see, starbucks? that's me thinking an idea through. that's how you should do it, starbucks. if you thought their campaign couldn't get worse, it did. starbucks published an 8-page questionnaire and factoid pull-out in the march 20th edition of u.s.a. today, which means all across the nation, guests at the holiday inn express are calling the front desk saying, "uh, i think you accidentally gave me a copy of ebony magazine." (laughter) i think we actually have a copy. this is it. so let's go through this thing. page one announces "race together." very nice. so far so good. the font is bold but not offensive. c.e.o. howard schultz has been hosting a lot of town hall meetings to talk with employees about race. that's great, because nearly 40% of starbucks employees are minorities. this gives minorities an opportunity to talk directly to the c.e.o. about how they're treated and make suggestions on the way things could be better. page 2 shows a photo at one of the town halls. let's see, i can make out about 30 people in that photo and i see one blurry brother. (laughter) page thre

you have to understand, starbucks had three stores in 1982.ut the core business was selling pounds of ground and roasted coffee for home use. a year after i joined the company, i went to italy for the first time. of course, you can't walk through any major city or town in italy without running into a coffee bar. and seeing the sense of community and romance around espresso. it just made me realize that starbucks perhaps was not in the right part of the coffee business. that the real business and opportunity was the integration of the beverage into creating a destination and sense of ommunity in the store. what i experienced in italy was something that was transferable n the u.s. bring for the first time great coffee, introduce new beverages that nobody has heard of. nobody had heard of a café latte before. i raced home to talk to the founders about the experience i had. and they rejected it. over a period of two years, i left starbucks to start my own chain of italian coffee bars. at that time, starbucks found itself in financial difficulties

>> reporter: starbucks will soon find out if starbucks customers drink it up. jane wells, seattle. >> our guest, dean kruch field, said the campaign is a positive for the brand. he's senior vice president at sterling brand. the brand consul tan si in new york city. welcome. good to see you. it's positive for the brand, i'd love you to explain why and what do you see the risks inherent in spurring conversation in their cafe cafe? >> i think the successful brands are about clarity and a true difference in how they position and communicate themselves to the market and customers and starbucks has done an amazing thing today. and they knew they would get a lot of negativity initially but it's important to put best foot forward. government and institutions potentially failed why not can they actively target this conversation? >> what about the risks though? as tyler mentioned, there are risks. i suppose if this is successful and he does get the conversation going, i mean that's a huge leap forward. but what if that doesn't happen? >> i think, you know do or don't do.

tuning this is going to hurt starbucks?n't think so because as you said it's voluntary it's free speech, people don't have to engage in it. i think it encourages -- >> very nice. very open-minded debate. coming up, taking a hike because of the wage hike. small businesses may be going under before having to raise their minimum wage, just how bad is this going to get? orrin hatch. "america's news headquarters" starts in just a few minutes at the top of the hour. >>> some business owners are sleepless in seattle for good reason, a new report on restaurants in the city closing their doors, mentions a new law that's set to pick kik in that will force businesses to raise their minimum wage on april 1st and pay workers 15 bucks an hour. john, this isn't the only place that's mandating higher wages. >> it's an economic fact of life, eric it destroys jobs, particularly those among the youth. when you look at france, they've had unemployment above 10% for literally a decade. even here in that's correct when we raised the minimum wage

tuning this is going to hurt starbucks? >> i don't think so because as you said it's voluntary it's free speech, people don't have to engage in it. i think it encourages -- >> very nice. very open-minded debate. coming up, taking a hike because of the wage hike. small businesses may be going under before having to raise their minimum wage, just how bad is this going to get? never before has this kind of passion this kind of innovation, engineering, design and performance... been available... for this kind of price. the 2015 cla from mercedes-benz. see your authorized dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. get fast-acting, long-lasting relief from heartburn with it neutralizes stomach acid and is the only product that forms a protective barrier that helps keep stomach acid in the stomach where it belongs. for fast-acting, long-lasting relief. try gaviscon®. orrin hatch. "america's news headquarters" starts in just a few minutes at the top of the hour. >>> some business owners are sleepless in

