we need to do a whole lot of things in this economy that are going to sbarro or not going to sbarro isn'treat, persistent growth pattern that sits underneath things and i think that's what's going to build and build and build in terms of confidence going forward. >> it's a great debate the economy versus the stock market all ahead of tomorrow's job report. thanks for joining us with the insight, jim and jerry. >> thank you. >>> crimean's parliament votes to become part of russia the referendum set march 15th. for all the latest let's get to jim maceda in moscow, hey, jim. >> reporter: hey, carl. well, that's right. the crimean parliament has voted today to basically secede from ukraine and join russia effective immediately. that vote doesn't have any real political wait until the referendum you referred to on the peninsula's future whether it joins russia or whether it stays as part of ukraine. it will be a two-part referendum or two-question referendum and that takes place in ten days. and the parliament is not recognized by the ukrainian government in kiev. still the vote is certainly g

. >> is it more s >>> is it more sorrow for fans at sbarro?rro ripping out the soul of food court lovers across the nation. the chain planned to close 150 locations we, at red eye would like to remind our viewers when something like this happens it's not about pizza, but it's about the people. ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] >> awesome. >> by the way sbarro is a great place. i feel bad but hopefully those people will find other jobs. >> jesse, you worked at food courts. >> you picked this because of me >> you did give stories to everybody today. >> yes. serious cat story for andy. then high school musical story for will, and importance of using condoms for you. because, you know, nobody should have a adult child that size. >> anyway. >> i'm saying your parents should have used a condom. >> all right. >> i kind of agree with that. >> will, i think you've never eaten at a sbarro at your life, it's a great lace with great people. >> arby's can be next. >> yes. it could. salty stores have to be paired with sweet stores. bass kin robbins with pizza hut. yo

there are still 800 sbarro restaurants in more than 40 countries. the chain is popular in food courts, and was hit hard as mall shopping numbers declined during the ression. the golden arches continue to lose a little luster. global sales for mcdonald's suffered a larger than expected drop in february. stung by a very tough winter in the u.s.that further slowed business. sales at the world's biggest restaurant chain fell three tenths of a percent analysts had predicted a tenth of a percent drop. mcdonald's has been struggling for two years now due to the sluggish economy and high beef prices. chiquita is on the way to becoming the world's top banana. i'm a chiquita banana and i'm here to say, bananas have to ripen in a certian way.. chiquita is based in charlotte, north carolina. and is merging with dublin based fyffes to improve its global presence. -- the companies create a global banana brand with an estimated $4.6 billion in annual revenues.the new company will be called: chiquita-fyffes. the website known for selling cars is selling itself. car

just last month sbarro announced plans to close more than 150 locations. the company blames a big decrease in customers at malls. >>> apple is releasing an update to ios 7 that includes carplay that allows them to access several iphone features on the car's dashboard and makes improvements to siri and the iphone camera. >>> cost conscious brides are looking forward to the end of the month. that's when h&m debuts its $99 wedding gown. it is hoping to attract buyers not swayed by those tv wedding dress shop shows that seem to send the message you have to pay a lot to get something good. >>> billboard's top earners list is out. when it comes to touring and sales, pop country star taylor swift is way out in front. the 23-year-old seven-time grammy winner took in over $39.5 million last year. >> next country artist kenny chesney who made nearly $33 million. >> in third, justin timberlake with 31 million bucks. >> not too shabby. >>> the ski pa told on a mountain purposely triggered an avalanche but things did not go as plan. >>> a dad gets a little too excited

. >> by the way, sbarro's is a great place. hopefully they will find another job.orked in a fad court. >> you picked it just because of me. that was great. you did give stories to everybody today. there was the serious cat story for andy and the high school musical story for will obviously and the story about the importance of using condoms was obviously for you. you know, nobody should have an adult child that size. >> wondering where he was going. >> i was saying your parents should have used a condom. >> i kind of agree. >> will, i bet you have never eaten at a sbarro in your life. that's your loss. it is a great pleas with great people. >> arby's is next. >> they could be. salty stores have to be paired with sweet stores or they don't like -- baskin and robins is with pizza hut. is that how it works? >> you know what i'm talking about. there is a pizza hut and taco bell combination. >> that kills your theory. >> dunkin' donuts and -- >> baskin-robbins. >> there are no words that begin with sb. start at a disadvantage. sba a rro's, a lot of people look at it --

