chicago, guys. with gdp this morning hard to think of a better morning to talk to the single biggest restaurant company. 34,000 restaurants around the globe. a company as global as it comes, serving 69 million people every single day. what does ceo don thompson see about global economy? the u.s., europe, china, commodity costs, new menu items. the stock which you well know has managed to ignore at least to now same-store sales comps that are getting lower and lower over time. we ll talk about all of that over the next hour. a big show coming up from suburban chicago here at mcdonald s. can t wait you to watch you making an egg mcmuffin. egg whites. when you go into a diner. i d like an egg white omelet. i don t know if we can make that. how many will he be making? you have to make it many, many times and very quickly, all part of the mcdonald s story. all right, carl. we ll be checking in with you very shortly. let s get to the futures and they are moving to the dow