bacon sundae.r talking about me again? >> another example of all that is wrong with america's food indulgences. food obsessions. jamie tucker of wkrn gets some feedback. >> can i get a bacon sundae. >> yes, you can. >> reporter: only in nashville will you hear those words together. bacon sundae. music city is a test market for burger king's test concoction. >> what does it look like? >> awful. >> soft serve ice cream, chocolate and caramel and bacon chunks on top and a full strip sticking out of the sundae like a straw. >> it looks like an accident. >> reporter: but looks aren't everything. bk wants to know how it tastes. we bought ten people bacon sundaes for our taste test. here's what they thought. >> not bad. >> better than you expected? >> yeah. way better than i expected. >> first you are like, oh, okay. then you taste the bacon and you don't want to put it down. >> it's really good. i like it a lot. >> uh-uh. >> uh-uh. >> maybe two bites. and then -- >> that's about all you want. >> yeah. >>

bacon sundae.journalism has its obligations. >> i will wait to see how many patrons actually survive the experience. >> your aorta is puckering. >> what have we come to? >> outside tonight and on a different subject, the coquetries usually at this time of year the azaleas are thinking of coming out. the oak pollen and the trees these are a lot of the trees that are out in the bushes. are pollen count, there is the oak paula. you see that stuff in the gutters? that is the flowers from the oaktree. there it is. our pollen count to they even with a lot of it coming down 436, because we have been so dry. look at what is going on across the country. how many states have their warmest march in records for the weather, including out to oklahoma. that is part of the reason we have had this terrible, terrible pollen. the other reason is it is so dry, and that has contributed to some of the fires you have been hearing about. this is a great satellite picture. you can see the smoke from some of those fires fr

it's called a bacon sundae. this is what it is.caramel, chocolate, chopped nuts, and bacon bits. it's only offered in certain markets right now. someone in nashville snapped a photo of the sign, posted it on twitter. i asked you on facebook and twitter whether you tasted it before. no one apparently wants to. >> would you try a bacon sundae? >> of course they would. little kids. >> would you try a bacon sundae, buddy? >> no. >> he's looking at himself on tv. >> i would too. >> they came in to visit mom. this is great. they're fighting. that it is. the news from "a" to "z." i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. starting point starts right now. >> good morning. welcome, everybody. >>> our starting point this morning, north korea fires a dud right into the ocean, but the damage is done. the u.n. security council today is deciding how to react. >>> also, after weeks in hiding, george zimmerman makes his first court appearance. prosecutors say he profiled trayvon martin before he shot and killed him. we'll take a look this

. >> if i'm trying to go, i've got to eat a big mac, a big drink, a large fry and a sundae.y that time, they'll be boarding. >> it will be time for your train to leave. >> this guy, he's got to eat a lot before his train. >> he's got a double cheeseburger, coke, fries, sundae, apple pie and a parfait. >> i don't know. by that time, it looks like it's breakfast time. they'll be serving breakfast. >> i wonder if they allow for wait time, how long you have to wait at mcdonald's until your burger is ready. ♪ never thought of that. >> we should go to war saw and find out. >>> people have some awesome pet videos and we have three i can't wait to show you. the first one is this dog and cat. the cat is playing the role of a pillow, because the dog is ready for a nap. >> even dogs and cats can get along, you know? >> right. >> this is another video from people's pets. can you tell which of all these is the real cat? >> wait. >> wait. >> there's three fake and one real? >> i don't know. see if you can figure out what's real and what's fake. >> that's obviously not real. >> the one on

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>> the bacon sundae's only being tested in nashville.y hope is it's better than jack in the box's bacon milk shake. burger king fell number three in the last year behind mcdonald's and wendy's. so they have a whole food truck thing as part of the $750 million rollout. they've added ten items to their menu. biggest menu overhaul they've ever had. this is strawberry banana and mango. what do you think? >> amazing. >> it's delicious. i finally found something that i can drink. i'm allergic to the strawberries, but the mangos i can have. >> i'm sure the check's in the mail from burger king. part of the issue here is the company overall preparing to go public and embarking on this makeover, it's really important that the franchisees buy into it. it's costing about $250,000 on average per store to freshen up. they're trying to provide financing. deutsche bank says a sampling of those who have actually done it, they are seeing an increase in sales from a year ago, 15% to 20%. but they have to buy into it. this is a burger king right here. i tri

