i never went to seaworld. grew up in new york so i went to the bronx zoo. >> grew up on a lake with horses. we'd swim the horses. >> i grew up around the ocean. >> i came from the middle of the country in flatland kansas. >> from virginia traveled down, did the theme park thing in orlando when i was 17. and saw the night show at shamu stadium. very emotional, you know, popular music. and i was just -- i was very driven to want to do that. >> and i saw what the trainers did. and i said, that's what i want to do. >> one of the trainers there, he goes, what are you doing out there? you should be a trainer. i go, i don't know how to train animals, i've never trained animals in my life. >> how do you prepare yourself for an encounter with an 8,000-pound orca? >> i always thought you needed a master's degree in marine biology to be a trainer. >> it takes years of study and experience to meet the strict requirements necessary to interact in the water with shamu. >> come to find out, it really is more about your perso

speaking of companies having some troubles seaworld would be one of them. >> seaworld would be one of them. to be honest this earnings -- it's not going swimmingly for them. we saw earnings per share came in 17 cents below estimates, that represented an 84% decline in profit versus last year. seaworld has been seeing a lot of blowback ever since that 2013 documentary that negatively portrayed the company anticipate treatment of captive killer whales. it's been a huge issue. it is the reason why the company has been slash rging its admission prices for parks and why it rolled out a big ad campaign last summer. numbers declined nearly 2% last quarter. it was an issue, however the company cited three reasons for that. the lingering brand effects in california tied to that documentary. also bad weather. heavy rain in texas. and an earlier easter holiday. easter is a high time for theme parks like seaworld. but stock is up today. stocks up about 2%. >> why is the stock up with all this bad language -- not bad language in that sense, but you know what impea'm talking about. >> we've seen th

people are emotive about seaworld. >> can the brand be rehabilitated?you look at their margin structure, it's 1,000 points lower than their competitor. some is structural. they have animals to feed. there's a lot of low-hanging fruit from a cost perspective we think a new management team can address. >> dom was showing us the carnage in the media stocks. disney obviously is one of them and has the big theme park presence. there's a lot of excitement around some of parks like star wars. will that hurt some of the others? >> it could. right now you're seeing in that orlando market, universal and disney go head-to-head. we think that seaworld really benefits from some of that incremental growth. for them they have to align their price value offering the consumer and remind people they don't have to spend their entire time at disney universal, come to seaworld for a day or two. >> top picks? >> six flags followed by the theme spark space. it's a 5.5% field. cedar fair. both are passioned well. >> okay. good to see you, joel. joel simpkins from credit suisse

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. >>> profits continue to slip at seaworld despite promotions and marketing campaign.ny admitted today they have an image problem following the 2013 documentary black fish which raised questions about the park's treatment of killer whales. seaworld also blames lower attendance on this year's early easter which changed a lot of spring break schedules and heavy rain in texas which affected the park in san antonio. >>> time now for ask finney. 7 on your side's michael finney answering questions. first question, sloan k. via facebook asks are there any website creation sites that really are free? >> yeah, there is a bunch of them out there. most of them all have kind of the same business model where they let do you a really, really civil one for free and then they have aed-ons. so like you want that or this and then you pay more. let me give you three website builders that are probably the most popular. they all start with w. wicks, weebler, word press. word press is the one that is most often used i believe. google that and make sure it's true. but word press is huge. mos

steve-o says he did it to protest seaworld. he's going to face a judge next week. >>> here's a story that became the most clicked on story on our facebook page. authorities found the owner of mystic pizza diverted more than 30,000 from his personal shop to tax accounts. >>> coming up, we're going to have more fallout from that massive hack of the ashley madison website. >>> and assault with a cuddly weapon. a suspect attacks police with something you just have to see to believe. the bizarre encounter caught on camera is coming up next. >>> first, our social pic of the day. shore. just the right angle there. >> if you have an interesting pick that you'd like to share, send it in to our website, nbcnewyork.com, or you can use #nbc4ny when posting to twitter or instagram and it may be selected as the social pic of the day. what's the most important thing your parents do for you? they buy me food. they make sure i'm never lost. well... they pay my allowance. encourage me. they sing us a lullaby at night... a lullaby at night. oh! n

