but that has led to dub starbucks pro-gun. >> we've seen advocates on both sides of this debate use starbuckss a staging ground for their own motivations. >> reporter: across the country, gun rights advocates have gathered at the coffee chain displaying firearms for what they call starbucks appreciation day, some posting photos on facebook. >> customers have felt significantly uncomfortable. children have felt uncomfortable. >> reporter: so in an open letter, schultz says guns are not welcome at starbucks and asked customers not to bring them. but he stopped short of a ban. >> we made that decision so that we would not put our people in the uncomfortable position of having to condition front a customer who's carrying a gun. >> reporter: ryan and bill both carry their guns this public but generally concealed. >> i intend to respect their wishes. i just won't be taking my business to starbucks. >> in a free society like america where we're supposed to honor equality, tolerance and each other's rights, here we have a company saying we don't want that right in our store. and i think that's unfort

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young and old people work at starbucks.k about a guy walking in with an open pistol? does that bother them? >> i think it has produced a fair amount of confusion and discomfort for our people. and i think our people today, the vast, vast majority of starbucks personnel have really supported this decision. >> your decision. >> they think we're on the right side of it. >> so they're happy with your decision to discourage people from bringing guns and open carry into your starbucks? >> yes, because we have embraced the guiding principles of our company, to serve the customers. >> i like your idea, people may not be ready to go home. there is still a nice feeling about going somewhere where you don't work for somebody and have the idea of relaxing and doing their homework there. thank you very much, howard schultz for coming on. >>> when we come back, why would a person want to tank the economy? we're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> why would any normal person want to tank the economy? if they love america, why

we know the kind of people that hang out at starbucks. i won't make fun of starbucks. i know everyone does. it is a great company. i know he is left wing. i read his book. they are great and they cater to a lot of urban dwelling people. they cater to a liberal crowd. this is good pr for him. what do you think? >> i am certainly not going to make fun of starbucks, because i don't know if i am related to howard schulz. until i find that out i will look up at that sweet, sweet coffee can. >> you are related to a lot of schulz. >> no, i am not. i am not related to charles schulz. i don't have a t in my main so i don't have the star -- starbucks money. thanks a lot, you jerk. this is the weak ease disassociation i have seen in my life. to this point i don't know why he made the announcement. if are you a gun owner and you are offended by the weak, trying to tow the line and they will serve you. if that somehow still bothers you, you don't need a gloc at your side. you need to get laid. >> that's what i'm saying when i say that gun owners should respect his opinion. he did i

into starbucks or the outdoor seating area.said that for those who were oppose open carry, we believe the legislative and policy making process is a proper area for this debate, not our stores. if you champion open carry, please respect that starbuck stores are places where everyone should feel relaxed and comfortable. this is a request, not a policies, because he doesn't want to put his workers in the position of having to confront potentially harmed customers. >> so. what do you thing of starbucks' you can share your thoughts on that story. >> new fallout this morning from the decision to fly the chinese flag over southland dough city hall, the move was designed to attract new asian-american business but it endorsed a brutal government. critics have accused the government of oppression including the exile of the daily daily -- the >> we want to show we welcome them in san lenadro and we want them to live here if they are not already here. we want to open up the businesses to them. >> san lenadro is reinflation the city flag o

both using the starbucks. that is what is interesting about starbucks.y are uniquely positioned in that way, their brand is being courted by both of the lobbying sides. this is schultz opportunity here to come out and say you know what? this is where i stand and my personal political belief and let the 70 million customers decide as they will. >> eric: very good. jonathan, finish it up. >> second amendment vocates do a disservice to their cause by making profit property like starbucks ground zero for the politil fight. these are battles that should be waged in the legislature in the political realm, not a private for-profit rel bron the entrepreneurs and business people like schultz have every right dictate terms of trade on their property. >> eric: good. leave it there. good discussion, good debate. onlying up, red flags flying about aaron alexis before he went on his deadly d.c. rampage. and all of if government snoopings didn't catch it is. it time to stop orvi...amelia...ur... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clin