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take starbucks. we're going to be speaking to the ceo later tonight and he's going to be talking a pretty darn good story when he does. of course we'll learn more about the controversial hashtag race together, even though both of those things are a tad more psychological compared to the monster earnings power that we have to talk about in kram america because schultz is unleashing that by the day. the money rolls back in tech and industrials which were weak yesterday bass the dollar weakened. we see some of the unusual moves in biotech. the market loves social media all of a sudden. why not buy tesla ahead of when elon musk puts on his edison hat and pied pipes tomorrow. hey, come on when musk speaks as he will tomorrow the coolest listen. and they buy. but the bottom line is once again, the fed is smarter than the average bear or even the mensa bear for that matter and proves that it knows something. remember the big old smokeys out there? only janet yellen not you bad mouthers can prevent wildfires

i applaud the ceo of starbuck. i love starbucks coffee.he thing that i come up with -- whites do not like to talk about race because of guilt. they have racism against a whole lot of minorities. i get angry when they it always wants it through that up in our faith. always playing the race card. the united states has a bad history. racism is still going to be here forever because it is embedded in the children. lacks are racist too. it is both parties. i've been talking with white people asians, spanish, name it . i'm not afraid of talking, i'm an old lady. host: what you think of these sets the conversations taking place in coffee shops? caller: i have had those conversations. it's nothing new to me. i've had them with a white people in the casinos. i bring it up. i can tell right off the bat who is a racist, when they don't want to talk about a? right there shows me that there's guilt. that's guilt because they want to push all of the dirty things that they did under the carpet. i bring it up every place i go and i have been doing it for

so as it relates to the starbucks campaign, that's a good first step. at race forward we however believe that it's only a first step and that it can be better. >> how do you take this out of if realm of gimmick and move it into something that might actually work? >> i'm not here to say whether it's a gimmick or not but we do believe that how this can work is by having training and training that happens at all levels of an organization and at our society that teaches us not to focus as much on the individual interactions but more the systemic and systematic symptoms of race >> a lot of neighborhoods in america you've got a starbucks filled with people staring at their phone screens or laptop or a newspaper. in many places largely white people sitting by the fireplace and largely people of color steaming the drinks and dishing out the pumpkin bread. is there a bridge where someone can say as they're handing someone a cup of coffee, let's talk about this. >> ray, race is not a topic of conversation that should only be limited to people of color whether the

that isis latte at starbucks.ces that should be bone dry. >> this fra frappuccino has a lf lead on it, but you know what -- has a lot of head on it, but you know what could take your head off? isis, i have to go. >> i am so sorry. >> will can say yes to my dress later on. >> what? kennedy: coming up, get ready for my grammy nominated karaoke performance with special guest but first, there is a ghost in my house. i am bringing on expert to talk about that shadowing figure. from ghost hunters, there he is, hello, jason. kennedy: i have been worrying in middle of night, my family and i went over footage from our 4th of july family, we discovered a ghost. we been through multiple videos, in none could we find that weird creature. it gives me shivers. to help me make sense, i have a guest on hunter -- ghost hunter jason haws. i love having you hire, i am a huge fan of your show, i love your work i don't like ghosts, my brother pointed it out, here is some footage from your show not my oil attic. >> there you are. proba

. >> and starbucks plans to conbine coffee sales with social issues. all ahead on ktvu "mornings on 2". . >>> good morningment we are live in hayward where a mother and child walking in a crosswalk were hit by a car last night. both are fighting for their lives. coming up in two minutes, ktvu alex savage will have more on the elements that may have contributed to this tragic crash. welcome once again to morning on 2. it is thursday, march 19th. i am tori campbell. pam is off. >> well, did you like yesterday? >> i did! >> you will love today then. it will be a little warmer, especially inland. upper 70s, maybe near 80 for some. still, lots of sun at the coast and bay, as well. clear sky, any patchy fog doesn't have much of a chance. a little increase with a westerly breeze near the coast later today. a weak system, and i do mean weak, approaching, still days away. san francisco is starting off at 52 officially. 60 at noon and a high today of 80. 40, how about that, in napa. 40s and 50s in santa rosa. southern california has clouds. arizona has rain and

third starbucks signing to roll out, ready to drink beverages. the second fastest growing market. more than any other starbucks in the world in shanghai but an hour of this three hour plus meeting was devoted to this race issue that jim cramer was asking howard schultz about. jennifer singing hallelujah. plans to hire so-called opportunity youth and on friday, you'll see this 8 page insert in all usa todays and starbucks stores. how much this cost? no answer yet and inside stores, you'll see this barista's race together on cups. they don't have to do it. it's not mandatory, you can ask for another cup but thinks it can do good. >> starbucks seems to promote, you know, socially progressive things and i think that's a terrific thing. >> it doesn't bother me. i think it might be a good thing. >> i'm kind of mixed on that. i don't know how baristas will have time to have conversations. >> there's always time to make that extra effort and have those conversations. >> multitasking, the bottom half of your body is doing all this stuff and your head is t

