i'm referring to kroger! the second largest supermarket chain in the country with over 2,400 locations. kroger is the best regular supermarket in the business. friday the stock was downgraded from neutral to sell by goldman sachs because they see softness in the broader industry and they think kroger in particular is too expensive. all i have to say is wrong! just last week kroger did something that makes me a believer in the company's future. on august 9th it happens to be my father's birthday, and the high-end grocery stores and most of them located in the southeast and the mid atlantic which happens to be a premium to what harris teeter started trading before media reported they were putting it on the block. the tale is what happened to kroger after the news broke. the acquired jumped 2.6% that day, a move that makes a ton of sense, but i feel very lonely saying so. i feel like a melon head -- no, because then i have to clean it up later. you know i do all of the clean up here, too -- all right. remember,

i'm referring to kroger! the second largest supermarket chain in the country with over 2,400 locations. kroger is the best regular supermarket in the business. friday the stock was downgraded from neutral to sell by goldman sachs because they see softness in the broader industry and they think kroger in particular is too expensive. all i have to say is wrong! just last week kroger did something that makes me a believer in the company's future. on july 9th it happens to be my father's birthday, and the high-end grocery stores and most of them located in the southeast and the mid atlantic which happens to be a premium to what harris teeter started trading before media reported they were putting it on the block. the tale is what happened to kroger after the news broke. the acquired jumped 2.6% that day, a move that makes a ton of sense, but i feel very lonely saying so. i feel like a melon head -- no, because then i have to clean it up later. you know i do all of the clean up here, too -- all right. remember, th

i'm referring to kroger! the second largest supermarket chain in the country with over -- well, 2400 looks. kroger is the best regular supermarket in the business. friday the stock was downgraded from neutral to sell by goldman sachs because they see softness in the broader industry and they think kroger in particular is too expensive. all i have to say is wrong! just last week kroger did something that makes me a believer in the company's future. on august 9th it happens to be my father's birthday, and the high-end grocery stores and most of them located in the southeast and the mid atlantic which happens to be a premium to what harris teeter started trading that the company was putting itself on the block. the tale is twhoopd kroger after the news broke. the acquired jumped 2.6% that day, a move that makes a ton of sense, but i feel very lonely saying so. i feel like a melon head -- no, because then i have to clean it up later. you know i do all of the clean up here, too -- all right. remember, this is some

this will be kroger's largest takeover in more than a decade. new twinkies will have a longer shelf life. next monday, twinkies return to store shelves after a labor fight. the treats now last 45 days on the shelf, versus 26. still to come, will corporate earnings throw wall street a curve ball this time around? that's later on. but first, five years after the damage of the recession, why community banks are still stuck in a perfect storm. that's after the break. the banking industry is showing signs of health and wealth. overall profits for large banks are up 15% year-over-year; however, community banks are still struggling under the weight of regulations, low interest rates and bad loans. jackie keenan reports from florida. power lunches are common again here at mise en place in tampa, florida - good news for owner maryann ferenc, who is paying off loans she borrowed from gulf shore community bank to open her second restaurant. "we knew that it was the right thing to do, it was right for our business. event business just died, and we went to t

kroger is buying harris teeter for $2.4 billion. about 55 hard rigs teether stores are currently in the d.c. area. kroger operates in 31 states but that does not include d.c., maryland or virginia. when the deal closes harris teeter will become a kroger subsidiary but keep its current senior management and harris teeter stores will keep their names. kroger says there's no plans to close any current harris teeter locations. and by the way i'll be back tonight at 11:00 with a new warning about laptop computers overheating after one local home catches fire and leaves three people displaced. we'll let you know how that goes tonight at 11:00. >> that's a story everyone needs to see. >> a good warning. >>> thanks, liz. >>> not everyone is happy about a plan to ease traffic near the beltway. >> adam tuss >>> it's a plan to reshape one of the most congested corridors in our region. >> new development is being planned for connecticut avenue between the beltway and east-west highway in the chevy chase links area. >> as adam tuss tells us not