>> starbucks is a business. going to make the best decision he thinks for the business and for the brand. this is a property rights issue, not even a gun issue. he could ban guns outright from the stores completely, but he is simply asking customers not to bring them into his stores and customers should comply, they should respect his property rights and his wishes as a company to not bring the weapons in. melissa: if they are not watching television, how do they even know? if it sincerely was just this is for what is going on in our various restaurants and shops, he would post it there. instead of posting it or telling his workers to say somebody with a gun can you take that outside, instead he is making a political statement putting a letter out there. if you are just a regular person, we don't even know this is going on. >> the timing of it responding to a pr firestorm after an event does not look like it was necessarily the result of a serious thoughtful process. i am not sure it is a bad move commercially f

howard schultz is his name, the ceo of starbucks. that starbucks has been thrust unwillingly into the gun control debate. it, like most other stores, frankly, wolf, in states where people are allowed to openly carry guns, they are allowed to bring them into stores. but that has put starbucks really in the spotlight because increasingly more and more gun owners have been going to starbucks for these meetups, visibly showing guns. so howard schultz has pen add open letter to the american people requesting that people no longer bring guns into any starbuck store in the united states. it's not a ban. but this letter which will be in newspapers nationwide tomorrow requests that people don't do that. we talked to him about why he's making this decision. listen. >> why are you doing this and why are you doing it right now? >> i think it's very important just to start the conversation by framing the fact that starbucks is not a policymaker. and in fact, we're not pro or anti-gun. however, we do believe that guns should not be part of the sta

not just starbucks, but anywhere. >> advocates have held starbucks appreciation day in the bay area and across the country in support of the company's previous policy of allowing customers to publicly show their guns where the law allows. the c.e.o. doesn't want the events if his stores saying it is upsetting and unsettles. >> does it make you feel less or more safe? >> i feel totally safe. >> if i'm going to go interest a starbucks and i am seeing people strapping guns, i will pass. i will go to peet's. >> speaking of peet's, that coffee show and california pizza kitchen have policies to prevent those with firearms from entering their business. >> the giant panda cub at the national zoo in washington, dc is making another debut, this is a new picture of the female cub who is nearly a month old. she was given a clean bill of health after an exam when the mother was not looking. the cub is still under two pounds and has not yet opened her eyes. she will not be named until 100 daze after birth according to chinese tradition. she now is starting to look like a panda with the black and whit

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let's trade starbucks at this point? >> we have liked starbucks for a while.ting stance they are taking. i think the more interesting trade here though it closed lower on the day. >> if you look at the future earnings, this company is trading somewhere in the low 20s. these guys are in the second inning of where they are growing. we spent years talking about yum in china. starbucks the brand they want to follow. >> all right. we apologize to howard. we are not able to fix that audio issue. we hope that howard will come back on to fast sometime in the future. those ads start tomorrow and that policy starts tomorrow again. heart disease, the number one killer of americans this year past years. but soon all of these new advances that we have seen could actually change that. take a listen. >> how about we try this one here? >> this doctor showed us how simple it is to use these new tools. >> so put my fingers here? >> yes. >> and it creates a loop with your heart. >> here sit coming up. >> oh wow. is that healthy? >> it's looking good. >> okay. good. >> researcher

starbucks decision would only affect people with carry permits. it will not be enforced by employees. >>> an amtrak train traveling through the east bay hit a car on the tracks near 37th avenue in east oakland. amtrak's capital corridor was heading from sacramento to san jose when it hit the car. no one was seriously injured. another train picked up the passengers. >>> a fought situation -- foul situation facing the a's of the a sewage league plagues the team as it prepares for the playoff. the a's did not went but they are in it for the playoffs. if they make it that far we're told by the team owners and management they will open the third deck, which means more people using the facility. that's a cause for concern. a lot of people are concerned about a sewage problem like last night in the a's try to make it to the playoffs the be on tackles are in the way. >> the a's employees were saying you didn't see anything. >> but they she did. fans reported a foul odor and they found a faulty toilet. >> the sensors were setting off. there were people in