he climbed a crane in los angeles in apparent protest of seaworld emergency workers responded.it might be a suicide. but the performer told reporters what he was going for when he was let out of jail. >> that's steve-o filming himself with an inflatable killer whale. after he posted that he was going to do that. i mean, it goes without saying, i did it to put my foot down for shamu. >> oh, boy. even he can't seem to take it seriously. he's apparently quite passionate about the cause. >> last year steve-o climbed up to a freeway sign and changed it so that it read seaworld sucks. when asked why, he said simply because it's the right thing to do. still crazy after all these years. steve-o. >>> british singing sensation sam smith is in love these days and apparently with himself. yesterday smith latched on to his very own wax figure at madame francisco. >> despite cleaning up at the grammy awards earlier this year, smith isn't taking himself too seriously as you can tell from the kisses and licks he gave himself during the big unveiling. >> during the reveal he encouraged fans in

problems when the seaworld -- seawall collapsed. it to beexpecting unchanged today. about a strong set of results earlier. >> much better. had a full financial year in charge. fortunes in the full-year profit. the final dividend is the shares. was well-known that they were aterally area to in a whole, one point. chinaant to expand in with the budget for the chinese markets. >> thank you for that. , -- cial media >> thank you. focus on theine the vocu terrible tragedy in thailand. there is a bangkok coming and at least 20 people were killed there. 123 were wounded. we are seeing some security footage about a suspect linked to that. it is the person in the yellow t-shirt. this happened in the center of the city and it was a easy shopping district. a lot of people commented on the shopping and said they did not get -- they can get clear images of pluto and cannot get clear shots of this. people are disappointed we cannot get a clearer picture in this tragedy and they have some and hisrom the minister british citizen was killed. there was a 19-year-old law student. >> we

attendance is falling and seaworld has been spending more money on marketing. >>> super bowl ad spots coveted ads during the big game will cost up to $5 million for 30 seconds. cbs which is airing the nfl's biggest game will also live stream the multi-million dollar ads online. last year by the way the going rate for a super bowl ad was $4.5 million. >>> if you are itching to get off that plane quickly, you're not alone. a new study finds 22% of respondents say they would pay more to deplane early or first. millennials are more willing to pay for that privilege. >> boy, isn't that the case when you fly somewhere and you're back in like row 20 and you're like, get me off the plane when it lands. >> reporter: i would pay for that. >> i would, too. okay. hannah daniels on a friday, have a great weekend, hannah, thanks so much. >> thanks, hannah. >> reporter: you, too. >>> time now is 5:42. jon stewart signs off as host of the daily show. coming up a look back at his career. >> and let's take a look outside now. that's highway 880 over in oakland. right now things seem to be moving along

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stevo climbed a crane to protest seaworld after killing a large whale. an ambulance and fire department responded. he was booked on several commit trespassing. >>> let's get to the forecast and see what's coming. it's been nice the past few days but uh-oh. >> and we need the rain. my concern is some thunderstorms too. happy monday afternoon to you. let's see what our weather watchers are watching and waiting and hoping for heading down to the shore. good old marine deblasio in neptune city. her request is, come on, when is the rain coming? soon, i hope. she has some thirsty flowers there. so many waiting for the rain. some reports of dark clouds to the west. this is interesting. this is adam heder in middletown and he also shares the same kind of feeling, looking forward to some rain so the grass will go from hay to yay. and i love this picture. he says, kids don't try this without adult supervision, but beautiful picture there. all right. now, the weather picture is changing. we see some pretty skies in the city right now. to the west though, we do have

folks, when i was a kid seaworld was awesome. you know you could feed little seals and fish but times have changed and not everybody views seaworld postively anymore. they're taking a real hit in terms of attendance and profits. >> yeah, they're losing money. the company's profits have drop 84% this year. compared to the same time period in 2014. >> they're concerned, these killer whales, how do they learn those tricks and questions have been raised. are they abused, that kind of thing? seaworld says no but this is, arguably not pc anymore you know. >> seems to affect people coming to the park. 100,000 fewer visitors this year compared to last year. it is really affecting them. report. i think we are. lauren simonetti on sixth avenue. how are you, lauren too teed me up nicely for the business report. tesla, electric car, really expensive one, model s, starts at $70,000, well the head of tesla, elon musk, he also makes rockets, spacex. a lot of things to say about artificial intelligence robots. he finally came out with a robot. w

