coming up next, mike allen of axios

(steve) the papa of papa john's is stepping down as c-e-o.atter...wh o found the pizza chain in the 1980's...faced a lot of backlash after blaming the n-f- l for sinking sales. in a press release....the company says he'll stay on as its chairman. there is no word on if he'll continue to be the face of the chain in its television commercials. current chief operating officer...steve ritchie...will replace schnatter. the new change will take effect january first. no reason was given for the change in leadership. along with the warriors... jimmy garoppolo is the hottest thing going right now in the bay area sports world... he was mic'd up for the 49ers third striaght win last sunday...including that game-winning drive in the final minute of the game. "let's go to work boys huh. let's go to work baby! come on, let 'em know today. let 'em know today. hey, get out of bounds if you can. get out of bounds. set hut!!"wide open! it's kittle. the tight end. quick pass, marquise goodwin has it! and san francis co alreay in fiel

. >> papa john's john snad eer is stepping down. we'll see if friday afternoon brings more changes before a holiday weekend. >> it wouldn't be surprising i guess. >> you want to bury news, 5:00 today, good time to do it. maybe 5:30. >> 4:00 to 5:00. >> closing bell. >> santelli is gone at 5:00. after that. >> the face of papa john stepping down after his controversial remarks about the nfl. looking at the premarket, the dow did avoid the first three-day losing streak in a few months, savings rate today a decade low 2.9 decade low 2.9 "squawk on the well, it's earnings season decade low 2.9 "squawk on the once again. >>yeah. lot of tech companies are reporting today. and, how's it looking? in a moment. there's so many opinions out there, it's hard to make sense of it all. well, victor, do you have something for him? >>check this out. td ameritrade aggregates thousands of earnings estimates into a single data point. that way you can keep your eyes on the big picture. >>huh. feel better? >>much better. yeah, me too. wow, you really did

papa john's founder is out as a ceo controversy ofts oneiling players kneelin in the nfl. stepping down, will rem chairm will still be on pizza boxes. papan's apologized two weeks later after many praised schnatter's comments. >> open enrollment for obama care plans ended. other states are still accepting patients. that could increase the total significantly. last year, 12.2 million people signed up altogether. in pennsylvania a slight dropoff with nearly 400,000 signing up for coverage compared to 426,000 last year. by all appearances obama lives on. >> next, sharrie williams reports on a wildly successful christmas party and an eagle superstar was santa claus. in real life, he saved the day. >> oon a north philadelphia a large semitruck rolled down this street, a surprise. alshon jeffery is leading the caravan. he went on a christmas shopping spree and is ready to deliver joy to philadelphia families. he was met with a roaring welcome as he entered the beckett life parents and children gathered for the annual holiday party. box after box was unloaded, filled with toys so

. >>> the face of papa john's is stepping down.created a controversy when he apparently connected slumping sales to nfl players protesting during the national anthem. he will remain chairman of papa john's. >>> apple coming clean, admitting that it is slowing down older phones. the tech giant issuing a rare statement saying it has used software updates to limit the performance of older iphones that might have battery issues and abruptly shut down. apple insists this software, the updates for the iphone 6, 6s, and 6e are to proalong the batteries. color we skeptical. >> as an aging model of a human being, i have the same software. i shut down. >>> vice president mike pence ended his surprise visit to afghanistan as vice president. here at home is con standpoint praise of the president has social media buzzing and cnn's jeanne moos has more. >> reporter: he may be the vice president, but he is the applauder in chief. >> in the history of our country -- >> reporter: leading the cheering session, mouthing at the same time. >> making am

major changes for google and papa johns. >> let's check in with landon dowdy at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> hi there, marcus and laura. good friday to you. we will coast into the holiday season on a high note. the markets surged yesterday, closed after several companies including nbc universal parent comcast pledged to spend tax savings on workers and bonuses. the nasdaq closed up four to 6965. >>> a shake up in the front office of a tech giant. former google ceo, eric schmidt is stepping down from alphabet. larry page recruited schmidt to run the young company in 2001 as an adult in the room. he served in that post until 2011 when page took over and has been a public speaker for the company many years. >> papa johns founder is stepping down as ceo. snyder made controversial comments saying kneeling for the national anthem was hurting sales. back to you. >> thank you, landon. 6:17 right now. it's a really big weekend at the box office. dwayne johnson, kevin hart and jack black star in "jumanji." welcome to the jungle. they only have three lives to get out before it becomes

they are making poor financial decisions but our informers sa >> back with your best bets -- >> papa john'sthey are different when they blame poor sales on football players. >> folks who score your credit. >> they are many, and obama start, the economy is getting better. >> interesting stuff, thank you very much. that is it for forbes, have a wonderful weekend, thanks for watching, keep it here, the number one business continues. >> congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation that will deliver more jobs, higher wages and massive tax relief for american families and american companies. >> the class worker debate after the gop releases its final tax reform bill. and and welcome to cashing in. gerri willis, scott

humor missing the mark no response from clinton team but they suggested maybe she should commit. >> papa john'stle john says what about me a week after the ceo said would step down a twitter user suggested lil jon apply. >> i can start immediately a recruiter with papa john played along waiting on your recess may is it a deal breaker if we won't rename the company papa lil jon, tweeted off a great call excited for the future, and there is more, the restaurant re-tweeted with the handshake of emoji, 2017-2018 a will do a inc or maybe they have a new face for xher commercials. >> which vehicles race to the finish line for car of the year check out on our plaza in a bit. ♪ baby you can drive my car yes, i am gonna be a star, baby you can drive my car ♪ heating up a cold morning, here in new york city, 8 degrees right now. stocking 2018 best car charts kia, stinger alfa romeo we have both on the plaza this morning joining me expert car coach we love hour lauren good morning. >> good morning. >> i think for coming out in really chilly weather. >> from buffalo used to this. >> okay -- >> this is kia