. >> grocery store chain kroger says it is buying the harris teeter supermarket for $2.5 billion. kroger will pay $49 and change for each of the outstanding shares, 2% above monday's closing prices. harris teeter operates 212 shores in the southeast and mid- atlantic. it has to be approved by both companies' boards it is one week before twinkies are set to hit store shelves again. freezing someegin 20's before shipping them in an effort to give them a longer shelf life of 45 days. a spokesman for the company says the change will have no impact on the quality of taste. not all twinkie retailers will receive the product frozen. some companies have the option to choose. will ahead, jacqui jeras >> we need to get through a few days. >> absolutely, make plans for friday. the next couple of days we will have a spotty showers today and tomorrow and especially thursday. our temperatures will be dropping significantly into the mid 80's. our average size 89 sole looking good. >> nothing to complain about. thank you so much and thank you for joining us but we will see you back here for "good

what is going on with kroger? >> back then a college, i used to go krogering. it is a different story. this is a cute story but i did not think anyone cares prepare. >> what do you think about companies like safeway and kroger? >> they have a great martian and it just depends on what happens. safety and value wise, it's what makes a lot more sense but gross, hopefuls make a lot cents. >> we would set back with rob at 915 with the winners and losers. >> the time now is 6:48 a.m.. here is erica with the forecast. >> here is a live look above the cloud cover. it is stretching inland than what we saw yesterday. we are waking up to gray skies above into afternoon you can expect the sunshine to prevail. today is shaping up to be the warmest day a week. we do have a lot of low cloud cover for coastline. as we follow temperatures for you. futurecast 4 highlights by noon it will be in the '70s. the '90s will start to fill them by the afternoon. by 8:00 p.m. tonight the temperatures will be mostly in the '60s and '70s. we will see an increase in cloud cover. break-in dow

kroger is buying harris teeter in a $2.4 billion all cash deal. now in a conference call with investors today, kroger's chief financial officer said the deal will get kroger into several high growth markets such as washington, d.c. after the merger the supermarket will operate in 34 states nationwide. >>> happy birthday to the apple app store. it's turning five. to celebrate you can download aps. apple is offering several apps and games that are free that usually cost money. >> coming up a frightening scene caught on camera. a bus filled with passengers smashes into this house. >> also ahead, have you talked to your kids about online safety lately? how much are your kids sharing online? a new look at cyber bullying. >> we're tracking some showers out there. >> your beach and boating forecast too. those showers are headed east but we got stormy conditions coming our way tomorrow. look at this. even for the beach for wednesday and thursday. our main threat here and also tropical storm chantal as it heads through the eastern caribbean, where does it

krogers is buying harris teeter for $14 billion in cash. give it a total now of 2100 supermarkets nationwide. shares of kroger up more than 2.5% today. >>> more good news about housing, foreclosures declined in may from the same month a year ago while some houses also dropped. that news lifted shares of home builder stocks today. the big winner, dr horton up 7.5%. while shares of toll brothers and kb homes rose more than 6%. >>> we'll look whether rising mortgage rates are turning buyers into renters. >>> the labor department says the miss of hiring by u.s. company was higher in may. report also showed that advertised job openings in may increased by a fraction from a month before. >>> but a small business owner's group sees things a little differently. the national federation of independent business reports that a measure of optimism by small business owners declined in june, following two straight months of gains. more owners reported raising prices and some plan to take on new hires, but many owners say demand for the products and servic

supermarket giant kroger, let's go kroger. oh my word. are you kidding me? i know harris teeter so well. harris teeter. it's a great, great supermarket. croaker is my hometown. let's go krogering at the happy latest shop. buying harris teeter supermarkets, croaker is either based in cincinnati or, you know, it was the supermarket of record growing up. it's going to pay, my uncle had his own, it was a dirty word in my house. it will pay 49.38 a share. harris teeter ahead announced in january it was considering strategic alternatives. harris teeter has more than 200 stores primarily in the mid-atlantic and southeast. >> there you go. >> look at you with your two market geography. >> like sully. it's all coming back to me. croaker says it should increase 6 to 9 cents a share following completion. they're going to bovay. >> we're going to florida. fdic announcing new -- >> is he french? bovay is very cosmopolitan. >> i don't know the answer. he is wearing a three-piece suit. the fdic announcing new requirements for the boompg. let's get a preview on what to expe