and you know it is bad when starbucks weighs in. and we had a rapper on as our guest. >> i will call you my -- >> what we say in real life and not concerning raceism. >>> and dolce and cabana's scandal heats up. >>> and now, we will show you some images that are graphic, and disturbing, and we have blurred them to protect the identities of the people involved. here it is. >> reporter: more than just bad fraternity behavior this could be criminal. police are investigating a penn state fraternity kappa delta rho of photos of women appearing to be passed out and partially nak and others in compromising and embarrassing positions with demeaning comments from the members of the group posted below. the police said the pamg had 144 members, and some current and some alumni and it is one of the alums who went to police with screen shots like this one depicting a naked woman passed out, and this one is an embarrassing text message shared with a group from a woman who asked if protection was involved in a drunken hook up. police say that othe

starbucks did. coincidence. we think not! ♪ >> this bust because of us? what the starbucks. we must be percolating. that whole race together thing, put a lid on it. because the frappe folks are done with it. they say they're moving on with the race debate, maybe because customers were vowing, well, not to step into their stores. or maybe because one of those customers a hefty and cavuto producer, no less was right here on this show bemoaning its caffeinated nonsense. all she wanted was a grand latte hold the sugar. now howard schultz says hold the whole writing on cups thing. let's say odd timing. and, by the way, you're welcome, america. here to thank me personally. star of "strange inheritance," "unpacked" "unpacked." "money" with melissa francis. what do you think of this? >> if they handed me a cup with race together. i've already worked out today. what do you want to run to? what are you talking about? this didn't make any sense. >> now, we were told that schultz was warned, a lot of people are in a rush to get coffee. >> i don't believe it. my theory is, you know how t

starbucks and race in america. moments away.n't be a problem your credit is in pretty good shape. >>pretty good? i know i have a 798 fico score thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just have a few other questions. >>chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, "what else can you do for me?" i'll just take a water... get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions. >>> thanks for staying with us i'm bill o'reilly in the factor follow-up segment tonight. the email situation taking a toll on hillary clinton's presidential aspirations, last may 66% of democrats supported mrs. clinton's quest to become president. this month that number is down to 50% according to a new reuters poll. joining us here in new york democrats mark hanna and nomike cox. no spin. it's got to be a concern to you and other democrats, right. >> i think it is concerning especially if it starts to hit the swing

. >>> starbucks is asking to write something on coffee cubs they give to their customers. more on that, coming up. >> and a busy commute in many bay area areas. the richmond bridge approach looks good, but others are not so lucky. >> except before a little fog on the san mateyo and santa cruz coast. good for temps. we will look at those, coming up. what's your dad want for it? ..like a hundred and fifty grand, two hundred if they want that tape deck. you're not going to tell your dad about the time my hamster had babies in the backseat, are you?! that's just normal wear and tear, dude. (vo) subaru has the highest resale value of any brand... ...according to kelley blue book ...and mitch. love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. . >>> well, good morning to you. thank you for joining us on "mornings on 2". it is already thursday, march 19th. i am dave clark. >> and i am tori campbell in for pam cook. how is it looking on the coast, steve? >> still a little fog on the coast and cool for some. not too bad. a lot more 40s we had briefly at napa airport, 39 degrees there. a litt

but is starbucks really a good place to get people talking about race? >> where else do they have a conversation than over coffee? tom: most customers we talked to said yes. >> we need to work on facilitating a dialogue around race and i think for a corporation like starbucks to be at the forefront of that is kind of impressive. i wouldn't have expected that. >> it's a community gathering place. so i think it's a good place for conversations like that. >> we really need to talk about it because it allows us to start understanding each other. tom: but the race together campaign is taking a lot of flak on line with many people bashing the company on twitter including some questioning why starbucks promotional photos only included white hands. others worry this could cause division at a normally friendly place. >> to bring the subject of race up, it would just cause a bunch of problems i think. >> why stir up something if you don't have to? tom: and you can see on this map right now how many starbucks there are in our area. this is downtown washington alone

i knew this was going on and still went into starbuck so my inclination is to say no.dn't mind talking about it once in awhile. i don't want to talk about the every time it it became a thing where three four mornings out of the week they were talking to me about race relations. neil: the job interview thing with few, didn't understand this part. obviously they wanted to have a conversation to go on. there has to be something greater going on. when they talk about socially from the companies with you agree or disagree starbucks course quite highly. >> the reality is you have a dual phenomenon that has occurred over the last 30 years. i called this the sharpton age if you will where you have on the one hand a group of elites, politicians with in corporate america that i call racially obsessed or raise obsessed. got to check the right box, got to have the right number and quote ups out there but on the other hand the grassroots the rest of the american people, rank-and-file, we are better off when race relations than we ever have been. the fact of the matter is we don't s

