don't want to give up. lemonis: my name is marcus lemonis. and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change -- everything. but i do it to save jobs. and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." in 2000, after years of working multiple jobs, adelo ramirez used his life savings to open up los gemelos, a small mexican eatery in port chester, new york. woman: plantains and tortillas. lemonis: authentic family recipes drew crowds. but most popular of all were his freshly made tortillas, so popular that in 2006, he started manufacturing them for sale to local grocery stores. adelo: we're making lots of money. as you can see, we have 22% of the tortilla market here. lemonis: and before long, revenue was approaching the $500,000 mark. man: very good taste right here. lemonis: but then a much bigger tortilla brand expanded to the east coast, putting adelo on his heels. adelo

guests in london marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics first magazine we also have alexander he's a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com and we have our donald he is an associate director of the academy of ideas all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate marcus let me go to you first i'm titling this program broken brags it is that an appropriate title for this program do you think go ahead well allow me to say this i do not like the european union and i never have lights. but at the same time i don't like the press and i don't like the remain can why because both camps are two sides of the same coin they share the same politics the same economics and the same foreign policy objects and they are inherently and the russian and they support western global. however let me say this as a member of the parliamentary press gallery i have a front row seats so to speak and i can assure people watching the. sort of cross talk that brick sits is extraordinarily complicated it is not

you soon. i'll see you soon. tracy: bye, marcus. lemonis: thank you for everything. i'm very proud of you. tracy: thank you. lemonis: i'm very proud of you. >> tonight on the profit... good morning, i'm marcus. >> nice meeting you. >> i go inside a. stein meat products, a wholesale meat supplier in brooklyn, new york, that does $50 million of revenue annually. >> good burger. >> it's the best. due to high operating costs and razor-thin margins, stein is hemorrhaging cash. >> everybody you order from, wants their money in ten days. we don't have the money to pay them. >> i can't turn this business around... this business is two weeks away from closing. this 75-year-old company will close for good. my name is marcus lemonis. i fix failing businesses. i make tough decisions. and, frank, you are no longer the general manager. and i back them up with my own cash. it's not always pretty. >> perfect flavor. >> but this is business. [bleep] is gonna change. i do it save jobs... check you out. and i do it to make money. this the profit. [upbeat music] ♪ [truck beeping] >> watch your back. >>

: my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change -- everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ based in hilmar, california, kensington garden rooms manufactures handcrafted, custom gazebos fully fitted for outdoor entertaining. owners damion merry and simon johnston learned their craft in england then brought it to california in 2012. ♪ while the quality of its product is top-notch, its high cost makes it a luxury item most people can't afford, leaving kensington struggling to achieve real growth. simon: we can keep doing this for another two or three years, and, you know, 4,000 or 5,000 bucks each a month, you know, keep all the customers happy, but what's the point? lemonis: these are not your garden-variety gazebos. the fact that they're built by hand from the finest wood gives them a re

of you. brad: hell yeah. trevor: thanks, marcus. ♪ lwoman:: ttheir soups are amazing.. lemonis: ...at one small soup chain in milwaukee, wisconsin, the owner is writing a recipe for disaster. no [bleep] you should be very careful about what you're saying. his behavior is alienating employees. kevin: he needs to trust me. lemonis: his menu is alienating customers. it's heavy. and a private feud with one mysterious person... stephanie: her name is grace. mayra: grace. lemonis: ...is threatening to destroy everything. grace: you need to be brought out and be told it's not okay to treat people like that. it's not. how dare you! lemonis: everybody's talking about her except you. if i can't bring this situation down from a boil... dave: this does not interest me anymore. lemonis: dave. ...this lid's gonna blow right off. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna

now than i even did back then. my name is marcus lemonis, and this is "an inside look." man#1: all right. here we go, cameras rolling, camera speeds. man #2: audio speeds. man #1: all speed. all right, guys. whenever you're ready. lemonis: you guys have more popcorn? amber: we haven't even started. he's already done with his popcorn. here. okay. cheers. come on. cheers. lemonis: stay over there. amber: [ laughs ] okay. lemonis: sharla mcbride started planet popcorn with a single cart and $250. thirteen years later, they now have 30 employees, three flavors, products ranging from kettle corn to churros to crepes. their popcorn sells at fairs and farmer's markets all over southern california, but the bulk of her money was generated from downtown disney. can you find the footage? you know those big swings? amber: oh, oh, oh, of you on the rides like a kid? lemonis: well, why do you have to say, "like a kid"? amber: because it has nothing to do with the show or the story. lemonis: it doesn't matter. i went up on the ride so i could study the traffic pattern around the popcorn... amber:

money." ... his company may be next. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty ... everything is going to change, everything. ... but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this ... let's go to work. ... is "the profit." last year, aristotle started selling his branded glasses in my new store, marcus, a 20-store chain specializing in women's clothes and accessories. and what sort of feedback are you getting on your product? woman: he does get good feedback as far as the style. people like the brand. lemonis: they're nice. his brand is selling well, so i'm excited to meet him and learn more about the product and the company. how are you? aristotle: good. aristotle. lemonis: aristotle. i'm marcus. nice to meet you. aristotle: nice to meet you as well. lemonis: were you going on a trip? aristotle: no. this is my mobile office. if anybody needs shades, we do it on the

off. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change -- everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." milwaukee has some of the best food and drink in the country. something i know well because i went to college there. that's me when i had hair. and one of the newer local favorites is the soup market. stephanie: hi, honey. how are you? lemonis: a quick-service chain started in 2004 by chef dave jurena and his business partner. dave: anything else for you, sir? lemonis: dave did the cooking while his partner ran the business. woman: that's good. lemonis: and before long, the soup market had expanded to five locations, with plans for many more. then dave's partner and co-owner died suddenly, leaving him struggling to run the company and putting his dreams of expansion on hold. dave: can't do it. lemoni

is. ♪ . >> tonight on the profit... >> marcus, nice to meet you. >> i go inside jacob maarse, a high-end florist and gift shop in pasadena, california that hasn't earned a profit since its founder died in 2010. how much money will this business lose this year? >> close to 200,000. >> sloppy business practices... do you have an inventory system? >> no. >> together with lax management has driven down sales and piled up debt. so are we going the right way? >> i believe so. >> we need to know where we're going. if they don't make changes, this 47-year-old family business will be forced to close its doors. this business is a total mess. i'm fighting against time to light a fire under these people... this is the thing that will help us go from the red to the black in one month. before this business crumbles and dozens of employees are out on the street. you don't know how to manage this place. >> well...[blathers] >> my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. i want 25%. you're gonna make a decision now. i make tough decisions... you're being demoted. back them up with my own

. ...it's going to melt down this time for good. get this right, or it's gonna die. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change. everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ together: ♪ we, for farrell's, give you a cheer ♪ ♪ we'd like to wish you a happy birthday ♪ lemonis: in 2009, mike fleming and paul kramer brought back farrell's ice cream parlour... shauna: hi! welcome to farrell's. how are you doing today? lemonis: ...an iconic family-restaurant brand known for its americana theme, its mini candy stores, and, of course, its oversized sundaes. -man: huge. -man #2: hoo! lemonis: founded by bob farrell in 1963, the company, at one point, had as many as 130 locations. in the '80s, bob retired, and the chain was sold to a group of investors. but they mismanaged the stores, lost the m

don't, both farrell's and my money will be gone... forever. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything is going to change. everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this is "the profit." ♪ last year, i visited farrell's ice cream parlour... hi. ...a once-thriving national chain that closed its doors in the '90s... this place is awesome. ...and was reopened in 2010 by mike fleming and paul kramer. this is really what you guys are known for, giant ice cream sundaes. paul: it is. lemonis: the new owners wasted no time in opening up new locations. when i arrived, there were five -- buena park, brea, riverside, sacramento, and rancho cucamonga. paul: farrell's is part of families. it was part of mine, and it's part of millions. lemonis: but while the restaurants generated more than $17 million a year in revenue, they were starved for cash. mike and

. travis: walk away, then. lemonis: my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change. everything. but i do it to save jobs and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ in 2010, lifelong friends trevor jones and travis lubinsky founded flex -- a watch company with a cause. trevor: we make watches that give back. every purchase helps provide meals for children in need. lemonis: with their positive message, a reasonable price point, and bright, fun colors, the company stood out in a crowded field. travis: the watches are actually all gonna be interchangeable. it's also a great upsale opportunity. lemonis: and soon, sales were approaching the million dollar mark. travis: the components will be here in two weeks. there's half a million dollars of these watches sitting around. lemonis: but when flex started introducing new styles, customers stop

! amber: [ groans ] lemonis: i actually really did think i could change him. my name is marcus lemonis, and this is an inside look. man #3: all right. here we go. cameras rolling. camera speed. audio speeds. all speed. all right, guys, whenever you're ready. lemonis: joining me tonight is amber mazzola, the executive producer of the show. amber: who else would join you? [ both laugh ] joining you tonight... lemonis: you could be replaced. amber: no, i can't. lemonis: you're probably right, but it's fun to say. should we watch dogworks? amber: all right. this is my favorite episode. lemonis: is it? amber: yeah. lemonis: this is your favorite episode? amber: one of them. i love this guy. i love him. lemonis: la dogworks is an upscale dog boarding facility located in the heart of hollywood, california. andrew: you're a stinky dog. lemonis: founded by andrew rosenthal in 2004, this 24-hour full-service center with 36 employees has everything from grooming to training... andrew: sit. lemonis: ...in a state-of-the-art indoor dog park. this business generates $1.3 million a year, but recently