it will boost kroger's presence in the southeast and mid-atlantic regions. kroger is the nation's largest supermarket operator. ty? >> sue, thank you very much. if you missed it at the top of the hour, take a look at this video. it shows you that someone was able to record the last seconds, look at the people coming off the chutes there, the emergency chutes. the doors had just popped up. the chutes had been inflated, and people, you can see them rushing off to get away from that aircraft. you are see them coming down, amazing video. today in san francisco, authorities are meeting -- and look at the swift response by the emergency services vehicles coming in there to put out what will very soon be a major conflagration in that plane. look at that. just stunning. the authorities are now talking to the folks who flew that airplane to try and figure out what exactly went wrong. phil lebeau is in san francisco live. phil? >> and tyler, the primary questions being asked by ntsb investigators are to the man who was at the controls of the asiana 214 777 that crashe

that would be kroger, to sorro and mel nat. they are all really cheap, so you have insurance and all have really good historical earnings and so why wouldn't you like it and all in nice rights patterns, key components and all buying back shares. each one has its own little story as well. kroger, it's interesting, as we go over the last 18 months, the producer price index has been lower than the consumer price index which means there's a little bit of margin in there for companies that are very retail like kroger, and they can make a little bit of extra profit from that. when you look at tesoro, obviously with the price of energy and especially the price of energy in the united states, looks like it will probably come down, but right now and in the future, and a lot of local production as a refiner and then a marketer of oil products, and nelnet is in that very lucrative area called the financing of education, and they have about 30% of the national market for federal loans to students, and they do lots of other areas as well fr

kroger up two and a half%. the market's up. but what is happening with this acquisition. kroger is taking over for almost two and a half billion, moving the stock to new all-time record highs because now they're going to expand into areas in the southeast and mid-atlantic. so with it is a bigger presence. coupled with the fact that they have higher margins stores because that is what harris teeter is. and harris teeter staff and executives will continue to run that, but you can see here that they both -- both stocks are running about. for the record, i have a new type of blackberry. i went back to my old one. i have a new one. once i found the chargers from my old one, i went back. it has the biggest bucket -- buttons, the end. liz: when we are together we are all about our old school blackberries. no matter how you -- to humiliates us . thank you. skip right to the floor show because traders at the new york stock exchange, cme, and nynex are looking at higher gold, oil or $1. yields moving higher. what grabs your attention the most? >> i think we are right on the cusp of

kroger. >> interesting price. 38 cents. don't forget the 38 cents. >> yes. >> but it's a bond market story, also. they will be refinancing, borrowing to finance $2. 5 billion deal. >> general mills holding the investor day at the nyse. speaking with the ceo in a moment. sun power celebrating a solar powered plane took off from california and landed this past sunday in new york. >> not fast but it is solar powered. meantime, kelly, i believe you have breaking news. >> the latest global growth forecast calling for slower world growth than three months ago. 3.1% the growth rate this year, down from 3.3% it projected in april and says europe will see a 0.6% contraction. that's deeper than the 0.4% predicted last time ago. it improved the forecast for japan and united kingdom. cutting the outlook for europe for 2014 and does see a return to growth next year. guys, just looking down, this is the update to the projects. looking down for 2013, some of the biggest cuts coming to russia. almost a full percentage point lower than the