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look at starbucks. lauren simonetti is here with the details.n case you missed it on the starbucks story. >> no longer serving up a conversation with your coffee. starbucks says that campaign was only meant to last a week anyway. this phase of the effort was only just a catalyst for a much broader and longer term conversation. it will be completely finished as of today and today was actually yesterday. on friday, we showed you this questionnaire. x number of friends of a different race. starbucks is also hiring thousands of workers from different backgrounds. stuart: i just think that the place for a conversation about race is not necessarily in a starbucks door where you go into. coffee. >> it is also not with a stranger. >> i do not want to be provoked into anything when i get my coffee. suppose if somebody hold an unpopular lytic rate incorrect opinion invoices that loudly in a starbucks store. is that what he really wants? >> the questions on not usa today questionnaire were released the late. i do not know how many friends of different race

. >>> starbucks annual shareholder meeting is set to kick off moments from now.e in seattle where there's a lot on the plate or in the cup today. jane? >> scott, starbucks has just announced it is rolling out a delivery service along with a new mobile ordering and pay system for its app. the app function rolled out in the pacific northwest this week will be national by the end of the year starting in seattle in the second half of this year teaming up with post mates to deliver starbucks a second option will be starting in new york around the same time called green apron a service to let customers order starbucks and have it delivered. this will be talked about in the meeting in the top of the hour along with the new initiative called race together shareholders were lining up before dawn, not the most diverse group, wanded by security, the ones we spoke to are fans of schultz who want to hear the idea of writing "race together" on cups to encourage dialog. >> i'm kind of mixed on that. i don't know how baristas will have time to have conversations. >> starbucks se

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alison: and gale posted one more reason to love starbucks. neither silence or fantasy will solve the issue. glad someone is willing to open the dialogue. we want to thank all who responded on our abc 7 facebook page. the city of alexandria decided to repeal a decades old ordinance that ticketed vehicle owners if they had a parked car with a for sale sign on it. kimberly: caroline tucker tells us why it's happening right now. caroline: it's a sign of victory for scott mclean who can sell his dodge truck curbside in the city of alexandria. >> i'm really gratified that every time now i think when i see a for sale sign i give myself a little pat on the back. caroline: on saturday the city council voted unanimously to pull a 1960s ordinance that ticketed street parked vehicles with for sale signs. it was originally designed to keep cars from blocking the road. mclean along with the pacific legal foundation sued the city for violating free speech. >> we're delighted that the city has finally decided to do the right thing and repeal this unconstitut

it's called the starbucks effect.ound houses closest to starbucks grew 21% in value over 5 years. homes slightly farther away appreciated 17%. >>> we'll be right back but first jill schlesinger has today's jobs report with tips for women to close the pay gap. >>> reporter: march 8 is international women's day an opportunity for women to celebrate their achievements while calling for greater equality. global research firm catalyst says women still have a long way to go. women earn 76.5% of what men earn based on median annual salaries for full-time workers. the average income for women in california is $42,199. the gender wage gap also varies by industry. the smallest pay differential may surprise you. it occurs in construction where women earn 92.2% of what men make. women may be partially responsible for shortchanging themselves. research shows that when women negotiated for themselves they asked for an average of $7,000 less than men. career experts suggest that women practice asking for pay increases. come up with

and another "not sure what starbucks was thinking. i don't have time to explain 400 years of oppression to you and still make my train." >> starbucks is not necessarily the best place or the most interesting place to have a conversation about race. >> i'm not sure that systemic change is going to happen by talking to your barista at starbucks. >> reporter: schultz himself seemed to anticipate this might not exactly go down smooth for all his customers. starbucks is not backing down. this new campaign has officially launched nationwide. david? >> linsey thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the new warning for families after this explosion in the children's playroom. tonight here the culprit. the one thing so many families forget to do. that is just frightening. >>> also tonight, the consumer alert. the recall. why kraft is pulling millions of boxes of its macaroni and cheese off the shelves. >>> and diane sawyer is back tonight. taking us to one very famous mountain, the famous scene