the starbucks c-e-o says, >> pam: guns just are not part of the starbucks experience.e sent a kron 4 crew today to a local starbucks. to get reaction to the new the bay area. >> this is not a ban. >> pam: again -- customers with guns will still be served. but it is reccomended they do not bring them inside. >> pam: this is a story people are talking about on our website -- kron-4 dot com. you can stay connected with that story and many others.. >> this kind of a gray area. the right to bear arms but as a company of the ceo but as a.c. all he has to protect his workers. but >> pam: you can also share your thoughts. on our facebook and twitter pages. >> pam: still ahead. the floodwaters receding. we'll show you the dramatic before and after pictures in colorado. and the popular tourist spot in mexico. people there reeling from not one, but two storms. >> reporter: people are still being told to stay in their homes where a lot smith has been shot already. the suspected sugar is still in the home and police had surrounded. we will stay on top of this with a live report on

that's what starbucks has followed.r state, you can have it in starbucks. howard schultz is saying please don't bring it into starbucks. he's not banning it but he makes this request. pro gun activists have used our stores as a political stage for media events misleadingly called starbucks appreciation day that disingenuously portrays starbucks has a champion of ope carry. to be clear, we do not want these events in our stores. i talked about this in detail with howard schultz. take a listen to what he said. >> i think it's important to start the conversation by framing the fact that starbucks is not a policymaker and in fact we're not pro or anti-gun. however, we do believe that guns should not be part of the starbucks experience. as a result of that, making that decision, we are respectfully requesting that those customers who are carrying a gun just honor the request and not bring the gun into starbucks. we're also saying something else. this is not a ban. and the reason it's not a ban is that we don't want to put ou

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if you are wondering how starbucks ended up in this. they have a perception that has a company that liens left politically. gun control groups have been pressuring them to ban guns in the stores with the assumption the company would comply in line with its liberal doctrine. instead, they said they would defer to local gun laws. gun rights advocates saw this as an invitation for their rights. the company said this made them come across as a champion of open-carry laws, unquote, which they clearly are not. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> 5:04. the three children of a south bay mother who was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband earlier this month need help paying for her funeral. 39-year-old martha cassias was stabbed to death. her husband is being arrested and held without bale. her death left her 22-year-old daughter as head of the household. the nonprofit group, mothers against murder, have stepped in to help. they need nearly $9,000 to cover the costs of funeral and the burial. they hope to collect the remaini

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this morning the ceo of starbucks weighing in. is now asking measures to stop bringing firearms into his company's store. bob riddell live right now in san jose with more details on this new policy at starbucks. bob, good morning. >> good morning to you,f john. cream and sugar. guns, not so much. that's why one of the country's largest coffee chains is now asking customers please leave your firearms at fáhome. >> reporter: want an unreasonable request in the eyes of this gun owner. >> it's the collateral damage that's being worried about, so some guy shoots his 12lxgun, yo know, somewhere he is likely to hit more friendlies than he is to hit people that are actually perpetrators of cream. >> will other gun owners complya in a letter that will appear in newspapers nationwide tomorrow, starbucks ceo hourld schultz will be asking customers to stop bringing guns into his coffee rrj uncomfortable for customers. referring to recent demonstrations in which gun owners have shown up to buy a cup of joe with a licensed gun in their holster

two hot topics beginning with starbucks. schultz wrote a public letter asking customers not to carry weapons into starbucks stores. that's created controversy. starbucks is holding us up with the coffee prices. >> oh. they have a latte learn. [ laughter ] >> bill: shouldn't we have a self-defense component here? >> a, i hate people who write open letters, it's symbolic gesture and symbolic fight that he didn't finish. so all of a sudden he is self-promoting. he not talking about safety. and then he gets the attention that he doesn't want. if he had real guts, he would say please, police officers do not bring your guns. in in your military do not bring your guns in coffee shops which by the way are nothing more than restrooms that serve coffee because they have a locked door that replace the other library flood a toilet. >> bill: i don't understand the last 30 seconds of that. >> do militias actually show up there? no. >> do you think this is public stunt to get starbucks into the news? look, people don't walk into starbucks