oh, kroger. the downgraded kroger. they say the relative overperformance -- outperformance is the biggest since the '01 recession. it has run up a lot. >> i think that kroger is another example of a company that made a very smart acquisition a la gwinnett. these are companies that are saying this is our chance to be able to dominate being the number one supermarket has real advantages in this country. i would not downgrade kroger. again, what, sell kroger? buy it back at 36? move into fareway? >> they're not the number one supermarket in this country. >> who? >> kroger. walmart is. >> i forforgot, it's the age of aquarius. costco and walmart. i am the little cramer squeezed by costco and walmart. >> if we do a kroger doc, you do it, okay? >> wow! >> you'll be the supermarket -- the three amigos of supermarkets. >> holy cow, i'll be there private label. that's where they're making their money. >> let's get to bob pisani who's on the floor. happy friday, bob. >> hey, guys, not far from the u.p.s. post. i'll tell you, the

. >> kroger, there are a lot of kroghers in the south -- krogers in the south. some rural areas like in ohio. harris dieter is an upscale groceriry store. i'm not sure where we're going to find the common ground. >> bill: the only krogers i remember seeing is in portland, oregon. >> we had them all over the south when i was growing up. >> i've never seen one in my life. >> bill: we've been talking congress here a lot kate. we all know the secret of the morning news that before you came to cover congress, you used to cover new york city politics. >> new york city. >> bill: yes. so now with anthony weiner running for mayor and eliot spitzer running for controller, you probably want to go back, don't you? >> i'm feeling a little envious. >> bill: the good ole days. >> right. i was just saying i spent a good chunk of my life speak outside eliot spitzer's apartment after the scandal broke. i just think it's so interesting that he is jumping back in and seems to be very impulsive decision. he said he didn't do any polling. he's either lying or crazy because did seems

kroger is buying supermarkets for two and a half billion dollars. harris teeters owns many grocery stores. no stores are clothe -- closing and there are no plans for layoffs. that is tonight's fox 5 top five. >> all right. we are back here with sue palka. 82 degrees at 11:15. >> it's crazy. >> it's so super humid and i think it's going to stay like that overnight. what that means is storms that we get tomorrow grab moisture and they're going to be heavy rain nurse. let's give you a look outside tonight. not much in the way of shower and thunderstorm activity in the area. a few showers south of d.c. and we're watching showers west that will come on through but i think they will be very light. we're not expecting thunder. i love seeing the monument. i can't wait to see it in person. tonight i told you we would start with the tropical storm chantal and the latest update has just come in. they've weakened it. it's south of puerto rico although they do have a tropical storm warning for puerto rico and they're probably going to get 3-6 inches of rain out

kroger is buying harris teeter. they have 212 stores in eight states including delaware, florida, maryland, and washington, d.c. >>> and chevy's newest corvette doesn't just look good. it ooh's sports car good for the planet. it boasts 29 miles per gallon on the highway even though it's packing a 455 horsepower, 6 president.2. >> it got even sexier, who knew that could happen. erica ferrari here in new york. thank you, erica. >>> straight ahead, your morning weather, and in sports the astros splashed some leather as they take on the leading cardinals. thank you, erica. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring

kroger is buying harris teeter, expending its region. they have 212 stores in eight states including delaware, florida, maryland, and washington, d.c. >>> and chevy's newest corvette doesn't just look good. it's a sports car that's good for the planet. the 2014 corvette stingray boasted 29 miles per gallon on the highway even though it's packing a 455 horsepower, f.2 liter engine, the stingray can rocket from 0 to 60 in fewer than four seconds and've has eco mode. >> it got even sexier, who knew that could happen. erica ferrari here in new york. thank you, erica. >>> straight ahead, your morning weather, and in sports the astros splashed some leather as they take on the division leading cardinals. splashed some leather as they take on the leading cardinals. thank you, erica. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf

kroger uses technology that collects data that analyzes shopping patterns at various times during the week. the grocery store then uses the data to determine how many cash registers should be open during different type periods throughout the day cutting the way from 4 minutes to 26 seconds. >> this next ten years in grocery will be some of the most fascinating years we've seen because we'll expect a complete transformation of what the grocery experience will be. we'll expect tremendous pen dou -- amounts of products to be home and an environment that benefits the consumer. >> reporter: while they may frustrate investorsinvestors, c will benefit. for "nightly business report," i'm courtney regan. >>> great story, a pennsylvania public relations executive who sales auto parts on the side became the richest man in the world this week because when chris reynolds opened up an e-mail statement from paypal, the online payment system credited him more than 92 quadrillion dollars. paypal admitted the mistake and corrected his bank account back to zero and after admitting, they offered to donat

kroger has agreed to buy harris teeter for about $2.4 billion in cash. 34y will go from 31 to states. staple onhelper is a many american dinner tables but now it is getting a makeover. live with ours us bloomberg business report. good morning. >> hi, stan. workers at the irs already has last friday off because of mandatory furloughs. the irs has stopped giving bonuses to managers. they are considering canceling all bonuses. workers could get paid for those days and the agency would be open to the public. a final decision with the employees union. a union president doesn't think it is necessary for the irs to cancel employee bonuses. futures this morning are flat today. markets up now for days in a row -- four days in a row. general mills dropping the word "hamburger" from hamburger helper. that is because chicken is getting popularity as beef prices rise. the main focus is to appeal to more millennials, especially young men. previously it was focusing on working moms. the logo will still remain a mascot. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 new

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. >>> there a big shakeup involving a major supermarket chain, kroger is buying, harris teeter for $2.5 million. milli harris teeter owns two dozen stores in virginia, and maryland.. and harris teeter will retain its name, no stores there close, and there's no plans to layoff any workers. >>> this is what my companymy likes to do with their food for inspection. hamburger meat, look at all of these flies.s. it's disgusting. all of this food, this is what my company likes to do to get ready for inspection. they like to put their food by the dumpster. >> gold encore rail employee, ey plowing the whi whistle on his bosses on the point orangeorange florida.id the manager was fired after the video went viral.l. the manager says that none of food seen in the video was everr served to customers. >>> putting the spotlight onght special occasions, lasting products that can help bring out the party planner in there. >> some mechanics get an unexpected supplies. find out how a snake, yep, it'si a snake ended up in the paneling of a car. >> more showers in the forecast, gar reigary is back with the

kroger buys paris -- harris teeter grocery chain. after the deal closes they will continue to operate stores as a subsidiary. what year is set to join the eurozone, becoming the 18th country to adopt the euro. the european commission gave final approval concluding the country had fulfilled all of this convergence criteria. estimated as cold pollution in china is cutting life expectancy by five and a half years. the new study was based on analysis of health and air quality data from 1981 through 2000. the international monetary fund cut its growth forecast for the u.s. and world economy. globally reducing the alex for 2013 and 2014 by two tenths of a percentage point. ashley: legged you. liz: right under the line. ashley: you even waited. liz: took a breath. ashley: a new report showing that chinese buyers are pouring into the u.s. housing market, probably to get away from the awful air pollution and spending lots of money on expensive homes liz: they want to breathe, but where are they flocking to and how much are they spending? we a

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i like kroger. jeff in iowa. jeff. >> hey, thank you, jim. boo-yah to you from iowa hawk eyes state. silver being at low levels, it's a good time to roll back the truck on silver? >> no, no, no, no. but we did go to -- have a really terrific time. let's go to buddy in south carolina. buddy. >> hi, jim. >> hey, how's it going? >> how are you? well, a stock that i don't seem to know what i'm doing and i keep losing money, i decided to start watching your show and get some advice. the question i have now is unimedics. >> oh, man, that's like the third stock i ever bought in my life. i've got to go back and look at that and not have a lot to show. let me do some work on mu. sam in minnesota. sam. >> boo-yah, jim. >> good to have you. >> i was wondering what your opinion is on rbs. >> i stick by rbs. now, they're worried about bba. listen, rbs has a great franchise. i am not backing away at all. they have a lot of business to sell. citizens can be sold. the stock's cheap to me. joe. >> how are you doing? >> not bad. how about you, joe? >> pretty g