jesse, so there is a war on the obese, but chubby people keep you employed at sbarro's. >> see you had built in to make fun of me. >> i wrote it just now which is why it was kind of lame. >> whatever. i don't have anything to say about this. texting is like what teenagers do. >> what's up fatty? are you still fat? they should be sexting instead of texting and send pictures of very large people to you. >> and say what? >> that's as far as i went. i put a little more thought into this. they spent diss 3 million developing this idea. that's fascinating. where does that money actually go to develop the idea to text? who gets that money? >> photos of hot people and they say you will never get laid by this man or woman if you are the size you are now. >> that's the issue. they are never going to tell them dash ad they will do things like did you have enough broccoli. did you get your six glasses of water? they will never say when i started at "red eye," i was overweight. you know who got me to lose weight? the viewers. they called me a fat, disgusting tweety pig. >> now they just call you a

does anyone eat at sbarro anymore? >> in airports. >> poor people they are. since then three days malaysian airlines flight disappeared en route to beijing. still no one has any idea what happened. an oil slick that initially seemed like a clue turned out to come from a boat. an object thought to be a liferaft turned out to be moss. reportingships are debris near hong kong. investigators are trying to determine if this was an act of terrorism. richard falkenrath is here. he is a former white house security and visor. he is a commissioner for county terrorism. he is now a principal at the chertoff group. i guess we need to start with this. you are an expert in counterterrorism. that is what you did at the new york city police department. does the situation to your i have the hallmark of terrorist acts? >> is suspicious. it fits the pattern. you wait for the fact to speak for themselves. there are more than one possibilities to explain this. in general, you do not leap to the most extreme or most exotic right away. one of the mottos i have had is that when you

. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you to sbarro pizza chain for going bankrupt.ere so broke, why didn't you just sbarro some money? [ cheers and applause ] had to do it. >> steve: come on, you had to do it. you had to do it. ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: had a good run, had a a good run. really -- >> steve: now you're sback. >> jimmy: yeah, now i'm -- [ laughter ] >> steve: thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, everybody. we have no more time. last night -- best in the business. >> steve: whoo. it's rough out there. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you're only retired for like 30 seconds. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: and what happened? >> steve: i invested in a small firm. >> jimmy: okay. >> steve: in vinyl records. >> jimmy: oh, that's a hot thing. >> steve: of your cds and of your dvds. it's such a bad idea. >> jimmy: how much money did you invest in that? >> steve: i only invested $120,000. >> jimmy: that's not much. >> steve: then i gave my atm card. >> jimmy: unbelievable. well, welcome back to the show. steve higgins is back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ thank you, getti

the announcement comes days after pizza chain sbarro, a familiar sight in malls and airports filed for bankruptcy for the second time in three years. >>> paris is seeing some of its worst pollution in years, with the eiffel tower only visible through a thick blanket of smog today. forecasters point to warmer weather, stagnant air, and a high number of diesel vehicles. the city of lights is encouraging people not to drive, instead offering free rides on transportation. >>> back on sochi, it was a good day for americans in the paralympics. the american men swept the snowboard cross, with 27-year-old evan strong who we featured on this broadcast claiming the gold. it is the first gold for team usa at this paralympic games. meanwhile, our hats are off to another competitor who we also kept our eye on, tatyana mcfadden won silver. in the 1 kilometerer sprint wednesday, proving it's never too late. the wheelchair racer only took up cross country skiing about a year ago. >>> and one last note, the the u.s. and russia hockey rivalry is renewed once again. the two men's teams will square off to

