how their late-night research on this thursday, as we say, tequila. >> tequila! >>> their from abc news, this is "world news now." >> tequila! >> as we say good morning to you on this thursday morning. i forgot about the dance, the peewee herman dance. we'll get into that. i am sure they probably had a shout or two. >> they're probably doing a lot of dancing. >>> we're going to start in the gulf coast and tropical storm cindy battering more than a half-dozen states. >> the effects extend far inland. >> this is a waterspout in pensacola, florida. it's a whirling column of air and water mist that moved across the water, just offshore. forecasters also warn isolated tornados are possible. >> and there's already some flooding in areas. many roads are closed. lakes and streams are overflowing. houston officials say everyone in that city needs to be prepared for flooding. >> reporter: high surf, floodwater, heavy wind and drenching rain already hammering coastal areas across five states. the governors of louisiana and alabama each declaring a state of emergency. the ar

tequila is hot, diageo is betting big. >> i didn't know clooney had a tequila company. >> he lives nextndy gerber who is cindy crawford's husband. they wanted tequila that didn't make them feel hungover. they worked with a distiller for the first two years they kept it between them and their family the distiller is saying, guys, you order so much, either you drink a lot or you're selling it this is over the sample. so they decided to start selling it the overall thing here, what does it say for -- beer volumes are down everyone is drinking imported beer >> hard liquor >> tequila so what does that say for -- if we come into a trade war, what does that mean for mexican beer, all this tequila people are drinking less but drinking higher end. >> mexican beer is hot >> exactly >> it's mexican beer, mexican tequila. >> exactly >> i prefer scotch >> there we go >> thank you >>> coming up, the top stories and a round up of global markets, what main street wants from washington. a new survey on small business and tax rermfo stay tuned, you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc >>> the crude c

tequila.just yesterday george clooney sold a business, to the british-based liquor titan, with a possible of $300 million in performance. you can understand why they're willing to shell out a fortune for this brand most categories of liquor are pretty much stagnant right now tequila's on fire. with total buying growing at a 7.1% clip just last year tequila volumes more than doubled from 2002 through 2015 and they're still rising dramatically but even more empressive, super premium tequilas, costa amig os, 650% over the same period. j & b whiskey, hennessey, captain morgan, among many others, sweet tequila action it's so incredibly popular, that we can't keep it in stock at a mexican place in brooklyn. clooney founded this company back in 2013 by last year they had sold 120,000 cases. this year expected to grow 170,000 cases. amazing growth but the idea here is that it will keep the company, it will help the company take share in the super premium category also giving them a perfect platform to

the blockbuster sale of his tequila company. >> happy hour somewhere. >> liquor giant poured out $700 million for clooney's company with potential to pay 300 million more over the next decade. in a statement, he said, quote, if you asked us four years ago if we had a billion dollar company, i don't think we would have said yes. we'll still be very much part of casamigos. starting with a shot tonight. maybe two. the big question, how did it become a billion dollar brand? well, it turns out, george clooney is a master marketer. through the years, he's been a walking billboard. even when amal was in couture, there was george in the t-shirt, and always talking tequila. >> a little tequila in me -- >> on and popping. >> dollars are flying. >> he even brought up the brand when we asked him about baby names for his newborn twins. >> my wife said i can't name them casa and amigos. that's the one thing i'm not allowed to do. >> you wanted to? >> just a thought. family business. what's up? >> the launch, just four years ago in 2013, with this astro jobbingtive commercial commercial, featuring c

this comes as tequila sales are on the rise.alcohol research group, iwsr, tequila volume grew by 7.4% last year, and it is the market leader in spirits, in fact, back in 2014, he acquired another tequila brand, and more than $400 million from others in exchange for it's bush mills whisky brand tequila is hot and he is betting big. >> okay. everybody who reads page six knows that randy gerber is cindy crawford's husband and the story goes, i was just reading that the gerbers and george clooney -- >> have house next to each other. >> they bought -- yeah, they built homes in mexico together, and they wanted hey gary, what'd you got here? this bad boy is a mobile trading desk so that i can take my trading platform wherever i go. you know that thinkorswim seamlessly syncs across all your devices, right? oh, so my custom studies will go with me? anywhere you want to go! the market's hot! sync your platform on any device with thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade half hour to go in the session i'm talking about some sectors like health ca

high-end tequila is going well at the moment. diageo sees potential for k casamigo i have behind me a whole stable of brands they are diageo brands, they include smir novembsmirnoff, johnny walker. what are the challenges? i put up diageo, perot shuferoc buying brands, and pern pernod ricard. other people are in the sectors, but these are the big pure plays. 60 billion pounds versus 32 billion euros. this one is up 12.5% pernod is up 19.7% in terms of pe, this was already trading at a loftier premium so it's been closing the gap a similar kind of valuation to what you will get out there in consumer products group, such as unilever, they all seem to be settling at what are high multiples considering you have limited growth out there that is the problem. pernod ricard's most recent third quarter underlying sales in april up 3% it's okay, but it's not dramatic as well. what are the challenges? don't forget, sales of spirits in china took a real big knock a couple years ago on a corruption clamp down china's picking up again tastes a