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should engage in, put your name in front of and starbucks' name in front of?like america has lost its conscience. i think the role and responsibility for companies is not only to make a profit but to serve their communities as best we can. >> reporter: and i can tell you, wolf, as for schultz himself, he did not say whether he owns a gun or not. when we asked him, he said, this is not a personal decision, this is a decision about his company and about the customers. but as you can imagine, this is playing out in heated debate all across social media. wolf? >> certainly is. poppy, good report, thanks very much, poppy harlow reporting for us. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "crossfire" starts right now. >>> tonight on "crossfire," the battle over jobs, the economy and obama care. from threats to shut down the federal government to a red state governor's raid on a blue state's jobs. on the left, santa claus. on the left, stephanie cutter, on the right, newt gingrich. the political debate -- from now to 20

a strip mall close to a starbucks and pizza place. we'll have the latest next. >>> claudine wong out at a car crash after a chase through marin county. >>> also a popular board walk on the east coast goes up in flames. the reason this is the second tragedy for that area in less than a year. >>> and a grave warning for thousandsover people -- for thousands of people as a raging flood threatens people in that neighborhood. >>> good morning. we want to take you out to our breaking news this hour. just arriving to the scene this morning are our news crews. you can see firefighters already busy. this is a shopping area effecting very popular businesses down there in san ramon. and we will check in on that scene in just a moment. thank you for joining us friday the 13th i'm pam cook. >> and good morning i'm dave clark. we will check weather and traffic right now. we are going to steve paul son. weather is changing. >> it is. we have low clouds in place. between two lows. but this one coming on. i will tell you history tells us we need to ke

for as starbucks. that entirely independent businesses who share no common ownership structure at all could be coming together as formula even if it was zero coordination among them. if entirely independent businesses had a standardized or what could be taken as standardized ray of merchandise, the department could deny them a business. this is absurd but this is a result that was conceivable to the zoning administrator. on this basis, a new independent coffee shop, for example whose merchandise is coffee tea and pastries like many of them get them from the same sources offers wifi as a core display of show of local artist, offers communal tables and individual seating. all of those can be combined to keep out a new entrance because they could be combined as formula retail. this coffee shop formula is real. but this interpretation surprises us. i ask the zoning administrator are you saying that entirely unrelated parties can define as formula. if i open a store called alicia spade, could that count as

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in the case of starbucks, i don't think starbucks set to get involved in the gun issue. >> they didn'tcarry, they were going along with the law. hey starbucks, why don't you exercise your rights as private landowners and saying we don't want you -- they didn't do that. they are taking this stand, individuals showing up enmass with open carry exercising that right. if you show up and carrying a firearm, starbucks is saying we're not going to ask you to leave. >> they are still going to have the baristas serve you with a smile. we do believe guns and weapons should not be part of the starbucks experience. customers will be much more comfortable in our customers will not bring guns into a starbucks store. to your point he didn't say there will be signs, you cannot smoke or bring your gun in the starbucks with children and everything else. >> in the next couple of days you see open carry advocates show up with weapons, then you'll have to say did they make the right move and maybe they would have been better offsilen. they are in the business of selling coffee. >> remaining silent is maybe