april wrote not sure what starbucks is thinking. i don't have time to explain 400 years of oppression to you and till still make my train. another one, nothing says race together by only hiring three people of color out of 19 executives. and vice news wrote, race together, critics say if starbucks cares about racial justice, it should biff it give baristas a raise. share your comments on our ktvu facebook page. >>> a tragedy in tomales bay. a kayaker dies out there after being swept away. coming up in 20 minutes, new information about this victim and how he is connected to a north bay college. >>> plus, a sprinkler system at san francisco st. mary's cathedral designed to spray water on the homeless. what the church is now saying about sprinklers. >>> a commute is a little bit busy now, especially in the east bay, but also the south bay is getting some action. we will tell you more about the south bay commute when we come back. >>> a little bit of fog on the coast. it's going to be warmer forecast for many today, especially inland. s

many starbucks customers are saying so this week. and with the talks with iran means for the american business community, and what it means for your wallet when the fed no longerer uses the word "patience" when it comemes to interesest rates. and we have ways that conference calls s can work rather than kill company productivityty. first, they were recently number from t economy when it comes to the housing mket. for the third mononth in a row, confidencece among huiuilders fell. we are aost papass the winteter weather if you ignore this week's snowso what are hobuilder so gloomy? continued low mortgage res andnd an uptick in job creation ill have not crereated a big r rebound in demand for new homes. so what does that mean for the mortgage industry? when you need know when y you are buying or selling mortgages. to give us the spring forecacast isis mark deitz senior vice president at eaglebank. buying n nada, but overall, how isousing overall right now? >> we have h such low interest rates anpeoplele are refinancing and they a holdi

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just like starbucks is. i think that's really what connected the two companies. >> well you know what we should do, we'll play a clip from what howard had to do. >> we're building a great enduring company and the delivery opportunity with postmates they have a significant national infrastructure that will leverage all the things we want to do. the company won based on merit. >> when you were here, you weren't national. but you're building up. how are you able to replicate this in so many cities? you're really good but this has to be a herculean task. >> i think you have you need a good playbook and figure out what you need to launch in the city to be fast and get the operations off the ground. we understand quite a bit what we have to do on the demand and the customer side to activate customers in the market. we get better and better over the last year when we launched around 18 new markets. i think this is what really helps us to go into more cities throughout the year. and of course if you think about part

. >>> and the home brewed starbucks. the talks about race. >>> who is watching when you drive a rent a car. we go to hertz rent a car to find out why they're installing tens of thousands of cameras. >> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> investigators say a man who spoke englishal c tledhe u.s. embassy in tokyo multiple times saying he was going to kill ssambaador kennedy. >> caroline kennedy targeted with death threats. >> he also threatened to kill the u.s. counselen geral in okinawa. >> the secret service had an envelope tested for cyanide. >> he was charged withll aegedly trying to join isis in sear. >>> >> robert durst left carrying two boxes of doks mums. >> aaron schock resigns after growing accusations about his spending. >> benjamin netanyahu claimed a big victory in his country's election. >> aac maroni & cheese recall. kraft says some of its 7 7 1/4-ounce boxes may cinonta small metal pieces. >> a couple of police chases. >> this one a lot more dangerous. the vehic

not sure what starbucks was thinking.xplain 400 years of oppression to you and still make my train. >> starbucks is not the most or interesting place to have a conversation about race. >> i'm not sure that systemic change will happy talking to your barista at starbucks. >> schultz himself seemed to anticipate this may not go down smooth for all of his customers. >> what we anticipated is there would be an emotional reaction because this is a seriously emotionally charged issue. >> reporter: despite the social media fire storm, starbucks is not backing down. this national campaign has already launched nationwide. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> okay. >> we are saying the same thing here. good for you. make people uncomfortable. talk about race. not getting anywhere when race comes up in this country. get uneasy, folks. >> does it make people feel uncomfortable. >> clearly it did. people don't like the idea at all. >> what do you do if you are writing something on a coffee cup, how does that get the conversation going?

open a starbucks in ferguson and stand behind there.you can hand out the cups. >> if there is no starbucks in ferguson where are these people writing their screenplays? >> nearby. >> only 16% of whites think there is discrimination in america compared to 56% of blacks. are you surprised by that? >> yes there is racial division in the country but i can't stand people who inject politics into everything. you can't go for your morning coffee now without a discussion with a barista about race relations. sometimes i go into a place and people want to talk presidential elections. i said hold on i am having my green juice. there has to be a time and place where you are not talking politics. >> it is even worse now because in new york starbucks just started delivering. now you will have someone show up at your front door and want to have a conversation with you. >> i will be like, puerto ricans? jojo, is the starbucks not the place for this conversation? not the place, not the venue? >> it is not. >> then where can we have this conversation? "r