if not we can drink our own tequila.billion dollars to sell the company, yeah, we were kind of shocked. i think the most important thing for us, though, was we really love what we do and we love what we made and want to keep drinking it and keep the team together so, fortunately, we get to keep our team together and we will continue to run the company and stay involved and, you know, for us it's a lifestyle so, yeah, but it was pretty shocking is what we created in four years. >> it's wonderful, rande, how it all began with such innocence and you just wanted a good tequila and made a great one for yourselves and people appreciate just the authenticity of this, all that. so you say you'll stay involved. so how will you and george still be a part of the company? >> well, i'll remain running the company. george will keep his role and working on the marketing with me and everything. the great thing is we do everything in-house so, even though we were bought by diageo, the biggest importer in the world, we'll remain a stand-a

and always talking tequila. >> a little tequila in me -- >> on and popping. >> dollars are flying. >> he even brought up the brand when we asked him about baby names for his newborn twins. >> my wife said i can't name them casa and amigos. >> you wanted to? >> just a thought. family business. what's up? >> the launch, just four years ago in 2013, with this commercial, featuring clooney's then girlfriend stacy keibler, randy gerber, and his wife, cindy crawford. >> we started just making stuff for us to drink. and i think we sold ourselves about 10,000 cases. >> randy told us he and george always keep the tequila handy. >> he sits in all the creative meetings. if we find that we're disagreeing on something, we'll usually have a drink and then another and at the end, we've agreed, somehow. >> you know, we actually woke up today thinking that kim kardashian was going to have the biggest payday. way to steal her thunder, george. kim did all right. the debut of her makeup line totally sold out. she reportedly made more than $14 million in just hours. not too shabby. though, chump change to

george clooney has a tequila bonanza. in teen the film star founded a tequila company. justdea at the start was tequila for private events. the company plans to expand the brand- ground -- internationally. genie: time now for the press review. allison sargent is with me to take a look through the papers today. senate republicans are gearing up to resent their health care bill that will replace obamacare. >> the bill has been kept under wraps for weeks. yesterday the washington post managed to get a hold of a copy that was circulating around washington. it is the more to the bill passed in the house but has some key differences. in the senate version tax subsidies would be based on income which is basically how obamacare already works. just because it works like obamacare doesn't mean it is actually like obamacare. left-wing media are already sounding the alarm. this keeps the obamacare structure but makes it much stingier. cartoonists are imagining what life would be like if mitch mcconnell were your doctor. really do not want mitch mcconnell to be your doctor. here he

it was just a few years ago they set out to create a tequila they could really enjoy.rand. from babies to billionaire businessman. just when you thought he couldn't top his most recent announcement, the birth of his newborn twins, george clooney is back in the headlines again. this time striking a massive deal wednesday to sell his tequila brand to british beverage company diageo for a whopping $1 billion. >> grab a glass, amigo. >> reporter: clooney, along with rande gerber who is married to cindy crawford and developer mike meldman created casamigos tequila in 2013 and according to gerber, they were an accidental success, a passion project for the longtime friends that blossomed into a booming business, projected to sell more than 2 million bottles this year. the new dad even joking on "entertainment tonight" it almost inspired the names for his twins. >> my wife doesn't want to name them cacs and amigos. just a thought. >> reporter: he's not the first to make a mint off screen joining her celebs like the olsen twin, jessica alba and jessica simpson who owl built bil

. >> george clinic cashing in big from tequila. >> george clooney's tequila business is about to maket of money, even more than being an actor. we are talking up to $1 billion, he is selling his tequila brand, the owner of johnny walker. the liquor giant will pay $700 million upfront with the option of adding an additional $300 million on the band's performance over the next we 10 years, he launched the band in 2014 and plans to stick around after this deal closes, he just had twins too. >> that is the best tequila i ever tested. he is an awesome actor. >> he did that with cindy crawford's husband. >> thanks so much. if you have $50 million lying around former first lady jacqueline kennedy's childhood home in virginia is for sale. >> the sound $50 million, the estate has 9 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and outdoor pools, 23,000 ft. . it will set the record for the most expensive home sold in that region. not a bad pad if you got the cash. >> it is huge. a lot of cleaning to do. >> 27 minutes after the hour donald trump declaring an end to the free ride. these >> those seeking admission into