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. -- sundae. jack in the box has a similar bacon milkshake on its menu. for abc 7 news. i cannot wait to try that. >> i was hoping you would try it first. corrected my taste better than it sounds. >> thank you. a shocking elimination last night on dancing. gladys knight received the lowest scores from the judges but sherri shepherd got the boot >> . sherri shepherd is usually full of laughs, but if she cried upon learning she was eliminated. she said a dancing on the show was a dream and she was grateful. >> not many people get to live a dream. and i got to live a dream. you never want your dreams to end. so to get off the ride so early is a little hard braking. >> the journey will go on another week at least for melissa gilbert. she will be able to compete next week after suffering a mild concussion this week. the nine remaining celebrities will return on monday. it will be a latin week. >> my heart goes out to sherri shepherd. she was dropped. >> i think we will be hearing about that. >> i think so. >> will you try that sundae? >> absolutely. i had a ba

. >> in asheville serving as a market for burger king ba sundae. "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine on this friday morning. its april 13, i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we will start with traffic and weather, adam caskey. >> it is a little cool, upper 30's, low 40's. nicely by this weekend. by aprile a hot standards let's look. at the numbers. in mclean, 39 in leesburg, 36 45 inchester, morningside, 39 in la plata. today, andr 60s average for the high with total, sunshine.

but does it make an ice cream sundae better? that's what burger king is going to find out.con sundae. vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, caramel, strip of bacon. it's in nashville. it's up to you, nashville. fight's a hit there, it's going nationwide. only you, nashville, can stop this or give it to the people. >> sam's wheels up. >> i would have gone with the bacon crumbles. when you lay a strip of bacon next to the ice cream, you've lost me. >> but the crumbles would invade the entire sundae. i'm with george. it doesn't ruin the sundae. >> the bacon has a spoon. >> genius. >>> now, "the pop news heat index." special edition with lara in los angeles. lara? >> good morning, robin. you look beautiful today. >> thank you. >> gorgeous creature. speaking of gorgeous creatures, betty white. she finally hit twitter. and she's already started trending, immediately. the 90-year-old superstar sent out her first tweet last night, writing, hello, twitter. and they said it would never happen. wait. that was me. after less than one day, guys, betty is also about to break 100,000 follow

this is a bacon sundae. how do you feel about the bacon sundae?ad it, but it likes innovative. >> that is bacon in the sundae? >> think about what drives cop assumption. so it has fat, it has sugar. what else do you need smp. >> i don't know. how about salmon ice cream. how does that sound? >> chocolate. >> sundaes with bacon, i love bacon. i don't know about sundaes. >> i'm not making it up. the food quality -- >> it's got a lot of upside. >> they redid the menus and now they're working on the stores. >> when is the last time you ate there? >> three weeks ago. >> good. >> try the salads. the salads are fantastic and healthy. you look skinny. you eat salads. >> he is, isn't he? >> he looks healthy. >> we have a lot more to talk about, including trains. >> not planes or automobiles, but trains. >> and jcpenney, probably. >> little toy trains. >> maybe. >> comments, questions about anything you see here, shoot us a question. cnbc.com. follow us on twitter, @squawkcnbc. dow looks like it would open down 10 points. we're going to have more with bill a

but not the sundae itself. >> let me talk to you about fundamentals happening in europe right now. once again the eurozone crises for investors, we now know that we have recessionary numbers in spain. and recessionary numbers in other areas. how do we play europe? >> germany will be the bright spot but even germany will face more head wind. you've got to be very careful. really very careful. a certain economy is like greece with be that face tremendous problems. and if you are a sovereign bond investor, we say, you know what, it is better to be void. better not to expose yourself. there is a chance of getting another hair cut. the other economies trying to get their act together and that decision depends on whether they are able to go forward. so italy is an example of that. you need a very differentiated approach towards europe and you need to continuously factor in europe into other investment decisions. >> are you expecting to invest further into corporate bonds in the emerging markets? do you like the emerging markets corporate bonds? >> yes, we do. and we have found that we ca

>> in terms of using our field, sundaes are relatively small. they also use the of five school districts field on sundays and we have the field sharing arrangement and we actually permit that and it's one of the reasons we picked sunday's was because we did not want to interfere with the rentals of their spaces. i would say sunday's are 20%. i could run the numbers and give you that answer. of with clarify that leigh sports was only suspended for one season. it was a single violation. i do want to be clear on that. >> the team is currently playing, you have expressed the ability they could get individual permits to continue playing games? >> we have to other organizations who are interested in taking over running those leagues so they will be able to play. there are also committed to using the employees or contractors they have used and they are ready to step forward. we really have been waiting for this meeting to move for on that. >> thank you. >> to follow-up on that, it opens up a whole other can of worms. we are suspending them for a year b