i like kroger. let's go to jeff in iowa. jeff. >> hey, thank you, jim. boo-yah to you from iowa hawkeye state. silver being at low levels, it's a good time to roll back the truck on silver wheaton? >> no, no, no, no. but we did go to iowa to have a really terrific time. let's go to buddy in south carolina. buddy. >> hi, jim. >> hey, how's it going? >> how are you? well, aside from the fact that i don't seem to know what i'm doing and i keep losing money, i decided to start watching your show and get some advice. the question i have now is unimedics. >> oh, man, that's like the third stock i ever bought in my life. i've got to go back and look at that. that thing has been around forever and not a lot to show. let me do some work on mu. sam in minnesota. sam. >> boo-yah, jim. >> good to have you. >> i was wondering what your opinion is on rbs. >> i stick by rbs. now, they're worried about bbva. listen, rbs has a great franchise. i am not backing away at all. they have a lot of business to sell. citizens can be sold. the stock's cheap to me. joe. >> how are

they have the krogers of the world and supervalus of the world going after their market share. they're being undercut underneath by trader joe's. you have to wonder, at what point are they the wal-mart of, you know, the organic food market? thus really unable to grow a lot more. you know, right now, we may be kind of seeing that. that revenue growth flow, that earnings growth, is there but not that explosive earnings we're looking for. >> right. >> taking it back to cbs, i think something interesting if we dig into the numbers you see a lot of that beat more on streaming content. wait until you see how much money they're making off of i love lucy, off of csi that has been canceled for a couple years. all these shows, that no longer on air, that is where cbs in such an amazing position because of their gi-normous content library. that is where cbs is really in a great position. david: they have been sharing some of that library with people like netflix who they may not be competing. i was watching twilight zone on netflix just the other night. >> you know, as long as netflix and

kroger made plans to buy harris teeter and gets additional 212 stores across the country. and facebook at 25. apple at-- in other words, big proves and a lot of big name stocks since the 10-day period when i started my vacation and now i've got this for us. randy travis in critical condition at a texas hospital. he was of admitted with viral cardiomyopathy. and dr. marc siegel is here. >> it's a weakening of the heart muscle in some reason. in this case because they're calling it viral. it's ballooning out of the heart. the heart can thicken, it can be too strong for its own good or become like a balloon. they're saying it's a virus, it became like a balloon. it loses its pump. stuart: any connection to his-- he had frequent problems with alcohol? >> this is exactly what i was about to say and be careful how i say this. viral is different from alcohol. alcohol pickles the heart. it has the same impact. ten years of drinking will balloon your heart out in the same way that a virus would do in over a matter of weeks. my own personal opinion, dr. marc siegel here, is that giv

kroger touching a record high, s agreeing to buy harris. and new 52-week highs include cisco. back to you. >> about 50 minutes to go before the closing bell. we'll keep an eye on the markets. bill, it's interesting we've seen the strong dollar emerge as a theme, as well as multiyear lows for the euro. we've seen bond yields behave in this way, correlated to the stronger dollar and the yields, and that will be something to watch tomorrow. >> the three-year note auction today. the yield today was double what it was a month ago. >> right. a month ago. >> unbelievable. a couple of weeks ago on this program, we told you about a new company that's helping individual investors use the same kind off algorhymic tradin. now they'll be here to defend it. >>> and also, another day and another costly delay for obamacare. this time, fines for cigarette smokers are facing a speed bump. and if you think the earlier delay of the employer mandate changed what businesses are doing, meet the ceo of fat burger. he'll explain how his franchises are already using job-sharing to avoid covering their