sbarro the pizza chain is also filing for chapter 11 for the second time in three years. closing 155 of 400 company-owned stores. here to explain is cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. it seems like the food court never changes so, what is happening now? >> well, the food courts and the companies that put their businesses in those food courts really lived by that old real estate saying, location, location, location, they were in this heavy foot traffic area, a mall, or even an airport. when the recession hit and people weren't flying nor were they shopping, and another thing happened. the way we shop has changed so dramatically, think about it, over the last ten years, we're shopping on-line. and when we do go to the mall, it's for a shorter period of time. it's not a full day event so we're not hanging around for lunch. >> most of us are trying to get in and try to get out. you mentioned the recession. the recession ended five years ago so, why now? >> there is really a tale of two recoveries. and a lot of the retailers have said there's been a high end consumer

it was a big hit. >> do you even like sbarro pizza? americans will continue to be junk food as much as possible. we just do not want to go to the mall to buy it. >> you want it to be delivered from your app. people go to mcdonald's but they go through the drive-through. >> i agree. we want it brought to you. >> the pizza market saturated. the only place you can find growth is in technology. >> sure. i'm glad you made that point. to the turnaround matthew mcconaughey's career. he did the best role of his life in "dazed and confused" ever and then he did nothing. he did romantic comedies. now he has done "dallas buyers "mud, "magic mike" ante has this series called "true detective." so many will try to stream it last night that they crashed the site. it was the season finale of probably the best show on television right now after "game of thrones." >> we have a nerd in our midst. >> it was a good season one but it jumped the shark. >> this begs the question to me. do you want to, much like nintendo did not have enough of the original wii

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sbarro filing for bankruptcy again. this is the company's second time filing chapter 11 in the last three years.sbarro blames declining traffic and mall food courts were does much of its business. prime time -- only nikki and claire remain, but something happens that has one of the women questioning everything. >> we had a rare moment together. no cameras. and whispered something to me. he chose to tell me something that no woman wants to hear. it was insulting. it was offensive. ? what did -- what? what did he say? >> bossy? >> we will see. see who wins. ,nd then after the final rose and abc 7 news at 11:00. >> it is safe to say he is the most hated bachelor. >> he is going that. for the most popular guy. >> i liked that idea. we are looking at sunny skies. daylight hours have extended. take a look at the forecast for the rest of this evening. if you have outdoor plants, go for it. temperatures -- if you have outdoor plans, go for it. temperatures in the 60's, the 50's. 61 in manassas. to 15 mile per hour. clouds will

sbarro filed for bankruptcy for the second time in three years.lowing traffic in food courts. chiquita will join fyffes to create the world's largest banana company. a chipotle spokesman says there may be some shortages because of the weather, but chipotle will still sell guacamole. the author of "full planet, empty plate" says we need to change. >> climate system is changing, and this is creating problems for farmers. we know that as temperatures go up yields come down. the latest research in this country from a team at stanford indicates that for each one degree celsius rise in temperature we get a 16% decline in grain yields. the relationship between the earth's climate and food supply is sensitive. we are beginning to see some of the effects of that on our food prices. >> one solution -- revolutionize the way we eat. that is what georgia pellegrini is advocating. >> i grew up on the same land my great-grandfather had lived on. i wanted to get back to things that were real and lasting versus the virtual reality we live in. it was about using my

this comes days after sbarro, the pizza chain, also filed for bankruptcy.hlighting the stress in the fast food market. since it is 26 minutes after the hour, a quick look "on the markets." rebounding throughout the day, the s&p up by over 1%. back in 30 minutes. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television. also streaming live on bloomberg.com, your tablet, and your smartphone. i am adam johnson. today's moving pictures, where the video is the story. passengers scrambled to get off a us airways jet in philadelphia after the pilot had to abort the takeoff. look at this picture. the scene on the ground right as a passenger was getting out. the jet blew a tire as it took off, collapsing the nose gear. the pilot brought the plane down but the damage caused it to skid down the runway. incredible images. in brazil, a march to express anger over money being spent on the world cup. the organizers of the june event are behind schedule. 3 of the 12 stadiums needed are not finished. strains a project -- transit and infrastructure projects are months behind. vete

