that's the ceo of red robin. ask him what he's thinking in a moment. >> hi, everybody, i'm gerri willis. coming up at my show at the top of the hour. turbo tax under investigation for tax fraud. whistle-blower who says turbo tax is helping criminals steal refunds. we'll be here. one of the big stories coming up in just a few minutes on the willis report. >> well before there was shake shack, there was red robin who started flipping burgers in 1940. >> the burger chain is ready for the next step. a spin-off brand. stephen carley is speaking with jeff flock exclusively. jeff. >> i tell you, red robin, everybody knows, think of those suburban sit down restaurants. you said, i want to take those guys on from shake shack and the rest. right? >> that's exactly right. we're building on 50 years of burger authority. we got great value. great quality. and we've added terrific speed. let me show you. >> let's take a look -- we just got the earnings or the sales results on mcdonald's today. this is shark infested waters you

stuart: all right, first of all take a look at the share price of the burger chain red robin.hare down 1 percent today, but it has been doing very well. the compan by the way, is expanding in chicago. of it's a burger chain, okay? jeff flock is at site of the new or a new red robin restaurant. [laughter] dear lord, look at this. now, before you get stuck into that burger there jeff, you've got to tell us what is red robin doing right that mcdonald's is doing wrongsome because mcdonald's sales have gone down for the last p nine months. drag yourself away from the burgers -- >> what they're doing is they're letting me cook burgers which i always thought it would come to anyway in this business. there you go. i'm going to put that question to steve. you heard stuart's question, what are you doing right that they're not doing right? >> we've been the burger authority for almost 50 years and we have doubled down with red robin burger works bringing the suburban experience to our guests here in the city. we've got ten of our most popular gourmet burgers that we can put out in this e

changs, red robin, and outback also made the cut. >>> a new study finds that people are less likely to catch the flu once they're a certain age. researchers in southern china found that people over 30 only catch the flu about twice a decade. scientists say that even though the flu evolves, antibodies remember the restraints that they've encountered before. by their 30s, folks' antibodies are able to battle many forms of influenza. >>> you may soon be able to own a piece of the "back to the future" history. >> a museum will be giving away its model of the velorean if the cubs win the world series. "back to the future 2" predicted they would win the world series in 2015. just don't hold your breath. >>> it's 4:56 right now. let's get an early look at that morning commute. is there one? >> a light one. there are fewer vehicles than we saw a few minutes ago. looks like they're getting ready to wrap up at this particular spot. the build out of the altamont pass, not a huge deal. typical pattern there. the rest of the bay, green all over the place. little bits of yellow, folks are down to ju

their target on red robin, $99.ide. >> a key part of this call brian, is lower gas prices. material uptick in traffic. interesting because i interviewed the ceo on fast money at the end of february. i asked him specifically about the impact on gas prices. he said that he is not seeing the impact. >> you know -- >> what do you believe? >> sally smith of buffalo wild wings said the same stuff about two months ago that they had yet -- maybe over time. they haven't seen it yet. >> stock number four five below mkm upgrade it to a buy. price target $35. price down 30% year-to-date versus the flat performance seen by other retailers as well as the s&p 500, and kmc is a lot of growth potential. thinks five can support 20% growth rate because the retailers are only in 21 states and have yet to enter the most populated states. >> not a better story to get the slip in sides of mike and ike. box so big you need a -- mroo that's what cramer does. >> me too. mike and ike. best candy ever. in the meantime, their target is 25 times

boy, red robin really has relaxed their dress code. [ laughter ] who eats with no shirt on?ven matthew mcconaughey is like, dude, how about an izod or something? anyway, i guess our little guy is all grown up. this is interesting, justin bieber is now officially the only person over 21 who's still into justin bieber. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] while justin bieber was running around with his shirt off, most of america and his native canada was in a deep freeze over the weekend. this comes to us from the nbc affiliate in greenville, south carolina, where reporter mara ruiz risked her life for tonight's edition of "excellence in reporting." >> no matter what, use your hands and make sure you steer. oh! >> good-bye, $80,000 veneers. why was that there? why was it there? earlier tonight here on abc, we -- i know you guys haven't seen this yet but the "bachelor women tell all" special tonight was the catiest, nuttiest, saddest, quasi-crazy thing i've seen on television. the women are absolutely terrible to each other. they grilled the batch love relentlessly why. >> why