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these images of the new starbucks. cast members serve up the favorite latte and customs can use the starbucks app or starbucks gift cards to pay. they opened locations inside disney's florida theme parks early this year, but we have been to the starbucks in the forbidden city, in china, and there hasn't been one here? >> they banished not, not culturally appropriate it. >> but before that, we had our lattes. >> lot of wind activity. we have a grande game coming up! >> that welcomes. >> in san francisco, we talked about this yesterday temperatures above average in the 80's following into the 70's by the time the folks headed into the game where it will 70 in the dome so perfect weather and it is not a problem blue are tailgating or the players on the field. the winds in the lower elevation are calmer than in the hills where we gust at 20 to 30 miles per hour this morning down from where it was last evening but they will pick unagain in the evening hours so we continue to have the high fire danger. beautiful sunrise comi

starbucks. this guy has been an activist ceo for quite a long time.t a gigantic international business. so this is what i would like. i'd like more activist ceos that are willing to speak their minds and not have to whisper behind closed door how horrified they are about federal policy and the direction of the economy and how worried they are and then hope that other people will carry their water. i think twb good if there were other ceos who were willing to actually say what they feel like this howard schultz guy. >> i think you're exactly right. the fact that he said obamacare was something that was good, not one of you are against obamacare with the exception to your money numbers there that there's any particular person who's suffering because of obamacare. >> 258 employers have slashed worker hours do you to obamacare, which the government loves because less -- >> many have not. >> 258 is a lot of employers. and how many insurance company have dropped out of it? by the way, i'm saying the government loves this because the more people fend on the

i prefer starbucks. starbucks is a play on growth in china and the asia-pacific region. seen incredible growth there. store count is up and they're continuing that. and even with that enormous store growth, we've seen revenue growth up 111% for that region compared to 25% in north america. but the per store revenues are actually still lagging the rest of the world. there's still enormous upside despite those massive numbers i just told you. i think starbucks has a much better fundamental story. >> j.c., let's take a look at the charts. what do you look at for starbucks. looks like a chart you want to own for the last year. >> that's true. what i really like about this chart, i think it has upside potential. the reason i say that, if you look at a chart, you see two very bullish patterns that have developed over the last 18 months. they're both rounding. for the sake of this story, we can call them coffee cups. the first occurred in 2012 and ended in 2013. as approach approached the breakout point momentum picked up and shot higher. last coffee cup pattern in the last cou

of starbucks appreciation days. to the gun policies. it frustrated begun kroel advocates who have been trying to for some time to get them to ban guns at the stores. they foun themselves in the position where advocates on both sides were using starbucks as a staging ground for their own political decision. the company issued an open letter asking them to keep their stores free of guns so all patrons can feel comfortable there. till it isn't a ban just a request. customers with guns will be served. no one wanted to be the person to tell a bunch of gwinn owners they can't have their morning coffee. >> the time now is 10 minutes until the top of the hour. coming up we know that having newborns can mean sleepless nights of course. new numbers detail the actual price people pay in making that transition to parenthood. >> businesses going big brother. why some companies are opting to spy on their employees. first a check of what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> tell me if you like the rundown. new details are emerging a

think this is fantastic. >> starbucks is seat.: the most expensive drink is $203.50 an f-16 sense of espresso. >> i think that would be lethal to the average person. melissa: that does not sound so good. >> very flavorful. >> detail / starbucks. >> very bitter. melissa: i hope not sponsor. i thought there were terrible. let's let. the green room. the very a expensive one. melissa: the palate. magnificent palace. even have a gun at. national data days in june. >> and did not like it. melissa: i thought it was terrible because i always say that my death row meal is either mcdonald's. i sure do not have expensive taste. what was your favorite? >> mine was be as well, and i believe that was stuck in dunce. >> mine was deep. >> starbucks. >> uprising. melissa: sell done in bats. okay. as elected. i think that someone screwed with it and put extra pressure in there. hit i think okay. this is interesting. you have a real find him makes his a taste. almost no crime in the aha and think this is a little red. but if you are a troop coffee d