and after the break...a drink to your health, doctors say tequila may have some health benefits.hat story is next. ( marty ) for your health: here is a look at some of the new medical findings released this ( marty ) tequila could help you lose weight and fight diabetes. yeah you heard that right. a key ingredient in it could aid in weight loss and control blood sugars. the natural sugars in the agave plant that is used to make tequila act as a dietary fiber and won't raise your blood sugar. that can help you feel fuller and therefore cause you to eat less. but dangers of drinking a lot of alcohol if you're already a diabetic still remain the same. ( marty ) pack a piece of chocolate in your lunch today. there are new health benefits associated with chocolate. doctors say chocolate eaters have a reduced risk of developing an irregular heart beat. a new study found that people who ate between two and 6 ounces of chocolate each week reduced the risk of irregular heart beat by 20 percent doctors say it is important to stress that it is the cocoa in the chocolate that provides the be

how can tequila be worth $1 billion?d alone adds value. you are a bit ofa his brand alone adds value. you are a bit of a fan, i'm due? well, you know, i'm not saying it either way, george clooney, if he wants to be on the programme, we have something to talk about. you are very welcome george. you sound very envious, have you got clooney envy? it's $1 billion, he is not going to be envious? the boss of foxconn has said he will still try to buy toshiba's chip business, despite news that a government consortium has been named the preferred bidder. mariko oi is in singapore... nice to see you. we won't ask you about george clooney but phil are saying about the latest on toshiba! i had saying about the latest on toshiba! ihada saying about the latest on toshiba! i had a perfect answerfor you but i'll answer about toshiba. tell us, tell us about george clooney, i want to know. i think we all should start our own tequila brand and try to match that. anyway... just yesterday we told you that toshiba appears to have selected the

with me. >> how does he follow up a billion dollars tequila deal? he's also the face of nespresso. this is the behind thes footage of his. he's doing all right for himself, but king harry says none of his family could choose to be a king or queen. harry says they're hoping to reshape the monarchy. >> bip "bachelor in paradise" is being reshaped the it have controversy that involved corinne and demario. we now know one of the two will not be returning. >> suffering from anxiety, seeing a therapist. damaged because he'll always be linked to the "paradise" sex scandal. those are the reported reasons why demario is questioning a return to paradise. as for corinne, she reportedly hasn't even been asked back. and there's a strong chance she won't be in pair dice ever again. what does it take? you have to sign your life away. contestants actually agree to let producers change, add to, edit or redo anything they do. they also acknowledged producer don't encourage sexual contact and it's okay with the series exposed them to public ridicule or condemnation. >

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. >> george clooney is not only a father and movie star, he sold his tequila brand for a million dollars. he founded it with partners four years ago. today the liquor giant says they'll buy it for $700 million up front and $300 million in performance. a billion for clooney. >> sit back and relax. and his tequila. >> let's get the accuweather forecast. >> heats up and humidity looking at storm tracker double scan. all of the severe weather is well off the atlantic coastline. temperatures behind it settling in the upper 60s to 70-degrees no matter where we are. it is a warm night. the humidity has come up as well. it was a cold front that passed through. a cluster in bank o berks count. the sky has cleared out and a few high clouds to the south and west. as we wake up tomorrow morning for rush hour, lots of sunshine and quickly warming. 69 at 6:00 in the morning. 8:00, jumping to 76-degrees. you will notice the increase in the humidity. in fact, as we look at the day planner here, lunch time breaking into the 80s and settles at 90 under partly cloudy skies. it will feel more uncomfortable

yesterday, a liquor giant purchased his tequila company.e has two partners in that general chur including cindy crawford's husband. >> george will keep his role working on the marketing with me. >> how does he follow up a billion dollar tequila deal? he's also the face of nespresso. this is the behind the scenes of clooney's new commercial as the coffee company builds a new campaign. >> george is doing all right for himself. >> we joke about king george but now to prince harry's family but king harry says none of his family would choose to be a king or queen. harry says they're hoping to reshape the monarchy. >> "bachelor in paradise" is in controversy that involved corinne and demario. we now know one of the two will not be returning. >> suffering from anxiety, seeing a therapist. gedamad because he'll always be linked to the "paradise" scandal. those are the reported reasons why demario will not be returning to paradise. as for corinne, she reportedly hasn't even been asked back. and there's a strong chance she won't be seen on the bachel

drinkers are leaning toward more expensive tequilas to sip on instead of storing it up with a margarita mix and cost amigos is one of the fastest growing brands in the alcohol realm and retails around fifty bucks ok about will do it for us for now from all of us here boom bust thanks for watching see you next time. we're going to war tell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings to the trigger or forcing you to fight the battle. to do so for the value of the gossip. column. i'm telling you pull it out and look like they're proud. of all that we. want. saudi arabia promotes a new crown prince how could affect the united states will take a look on this edition of. the politicking i mean homes in for larry king this week saudi arabia's king solomon appointed his son mohamed bin solomon as crown prince replacing his nephew who had been first in line to the throne what does this mean for the middle east and also for us saudi relations let's get an assessment from joel rubin he served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president

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