stock number three, red robin gourmet burgers. the burger chain zoosh they continue to see up side this year. also see az more rapid expansion around america. target raised to $95 from $86. the stock is at $86. about $9 of up side seen. it has a buy rating. >> i have never been to one. we're going under the radar here with this name. they have infrastructure and architecture. it ipo's back in september. an overweight. their rating is 33. represents about 20% up side. jp morgan more bullish than the $31 average price target. the analysts covering the name. the final pick is intertemperature pharmaceutical. >> another big biotech call. to 400 from 300. the stock at $289 a share. can you do the math america. a competitive position for key drug site. it is a main reason. it is a treatment for liver disease combined with fibrosis. by the way ledbush securities even more bullish on intercept. they have a $493 price target coming up another big reason that interaccept is higher today. meg terrell will join us with those details. the biot

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red states. so you saw skepticism there in the courtroom. >> i think of robin wright and house of cards and my mindhouse of cards for millions of preefs yuly under -- previously under-served americans and they are at risk. >> they are if the court goes in the other direction. and mill -- and primarily 8 million americans relying on the federal exchanges. for people not following this case and want a basic idea. remember when everybody was concerned about the website. that was the federal website when people didn't have a job, going on the website in states that didn't have an ex change. and they are saying wait should we take that back because of the law and the solicitor general said look they wouldn't have set up two doors here if only one was available -- >> accessible. >> so while there may be language errors or confusing, many laws have that you have to look at the whole text and see the whole thing to understand the purpose. >> ari. thank you. you can catch ari on "the cycle" here on msnbc. >>> marriage equality is on hold in alabama leaving people there in limbo. they have ordered probate ju

red mercedes and a dark sedan. >>> a san francisco police officer has turned in his badge as part of a scandal involving officers sending racist and homophobic texts with their phones. michael robin some resigned after 23 years on the force. robinson was once featured on the cover of "the advocate." ten other officers are being investigated to see if they were involved. >>> big doings in san jose. the earthquakes are playing their first regular season game at avaya stadium and the game is sold out. lots of people want to check it out. so kiet do reports from inside. >> reporter: what am i missing in my hand here? >> a cold beverage. >> right. >> water, right? >> reporter: exactly, right? it's beer:30 somewhere. we are here -- this is ground level seats. this is what makes this stadium cool. brian, if you can pan over here, that's the field where the players are going to be. what you're looking at is called the scoreboard terrace. you can buy tickets and stand for the game. so you can jam up in there and off in the distance that brown structure is the largest outdoor bar in north america. it was quite a party here. the structure of the stadium is called steep raked seating. that m

robin, let's get to you. >> you know who is bringing us a lot of happiness these days actress taraji p. henson. she's redactress getting lots of buzz for her role in the tv hip-hop drama. abc's chris connelly found out how sweet life is for cookie. >> what can you do? can you play the tambourine. >> reporter: screaming and dreaming, free-wheeling double-dealing and hitting the ceiling. this cookie is no girl scout. on the massive hit series "empire." >> people really didn't think this could happen on broadcast or on cable television right now. it's been ten years since a show grew this fast. >> tell them. >> reporter: the role of cookie lyon has become a spectacular showcase for taraji p. henson the 44-year-old force of nature actress whose skills have been no secret in hollywood for some time now. >> she's a household name for a lot of people but her past projects haven't been maybe the most high-profile. >> reporter: a decade ago this howard university grad first made her mark starring opposite her "empire" ex and nemesis terrence howard in "hustle and flow ♪ ♪ >> reporter: 2006 she even performed on s