let's take a look at kroger. this is in the supermarket realm. it has moved the stock. it has up arrows today and is hitting all-time highs. the whole sector is doing very well today on the heels of this news. now you see that the two companies have little overlap. it is a good deal, for the most part. those are some stocks to watch. ashley: thank you very much. it means they just get bigger and bigger, of course. tracy: i have never been in one. ashley: it is definitely high end. nice, though. good stuff. people using their credit cards down there. our higher credit card balances another sign that consumers are more confident in the economy? gerri willis is here with the details. gerri: it is student loans, auto loans. that is what we are talking about. it is a big change in what people were expecting. folks are more responsible bidder may have been in 22 years four paying down that credit card. they could be issued less credit card debt. i think you can thank the colleges and universities, the united states of america for raising their tuitions through the roof and fo

genuine part, kroger, lowe's, cable systems showing nice gains in the session. we're back after short break. fray night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and my cash back kes the party going. but my airline miles take it worldwide. [ male announcer ] it shodn't be this hard. with creditcards.com, it's easy to search hundreds of cards and apply online. creditcards.com. tracy: 90 minutes until "the closing bell." most shares are lower. we do have some winners. jpmorgan, home depot and proctor and gamble all showing some games. let's check back in with nicole petallides. nicole: a couple things that we were talking about. we talked about the dollar. i mentioned that throughout this show. plus 40 at the moment. that pressures of the market. bank of america president really was a big supporter. economic growth will economically quickened in the year 2014. you know what that means, tapering. quickly, let's get to the automakers. ford up 2.5%. they came out with their sales numbers. we are taking a look at general motors also. those two are not too far off the 52 w

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tweet from members of the senate inside the session, but this just a moment ago from senator and the kroger share commit democratic. we are here debating our will. it is a heartfelt discussion. the democrats or republicans deserve to have their nominees approved. approved. again, one of the senators inside that closed-door meeting. senator bob corker to read just a moment ago we saw senator orrin hatch speaking to reporters. again, once those principles come to the podium we will stop and let you listen to what is happening. in the meantime, a chance for you to weigh in on the debate that the senate is undertaking. go ahead. >> yes. thank you for taking my call. i am very discouraged with some of the comments that i ever tonight where it seems like the country is so divided down racial lines. any reference to the president or what he does or doesn't do is motivated racially. i can tell you that i thought that most of those were over the race issue back in the 60's. but i guess i was wrong. however, getting through to today's issue with the filibuster, for the nominees, i would say that when

>> some of the big names, kroger, procter & gamble. western, southern, university of cincinnati, cincinnati children's hospital are all behind this, it's privately funded. we have a $51 million fund. we will continue to fund raise. >> so you are trying to get to 100 million? >> 100 million. >> it will only be in cincinnati in northern kentucky where you make the investments? >> no, we are actually investing around the country. so what we're doing is building relationships with venture terms. one is in cincinnati. the other is in boston. cigma prime. we are encourageing them to invest in cincinnati and engage in the activity going on. there is an incubator in its fourth year. they're a pure accelerator. so they have a class of start-ups that come through. they learn about branding, how to launch their company. they had recruits from 47 different countries this year. >> how much do you have to do, to try to build a true start-up pub in cincinnati. how much is it not about brigg companies there, creating the entire ecosystem, whether it's

the past few weeks, kroger, bilo, gannett, leap, yahoo! tumbler, dell, heinz. beginning to feel, david, like we're back in the narrative? >> the great white whatever they used to make fun of. how about the lobla deal? >> i know it's $12.4 billion deal. the largest deal of the day in the canada, cash and stock, not to -- there is a pace of deal making but i would still argue it is not anywhere near what we might have anticipated early in the year. >> no one's saying that. >> but there is -- there is something going on. there's a pulse. i'll give you that. >> can i tell you about a little one i like? $50 million bid in the rental car business by avis, buying the -- literally buying the six largest company in rental cars. do you know mouch it costs when you go to about a rental car? when you rent one? >> it's like a million dollars. you don't check off -- i have a 79 day rental car in florida that cost me $260. and it's just going to get even did. >> that's taxes and state charges? a lot of stuff. >> yeah. but you know what i see these deals, avis buys payless for