being paid by, does it matter now he has resigned? yes being paid by, does it matter now he has resigned? has resigned? yes it does. although the government has resigned? yes it does. although the government would has resigned? yes it does. although the government would say has resigned? yes it does. although the government would say and - has resigned? yes it does. although the government would say and to i has resigned? yes it does. although the government would say and to a l the government would say and to a certain extent, they were not going through the slow and bureaucratic process that would otherwise have taken place in order to award contracts, but what is very clear from various investigations is if you had contacted within government, your of getting through and getting a contract, some of them were pretty extensive contracts, for not very good stuff. whether it was ppe, testing equipment or various other bits and bobs of equipment. while other companies, we have hea
no, i i have not heard that. and, you know, i have been at this a long time, anderson. we did a full documentary about vaccine hesitancy. and there s clearly, it s existed for, you know, even before this pandemic. but the the idea that, you know, you know the right thing to do. you recognize the triumph of science. you realize it can save your life. get your life back to normal. and you, still, feel ostracized, perhaps, by going and doing this. it s it s it s really befuddling. the one thing dr. frase said there, near the end, is that ultimately it s still a win because these people are getting those people are still getting vaccinated but that s extraordinary. and i think, really tells the story of what s happening here. more and more, we are seeing, you know, large companies like google step in to fill the void left by the government when it comes to mandating vaccinations for their employees. do you think it s a good idea? and i mean, will that move the needle? a compa
gunned down in newtown, connecticut. since that tragedy, fear of tougher gun laws has led to a run on guns. smith & wesson shares are up more than 40% this year. fellow gunmaker stun brewinger, those shares on the stock market up more than 60%. based on how well gunmakers are doing it would be hard to believe the biggest gunmaker in the country is having trouble to find a buyer. poppy harlow joins us now. a year ago a $20 billion private equity company said it s getting out of the gun business. it was an emotional moment where you heard a company saying that it wanted to get out of that business. bring us up-to-date. a company that is very private. i mean, you never hear publicly from these private equity firms. their goal is the pursuit of profits. when you hear a company come out and say they are going to sell a highly profitable business, well, something has changed, but one year later that sale hasn t been made, and we wanted to know why. i m here today to try to
colorado found out the hard way that we are very much a pro-gun country. that was a shot across the bow. a lot of people don t go for the coffee. they go for the bathrooms. starbucks has become a replacement for the public library. and mcdonald s. people use the place the lines are always longer for the bathroom than it is for getting coffee. i know for a fact because i have a small bladder. by the way, why didn t he go a little further and make it a gun-free zone? you should put up sign. if you really believe that, it could be like saying hi, please rob me. what is possibly wrong with a guy who owns a company saying that we don t want guns in here? who the world wants gun in their establishment? what is possibly wrong with saying how silly that is? is itrong to have gun in a bar on friday night? without gun in society, there would be no commerce. he s lucky he has police officers all around him to protect him. do you think they should have
we made that decision so that we would not put our people in the uncomfortable position of having to confront a customer who s carrying a gun. reporter: ryan and bill both carry their guns in public but generally concealed. i intend to respect their wishes. i just won t be taking my business to starbucks. in a free society like america where we re supposed to honor equality, tolerance and each other s rights, here we have a company saying, we don t want that right in our store. i think that s unfortunate. reporter: the brady campaign and others have petitioned starbucks to ban guns. last month, a group of newtown residents sent schultz this letter asking him to ban guns. i think it s a significant step in the right direction. we would have referred an outright ban. but i think it sends a clear message that we need to have safe places for our kids. reporter: how do you make these decisions, howard, of what social issues starbucks should engage in, put your name in