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he posted online the stunt was a protest against seaworld. >>> 5:19 the time on this monday.lary clinton's new college affordability plan could save students a lot of money. what she is proposing so cost won't be a barrier coming up. >>> good morning. i'm back! and wait until you see the batch of sports i have got for you this morning. hold on to something. i'll be back. >>> all right. what is cool about your school? e-mail your nomination at coolschools@kpix.com. we may feature your ,,,,,,,,,,,, attention america. get yourself a free half gallon of dole classic lemonade with any 10 piece meal or larger purchase. because when you buy this chicken, there's free lemonade for the pickin'. it's finger lickin' good. >>> welcome back. we have a deadly accident in san jose south 101. it's completely shut down. it happened before 3:00 this morning. debris in lanes. chp has lanes closed to clear and for the investigators. your best bet to get around is 87, guadeloupe parkway 85 or even 880/17. delays beyond 280. weapon update you through the morning. >>> good morning. the giants enter

he climbed a crane at a hollywood construction site protesting seaworld and live streaming that on facebookofficials not sure if he was a jumper, responded with 80 firefighters, five ambulances and a helicopter. he climbed down voluntarily before officers arrested him. >>> back here locally if you drive on market street in san francisco get ready for some big changes. >> yeah. this is part of san francisco's effort to eliminate deaths from traffic accidents. we've been seeing a lot of them over the past several months. the city is making big changes to the traffic flow. >> you're not going to be able to turn on to market street between 3rd and 8th. it's going to impact a lot of people who are used to just following their normal route and they will have people watching. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman reports this has been in the works for a long time. >> reporter: some parts of urban life never change. if you don't believe that here is market street in 1906 just before the great quake. check it out then and take a look at it now. faces change and the modes of transportation but market

stevo is facing criminal charges for climbing a crane in hollywood to protest seaworld.t drew dozens of emergency responders to a construction site. stevo's legal name is steven glover. they'll also seek restitution for the fire and police response. >>> uber announced a collaboration with the university of arizona to help test self-driving cars and develop mapping technology. the san francisco-based ride service company will give the university a $25,000 grant to develop and test new technology. back in february, uber partnered with carnegie mellon in pittsburgh on a driverless car research lab. >>> in the east bay, eric smallwell is giving his constituents a chance to win tickets to see pope francis speak in washington, d.c., next month. anyone who lives in the state's 15th district is eligible to apply. he's just offering the tickets, not transportation or the lodging in washington, d.c. for more information about how to apply to visit and see the pope in washington, d.c., visit asbest abc7news.com. >>> the pac-12 football coach apologizing for mixing medication and al

seaworld science director says this is a smaller albino well. it gained attention 20 years ago as the first known white humpback whale. it is fascinating to see. the son is five years old and was first spotted four years ago. dari: sounds like a you son of a migeloo steve: am i going to get in trouble? dari: it makes sense. steve: it was a beautiful day today. no doubt about that. >> it was. we were able to squeeze out one nice day before we saw a big change in the weather across the tri-state. today, 84 in central park. this morning we started off with 70. here are your sunrise and sunset times for tonight -- for tomorrow. tonight's sunset is pretty nice. you want to get out the cameras and take some shots. today were in the 80s to upper 70s. and right now we're sitting in the 70s with 80 in bridgeport and 68 up towards monticello. the dew points have slowly been creeping up. it was nice and dry over the weekend. it felt really good. now we're seeing the numbers increase, which is indicating it's becoming more humid and more uncomfortable and i

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but australian seaworld sciences director says it was another albino mammal dubbed son of migilou. this mammal is smaller than the original and is known as "the other white whale" which has regularcy been sighted off australia's east coast. still a very rare sighting in the waters. >> look at that thing move. that is just grace, grace, grace. "power points," this hour the dow picking up ground after a week of losses, up 1.3% so far today. many of the media stocks also badly beaten last week making up some lost ground. disney up almost 1% today. >>> biotech and technology shares also staging a rally today after they dropped last week. biotech up more than 1%. the nasdaq up 1.2%. if you missed any -- any -- of the big stories over the past hour, please visit our website at powerlunch.cnbc.com. >>> take two interactive is set to report earnings after the closing bell. stock up 12% in just the last month. is now a good time to get into that stock? that's ahead on "power lunch." you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. i accept that i'm not 21. i accept i'm not the sprinter i

seaworld, all the concern about the care of the -- stuart: whales. >> i don't tone, but i'm going touart: honest lady. here she is. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: done the markets. got to get back to that debate. i think it was wildly entertaining. i watch from beginning to end. i really i really liked it. steve forbes is still with me, and i know he watched it from beginning to end. you would. because you've been in these debates. >> been in a few. stuart: i didn't hear much mention of the economy, and that's what i wanted. i wanted to hear some candidate say growth growth growth, give it to me, flat tax or lower tax. i didn't hear it last night. >> no. two opportunities were missed. one was on the company someone like rand paul was trying to get back in the game, he has a flat tax out there, instead of getting it the centerpiece of getting the economy moving again. there was never a real debate on it. reagan would have never let that lapse happen. the other thing surprising me was they didn't do more attacking on barack obama. either domestic or in terms of foreign policy and that's