. >> talking about the malls and the trickle down to retail stores, looking at sbarro, just declaredankruptcy i'm a had a huge presence in malls -- bankruptcy, had a huge presence in malls. do you think the malls factored in the decline? >> people in the united states have not stopped eating pizza. they may not beating as much pizza inside the mall, clearly, but maybe the pizza isn't that compelling. maybe the pizza hasn't a ball flight heats it can set -- hasn't evolved like pizza concepts have. retail has to evolve continually to keep the consumers engaged. we see the evolution and we are attracted to it. new stores, places that are more inviting and interesting. biggestone of the challenges indoor malls have, whether it is pizza or luxury goods -- retailers and restaurants want to express their band and connect -- their brand and connect with the consumer and create an experience. first -- is the first expense for retailer going to be an indoor mall? does that connect with their brand? more and more retailers are voting no. they want to be in an outdoor format or on the street. >>

. >> sbarro filing for bankruptcy.he move could come early next week as it struggles with lackluster sales. >>> meantime white house announcing new sanctions as pro russian forces tighten their hold in ukraine. thousands of activists, riot troops now in complete control of crimea. the parliament there voting to break off from ukraine and actually join back in with russia setting up a referendum vote next week, a move president obama says violates the country's constitution and international law. shepard smith live in ukraine. shep, what's the latest from there? >> the parliament vote came as a bit of a surprise from down in crimea. ten days from now march 16th, people of crimea are to vote on whether they want to stay with the mother land, as in russia, or continue as citizens of ukraine. that vote would ask two questions. do you want to go or stay. if they vote to go, that would mean all state property in crimea would be turned over to russian federation, russian ruble adopted, in addition all the soldiers in crimea w

. >> pizza chain sbarro is having financial troubles once again. a ltle ndezus savor r luiousilli coinedith r sl melng ccola. ♪ that ttleewarfor l e thgs y do.♪ onlyrom irarlli. >> welcome back. we were tracking a bay bridge as a hot spots but all of that has not changed. you can see the back up as rapidly diminishing in the westbound direction. it was backed up on 580 but that has pushed to 24. at one time, will be looking at a 29 minute and rutile. that is no longer the case. the drive time is 16 to 18 minutes. the nimitz freeway it is less. >> just into the kron4 news room. the judge in the case against an army general been tried on sex on assault charges is considering new evidence. the evidence suggested a top lawyer at the pentagon may have illegally interfered in a decision. attorneys for general jeffrey sinclair presented the evidence. sinclair is believed to be the highest ranking military official brought up on charges. >> germany has dismissed the claim by nsa leaker edward snowden. he claims said germany bowed to u.s. demands to water d

mostly telegraphed last week, filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, sbarro.showing how difficult it is for fast casual, for quick service in this case, but red lobster, quiznos, battles are multiple. >> point to what we're seeing across the restaurant retail space and saying it's weeding out weak links. sbarro's had the best pizza, struggling with costs. you have to have a different product. they're not liquidating. they're closing a bunch of locations. it doesn't mean the end of sbarro as you know it. >> jim has been alerting us for a while, overstored in retail and restaurants. more from the gulf. you spent part of the weekend interacting not just with rig workers but oil executives as well. >> yeah. we had jim brown, greatest title in the world, president of the western hemisphere, but for halliburton, not for the actual western hemisphere, and he's been talking about mature fileds. how to use american technology to do horizontal drilling which is energy 21 exxi is doing on this rig. finding oil where we thought we had run out of oil is one of halliburton'

sbarro had trouble keeping up with its its competitors. have you eat then?ck no, nothing won't do. call house republicans today. tell them we've waited long enough: pass immigration reform. >> united nations security council is meeting here in new york right now to discuss the crisis in ukraine as moscow continues to tighten its grip on crimea. a ukrainian television station reports a group of ten unidentified gunmen fired into the air while storming a ukrainian navy post in southern crimea. nobody got hurt and the gunmen demanded trucks from the base. a russian news agency reports pro russian troops took over a hospital and -- a military hospital and an army missile base in crimea. this was the scene earlier outside the headquarters of the crimean television station. protesters on whether crimea should plate ukraine -- split from ukraine and join russia. the white house says ukraine's prime minister will meet with the president on wednesday in washington. he is also set to address the u.n. security council on thursday. russian officials warned that lawlessn