but it doesn't ruin the sundae.eat index." special edition with lara in los angeles. lara? >> good morning, robin. you look beautiful today. >> thank you. >> gorgeous creature. speaking of gorgeous creatures, betty white. she finally hit twitter. and she's already started trending, immediately. the 90-year-old superstar sent out her first tweet last night, writing, hello, twitter. and they said it would never happen. wait. that was me. after less than one day, guys, betty is also about to break 100,000 followers. >> of course. >> move over, gaga. looks like twitter has a new golden girl. you knew i was going to do it. good morning, everybody. i had to throw it in there. >> already won, lara. >> yep. ding, ding. >>> also in "pop news," jennifer love hewitt says she has the secret ingredient for sweetening up your love life. vanilla extract. now, the actress said she actually stashes a bottle of extract in her purse. she puts a little here, a little there r-who knows elsewhere. and the men go mad. we thought we would

they're offering a big dent sundai and a national restaurant -- a bacon sundae. >> i like the concept, based on this picture. you can use that crispy bacon as a spoon to get salty and suite at the same time. >> until it becomes soggy. we will see. >> first, let's check in with lisa baden to find out the commute is going this morning. >> i have another pair of glasses. hold on. adam caskey says we will need them. these are four hours. -- are flowers. 66 is slowing because of the ball into manassas and centreville. good out of sterling to get through dranesville and tysons and rte. 7. looks good on 28. 66 is slowing in manassas and centreville. but good across the roosevelt bridge. 270 moving nicely. i will need these? >> you will for the morning commute, but not on the drive home. the clouds will be in town. you might need the windshield wipers a little, later on today. >> that's good news. >> we could use it but we're not looking at much. it's a drop in the bucket compared to what we need. but we will take what we can get. the rumors are true. if we could have wet snowflakes northwest

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it is a bacon sundae. >> and asheville is serving as the test market for the desert. -- nashville. >>t bad. >> better than you expected? >> much better than i expected. correct you don't want to put it down. >> it's really good. i like it a lot. >> no. >> out of the tent people tasted it, seventh thought it was a good idea. if it is a hit there, it could go on menus nationwide. >> the combination sounds kind of strange but all the individual ingredients are good. >> under your command has gained fame and a new nickname. >> this is because of his heroic actions on a train. , caught on train charles was munching on ships when he noticed a fight on. the no. 6 on their egos. he, got up and stepped between the two people but never put down his snack. the video has gone fireable. he says it is critical that some people now consider him a hero. if >> bad news for fans of the u.s. lingerie football league. the scantily clad ladies are not going to be playing this year. >> we will have to go back to this video from last year. the sport will be expanded abroad. the hiatus will allow them to con

it is like people who have a hot fudge sundae and diet coke.save these calories. >>> jamie writes i'm 41 years old. i've lost 23 pounds since january and have cut out most carbs. do i need to introduce carbs back into my diet? people worry they'll gain the weigh back quickly. >> when you cut them out you lose a lot of fluids, but that's water weight. you can't live without carbs forever. it is very hard. >> it is also dangerous. right? >> you should have some carbs but you want to have smart carbs and have things that are nature's carbohydrates. fruits and vegetables with carbohydrates. fiber-rich starches are but in small amounts. you want to do that because it prevents deprivation. what do you do for carbohydrates? >> a baked potato. >> i eat carbs. i like carbs. >> she balances everything out with lots of exercise. >> well that counts, too. >> brittany writes is frozen yogurt a good dessert? the store claims that yogurt is good for you but is that true? is it better than ice cream? >> frozen yogurt is a good dessert. it is the biggest health

they won the "guinness book of world records" longest ice cream sundae. >> dana: awesome. >> andrea:l. it's really long. there she is right there. my aunt. >> dana: that is cool. >> andrea: if you're in south jersey, they have 25 flavors of soft ice cream. not just chocolate and vanilla. 25 flavors. lloyd's custard in summer's point. >> bob: i would like the whole thing. >> andrea: me, too. >> bob: this week, president obama was in detroit at the henry ford museum. where there is a bus that was, i said dearborn, michigan. it says detroit. that is the producer. this is the bus that rosa parks rode in. the montgomery, alabama, bus boycott that many believe was the beginning of the civil rights movement. a young minister dr. martin luther king involved in that. rosa parks was a great hero. obama sat there and reflected on what it must have been like to have that courage. it happened december 1, 1955. proud to say my now departed father was a part of that and was involved in the civil rights movement for many years. congratulations, dad. rosa park and martin luther king. >> eric: good st

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sometimes the players kids will eat ice cream sundaes out of it.akfast cereal in the morning. >> thanks so much. we have more coming up when we have a special discussion in our "meet the press" take two, web extra with the keeper of the cup. mike bolt has held that post for over a decade. wherever he goes, the cup goes with him. he's traveled the world and has seen it all. also a reminder that you can see my full press pass conversation with jay leno online at meetthepress.com. go caps, unleash the fury against the bruins. that's all for today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a polar bear mauls a woman. >> oh, my god. >> a half ton bull dives into the stands.

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