fill in the blanks with the public this year. reporter: since the state of the union is missing, we figured why not let people play the part of. the president of the united states. reporter: you know, when the president goes up to the podium and says. the state of our union is strong. the state of our union is strong. the state of our union is strong. reporter: presidents almost always say strong, though, occasionally, they dial it back. the state of our union is sound. state of the union is not good. reporter: but by the next year the state of our union is better. but still not good enough. reporter: so what state are we in today? depends who you ask. fill in this blank. the state of the union is? a joke. on shake? ground. chaotic and entertaining. chaotic and dismal. reporter: the state of the union is? unstable. all right? reporter: in this first state of the union, president trump
country, particularly here in washington, what happened at comet ping pong, the pizza place on the upper northwest, fake news has consequences. and people get rt, either physically or emotionally or psych logically. i can understand why the pope would take a stand against fake news. chris, i just want to ask you about linda mcmahon. you, like me, were fans of the iron shake, rowdy rowdy piper from our growing up years. of course. what do you make of the former head, one of the co-founders of wwe wrest mail mania now joining the trump administrationw running the small business administration. the wwe isot a small company anymore. it is now a giant company. like, i have a tendency because i grew up in the 80s in connecticut to focus on linda mcmahon s time in the ring and
time for americans nearly 14% of u.s. households rely on them. that s up 5 percentage points since 2008. the independent congressional budget office estimates this would result in nearly 4 million people losing their food stamps next year. funding for food stamps used to be considered part of the larger farm bill. this time for 234e first time in 40 years, eric cantor split it out for separate consideration and scrutiny. here s who qualifies for food stamps. a family of four with up to $30,000 annual income but no more than $2,000 in a bank account. and the average assistance a person receives is $133 a month. debbie stavinaugh and ron shake. in an effort to bring attention to the plate of the hungry, he s
of panera bread, ron shake is taking on folks to food stamps. he s hoping to raise awareness on how people on food stamps live as congress prepares to debate $40 billion in cuts to the programs. michael, it s great to see you. we talked about this and we have this monoiccer at the bottom. are you impressed or not? they take a risk when they get involved in social policy. in the case of starbucks, i don t think starbucks set to get involved in the gun issue. they didn t. there are 44 states that honor open carry, they were going along with the law. hey starbucks, why don t you exercise your rights as private landowners and saying we don t want you they didn t do that. they are taking this stand,
collect odd yes, take pictures, collect signatures or sketches. ron shake starting the bakery concept in 1981 with au bon pan. in 1989, they shifted their focus to panera are bread. it s grown to more than 1600 bakery cafes in canada. we sat down with ron to talk about everything from making smart bets to the importance of thinking small in this learning from the pros. check it out check it out check it out we re often referred to as capitalists. i m not a capitalists. i started with $75,000. what i am is an opportunist. to me, an entrepreneur, a business owner, the greatest skill they have is the ability to see opportunities. i was working in a french bakery