. >>> and backlash, starbucks planned to start a national conversation on race relations hits a snag >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >>> we begin this half hour oversees in tunisia western tourists ambushed by gunmen with assault rifles as they head to a popular museum. at least 20 people were killed. abc news chief investigative correspondent brian ross has more. >> reporter: the attack came just after 12 noon as tunisian security forces scrambled to respond. tourists inside the crowded museum ran for their lives. some shielding their children as the two gunmen approached with hef-duty weapons. some of the tourists later hid in the galleries this french tourist described how police ordered them to run run, run. when the left the museum, she said, we saw dead bodies. officials tonight said at least 20 died, and many more were wounded including tourists from poland germany spain and italy, most massacred as they got off a tour bus that brought them to the museum from a cruise ship. the parliament building was put on lockdown. as defiant lawmakers sang th

that's what starbucks and usa today can do.y to engage and address this. >> if you came up with zero members of a different race live on my block or in my apartment building, a, you might be racist or b, you might be living in the realities of a persistently structurally segregated america which leads us to not live next to each other and those can be solved. so even if tomorrow you could fix whatever internal anxiety you have you still might have zero members of a different race living on your block or in your apartment building. you said the idea of what needs to be interrogated here is not so much race but maybe whiteness. i wanted to listen god help us to common talking to starbucks. >> for a long time i would get on elevators. on the elevator ride if a white person would get on, i wolfuld feel like they didn't like me. but after thinking about this for a while, i decided that i would speak and be more present. and now i must say these elevator rides are way, way better now. >> okay. so that's nice common but it's not reall

i've already walked into starbucks.uld you go into starbucks, you get your cup of coffee, and then hope that it sparks some type of conversation, mike right? so i went in, i wrote race together on, there but they are not doing that any more, the campaign kind of over but not really so hey grab this. you say you watch fox 29 what's your name? >> ken. >> ken, what do you think about this concept? you write race together on your cup. you hope coffee conversations talk about race, race lee lakeses in our country. do you think this was good idea? >> yes. >> you do? >> about a marathon. >> no? sound like it, right. >> yes. >> it can be confusing, so ceo, they had these discussions thought it would be a conversation started over coffee, some people firing back saying starbucks won't even build minority communities, top level executives don't really have a loft diversity. so this really isn't the company that just started this conversation. >> maybe they need to start the conversation so they'll get better themselves. >> take a

[laughter] it's going to be there starbucks, all right. do you know what's happening right now, you're losing a dollar a second right now, right. looks like somebody's going to have to explain race and profit losses to their shareholders, all right. seriously, do we really expect some poor barista to handle a conversation on racial politics? that's a lot of pressure. who are they going to get, cornel west? [laughter] i mean no offense professor west, i know you can handle a delicate race conversation but i don't know if you can handle the delicate ins and outs of my quad grande non-fat extra hot carmel upside down macchiato. which i just made, starbucks. turning now to our top story tonight. we've got to talk about that jesus jet. >> i took a blood sworn oath. this is atlanta based mega church in the firing line after urging its mechanics to fund a new gulfstream jet for its controversial leader, pastor creflo dollar. [laughter] >> a new jet, i don't know if i should be more shocked at a new jetter whose name is creflo dollar. i mean serio

at starbucks headquarters in seattle, washington, 11:00 a.m. on wall street, "squawk alley" is live. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "squawk alley" for your thursday. joining us henry blodget, founder, editor and ceo of business insider. joe terranova and kayla tausche here as well -- jon fortt and kayla tausche here as well. giving some back after the fed induced rally. speak of the dow apple joins the dow today replacing at&t worth more than $700 billion, but only ranks fifth in dow weighting below companies like goldman sachs, ibm and boeing and henry, you've been tweeting about apparently not a big fan of price weighted indices. >> absurd the price per share. come up with the craziest way to do an index that would be it. it's been that way forever. no need for innovation there. congratulations. >> i was going to say, the dow has critics but they were first by 150 years or so and they've got history on their side. >> and more interesting, apple's tv announcement, i don't know how you all looked at it, but potentially a very big deal, it's like the first