[buzzer] cheryl: stuck on sbarro. i first came to manhattan went there years and years ago. cheryl: we had them in high school in arizona. house approved billions in loan guaranties for ukraine after president obama promised sanctions against those undermining the country. david: peter barnes with the latest. it was lopsided vote? >> 385 to 123. overwhelming support you could say. john boehner promised continue cooperation with the white house on measures to punish russia. the gill goes to the senate, which is not expected to take it up until next week. they want to pass more sanctions on russia. president obama signed an executive order directing a freeze on u.s. assets those involved in the russian military intervention in the crimea. and also allows the the state department to ban their travel into the u.s. >> these decisions continue our efforts to impose a cost on russia and those responsible for the situation in crimea. and they also give us the flexibility to adjust our response going forward, based on russia's

david: the pizza chain, sbarro filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years. it has been struggling with too much debt and changing consumer tastes. keep it right here. "after the bell" starting right now. liz: let's take a look at all of today's biggest market action. we have michael binger, gradient investment senior portfolio manager. he will tell investors why they should keep an eye on inflation in the u.s. drew kanaly, thinks this bull market cycle would continue for, wait for it, decades. all right, drew. lincoln ellis, green scare managing director down in the pits of cme. lincoln, a lot of blame for red on the screen went to chinese data not great as expected. was a little bit fearsome when it comes to the 18% decline number what they saw as exports but tell us what was really moving sentiment in the pits of the cme. >> that certainly set the tone early and we're quite grateful for the chiquita banana merger for the potassium that is this u.s. equity market continuing to move higher. there is little bit of teflon -- there is silver lining to the chine

sbarro is struggling with weak sales and is scheduled to close food court restaurants.. set to move today to slap unilateral sanctions on russia. ukraine says russia has blockaded its ships. >>> rethinking the church. hope francis shaking things up yet again this time opening the door to same-sex unions. how real are these shifts? >>> breaking now, a dramatic day in the trial of oscar pistorius. the doctor who was first on the scene on the stand. what he saw inside that house and what pistorius said to him in the moment. your "new day" starts right now. >>> good morning. welcome to "new day." it's thursday march 6th, 6:00 in the east. we're going to begin with breaking news in the ukraine. 28 nations are meeting right now in brus ls searching for a way to apply for pressure on putin. there are hearings today on sanctions that the u.s. could impose yun impose yun laterally against russia. >> they are outside key government buildings in the port city of odessa. over half

you have companies like sbarro filing for bankruptcy because people are not going to the malls as muchraffic issue issue, but it is not like it has fallen in half. it is down. the traffic that is off-mall, which accounts for the great majority of retail sales, that is strong, down a point or two, but not dramatically. the issue is that is too much apparel space. craig johnson, and julie hyman, thank you. we will be back in two minutes on "in the loop." ♪ >> entertainment companies are stepping up their dealmaking, with many looking to get a hold into the online video market. cristina alesci has more on recent activity and what might be next. entertainment companies on the hunt -- what are they after? >> they are looking for exposure also,ine networks and, the growing international markets, and that is because there core business in the u.s. is pretty much flat. content,into original programming, but they have to look elsewhere. disney, there are reports they are looking at buying a youtube content creator, which would be a forward-thinking deal. dreamworks bought a youtube channel last

and sbarro moving closer to bankruptcy. they have been hit by slowdowns in mall traffic. a filing could come as early as this weekend. that would be the second trip in the past three years. that is today's company news. we are not done either. costco reported earnings a few hours ago. they missed analyst estimates. wey are trading lower and will discuss what is going wrong and what they can do to change things around. this is "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ >> good morning everyone. ceoalked to the adidas yesterday. trevor edwards, president of nike, will be on "market makers." very cool basketball shoes. i was in their store this weekend. scarlet fu, i could see you in them -- >> can you? i could see you in air jordan's. >> these are beyond air jordan's. i want sparkly ones. >> i think we should get "surveillance" ones. i am tom keene. i am here with scarlet fu and adam johnson. >> another big-box retailer reports profits missing estimates after discounts to attract holiday shoppers. this theme is familiar. we have heard this before. the name is not. it is costco. david stra