however, we do believe that guns should not be part of the starbucks 'experience. >> now, starbucks isuns and says it will continue to serve people who carry guns where it's legal. but the company is encouraging people to leave them at home. now, analysts say starbucks is trying to appease gun control advocates while at the same time try not to anger gun rights supporters. the ceo also says that the company is not issuing an all- out band because they don't want to put employees in a position of having to confront somebody carrying a weapon. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> flaming trees and brush early this morning right along highway 101 in san francisco. what investigators are saying and what they are focusing on now >>> let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories -- an arson investigator is checking this early-morning fire scene along southbound highway 101 in san francisco. the flames burned brush near cesar chavez street and a park where the homeless gather. some homeless have been questioned. no injuries reported. >> if we're gonna be honest about our d

the debate is spilling over to starbucks, the store you usually go to for your latte. it is in the center of a route -- row over whether customers should be allowed to bring weapons inside. the company issued a statement saying they would appreciate it if weapons were not brought into their establishments. we have the details from new york. >> it is not the sort of brand you would expect to find in the midst of the gun debate, but that is precisely why it is. gun advocates have taken to holding starbucks foster the starbucks'n days, -- appreciation days, celebrating the decision not to ban firearms from their coffee shops. this is youtube video of the starbucks' appreciation day in alabama, where openly carrying a gun is not illegal. >> [indiscernible] we appreciate it a lot. it is a growing number of appreciation days that sent the company's -- the company to ask customers to leave their guns at home. >> we are not pro-gun or anti- gun, but we do believe that guns and weapons should not be part of the starbucks experience. >> and customers we spoke to agreed. >> it ma

some advocates have held starbucks appreciation day supporting the family but the c.e.o.s that the debate has become increasingly uncivil and in some cases even threatening and now requesting customers no longer bring firearms into the stores and outdoor seating areas unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel. in a letter released on their website, this is a request and not an outright ban because we want to give responsible gun owners the chance to respect our request and because enforcing a ban would potentially require our partners to confront armed customers. other restaurants and coffee shops like peace coffee and california pizza kitchen already have policies in place batching people with weapons from coming inside their business. >> san mateo county supervisors giving thumb's down to let the sheriff department sell the surplus weapons saying it would be inconsistent with the policy of getting guns off the street through gun buybacks. the supervisors agreed to let deputies buy their own guns as long as they do not re-sell them. >> in san francisco, a brus

disney open their first starbucks location. this is the third disney park to have a starbucks. >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. >> sounds good. there are a few clouds hanging around this morning. those clouds help to keep the temperature a touch warmer than yesterday. 55 at the airport. we should make it up to 74 later today. if you take the boat out today, wave heights near one foot. eight minutes at after 12:00 this afternoon at fort mchenry. >> we are dealing with a problem southbound on 795 just prior to the beltway. there is a crash that is taking up the left lane. at a standstill at mcdonough. we will keep you posted on this. you may want to consider 140 as your alternate. starting to thin out near wilkins avenue after an early morning accident. getill take 19 minutes to you through that stretch on the west side. monument at north haven, watch for a crash. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> a lot of brake lights this morning. >> 55 degrees at the >> good morning once again. sarah caldwell checki

starbucks is back in the middle of a gun debate. tomorrow it will run as in many of the major newspapers asking customers to leave their guns at home. jonathan martin has been talking with coffee drinkers in nashville, tennessee, about the new policy. >> reporter: with 13,000 stores across the u.s. starbucks has askehas to please customers ande money. so asking people to leave their guns outside of starbucks. >> it's also the right of the patron to go elsewhere, shop where there are guns allowed if they so choose. they have a right not to go there any more. >> reporter: the company has found itself in the middle of the debate over guns. until now it had to deliver to local laws when it came to carrying guns in its stores. but after a serious of pro gun demonstration including an attempted rally in newtown, connecticut, the site of the newtown massacre, saying firearms are no longer welcome. >> we just believe that our customers and our people will be much more comfortable if. >> starbucks said the timing of the move has nothing to d