one about mitch mcconnell and the other about sbarro and bankrupt.ing bankrupt. >> speak for yourself. >> yeah, really. >> what is the upshot? >> so the upshot is a new site we're building at "the new york times," focusing on politics and policy. the idea is to speak to people in a conversational voice, not dumb it down. people who want to understand the news better. i wrote an economics column for six years, and it will have that same voice. >> the two articles you're previewing to give us a sense. mitch mcconnell, no chance in hell of losing? >> well, maybe not quite that far. >> that would be the upshot? >> i would see the upshot as this, that i think a lot of people, and definitely a lot of democrats, are overstating his chances of losing. you just don't see states that are as republican as kentucky go against an incumbent senator in a midterm election. that doesn't mean it couldn't happen, but we should expect the voters are more likely to come home to him than not. >> here's my question. what does his title mean in the context of that? you saw

>> you just described my saturday afternoon -- going to the mall and heading sbarro afterwards. >> nowou can click on virtual pizza. >> steve, why are not people going to the malls as much as before? >> you haveomni-channel shopping. they want product anytime they can get it so they will go to the mall and shop in the stores but they will also shop online. the traffic in the malls is down probably in the high single digit. that will continue. maybe it will stabilize a little bit but it will continue to have a shift toward digital but people are shopping both. the winners are the ones that are just internet-based. they are brick and mortar and internet. the macy's of the world are doing well because they have been having a vibrant internet is miss as well as brick and mortar. >> if you talk to a retailer, they say have an online strategy. how do you know when you have it right? >> it's when you invest in the technology and can offer a seamless experience between the store and the web. if you look at the data over the fourth quarter, the winners versus the losers, in almost every categor

sbarro is filing for bankruptcy for the second time in less than three years of the pizza chain announcedt would close 155 restaurants last month. >>> developments in the so-called loud music case in florida. attorneys for michael dunne now set to ask a judge to delay sentencing. dunne as you know was convicted last month of attempted murder for shooting at three teens after an argument over loud music. another teen died in the incident but the jury was unable to decide on that murder charge. >>> new study finds woman women who gave birth to two or more babies cut risk of cancer by 24%. researchers in finland looked at date for 5,000 women. jenna: 10 is the magic number, you may try it be my guest. jenna: terrifying incident caught on tape in anaheim, california. investigators are trying to figure out what caused this wooden platform to give way during a show injuring dozens and dozens of students. will carr live in los angeles. what happened here? >> this all happened saturday night. there were 200, 250 girls on stage. they were dancing, they were jumping around and that's when the stage

and somehow manages to buck the trends that we hear of so many, sbarro pizza files for bankruptcy, wer mcdonald's talking about global sales dropping, you hear so many struggling, and yet chipotle's stock is unstoppable. stuart: look, it's down a buck now, but a few minutes ago it had reached $6.22. that's why we put it up. >> still selling guacamole. >> global warming. stuart: hold on, everybody. do you know what you were doing eight years ago today? well, it is the eighth anniversary of the very first tweet. it was sent out by co-founder jack dorsey eight years ago today. that's how young this huge company actual is. actually is. today, of all things, we're following developments in turkey where the prime minister over there, he's pulled the plug on twitter throughout that country. his opponents have been using twitter to talk about corruption within his, the prime minister's, inner circle. charles, he pulls the plug on the entire operation throughout the country, that shows me the power of social networks. >> oh, there's no doubt about it. we saw the same thing in egypt, in sur ya.

sbarro, they took a hit as well. for them,ç the impact from weather is on traffic.aren't coming in because of the weather, there's an impact there too. >> they're getting ready to file bankruptcy for a second time. maybe as early as next week. courtney, that is a story right now. you're finding out who the real weak links are in the industry when the snow does fall here. >> yeah, sure. exactly. some retailers would say, look, we were weak across the board. if you look at the regional differences, where we had the heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures, we were weaker still. there are ways to parse through and see what hit when and where. but not all companies are as forthcoming with that information. cato corp. is another company that reported. it's a retailer mainly based in the southeast. they're blaming weather. we saw atlanta and parts of the carolinas get hit by those freezing temperatures. it paralyzed those areas. that was a real trouble spot. >> evan, it's interesting though. rick even made this point yesterday. are so many of these retail chains just one