. it's gonna make me cry. lemonis: ...their business will burn out. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change. everything. ...but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ five years ago, entrepreneur mark biren started wick[ed], a candlemaking company out of burbank, california. along with his wife sam, mark has been able to get his candles into well-known retailers such as urban outfitters and l.a. celebrity hot-spot kitson. mark: this one is definitely paid. sam: how do we know it's paid? -mark: call them. -sam: okay. lemonis: but despite its initial success, wick[ed] has experienced a slump in sales and is struggling to keep its doors open. mark: doesn't look like urban's going to be reordering our pre-dripped this season. [ sam groans ] lemonis: the candlemaking industry is very competitive, and i'

will go out of style forever. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change. everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ in 2012, dan ben-nun partnered with his brother, dave, and his childhood friend david malino to launch inkkas, a footwear company based in brooklyn, new york. dan: authentic textiles, responsibly sourced, hand-crafted. and our new logo. -david: it looks good. lemonis: inspired by dan's travels, the shoes incorporate patterns and fabrics from around the world, giving them a bold and colorful look unlike anything on the market. dan: and the beauty about a printed textile is that you really have unlimited combinations that you can do. lemonis: but while dan has created some real hits, too many of his designs have bombed, leaving the company with big losses. david: nobody's buy

tumbleweed business will collapse. do you know what "fercockt" means? my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change. everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ in 2012, steve weissmann took over tumbleweed tiny house company... steve: how are sales going? lemonis: ...now america's top manufacturer of mobile tiny homes. tracy: this is our roanoke model. lemonis: he had little experience building homes. still, he managed to grow the company from five people working out of a garage to 70 people working out of a 20,000-square-foot facility. tracy: we have hundreds and hundreds of floor plans. lemonis: and today, sales exceed $6 million per year. however, as the company has grown, so have the operating costs. tracy: if i do not get my windows ordered, it is gonna really kill us. lemonis: desperate t

. patrick: i'm just so [bleep] scared. lemonis: my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change -- everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ in 2008, patrick dilascia moved from new york city to los angeles to launch his namesake clothing brand, "dilascia." patrick: i want to have my life. i want to have my dream. lemonis: specializing in screen-printed t-shirts with playful designs, patrick built a storefront, a website, and -- most importantly -- accounts with big-name retailers, like nordstrom and barneys. and as his company grew, his siblings dan and kelly came to l.a. to pitch in. patrick: people are going bananas for them. lemonis: but then one of their biggest customers closed... patrick: kitson sold 600 a week of those. lemonis: ...putting the business and the siblings under tremendous

without a paddle. lemonis: i may have to cut my losses. i've had enough. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty... everything's gonna change. everything. ...but i do it to save jobs and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ i receive thousands of applications from people looking for my help, but none were more persistent than sammy lazoja from standard burger. so, earlier this year, i headed to staten island to meet him and his partners. sammy: it's a pleasure to meet you. how are you? lemonis: how you doing? my first impression was not good. is the restaurant making money? -todd: no. lemonis: how much are you losing? covello: $5,000, $6,000 a month. lemonis: their pricing was all over the place. todd: there's no logic on it. lemonis: there's no logic. thank you. and the restaurant was a mess. look at the toilet. it's disgusting. the product was

am record pissed. ...tea time will be over. and i am not gonna [bleep] around. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning, wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning, wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change. everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this is "the profit." let's go to work. taylor: welcome to tea 2 go. how are y'all doing today? lemonis: in 2013, jeff hunt enlisted his son, taylor, to help him launch tea 2 go -- a franchise concept offering made-to-order drinks and loose-leaf tea by the ounce. taylor: you need sweetener in that one. lemonis: he wasted little time building stores and pitching franchises. jeff: to built out, to initially open it, all the furniture, probably around $108,000. lemonis: and many folks bought in. ryan: cowboying doesn't have a good retirement program, and so we thought this would be a neat opportunity to get into. lemonis: but he had never actually proven the model, and of

share with you what i was actually thinking during filming... tom: marcus, we didn't do a cost analysis. lemonis: oh, what a shocker. you didn't do a cost analysis again. ...share some secrets... what nobody knew -- i think maybe you knew -- is that i had a 103-degree fever. nancy: you've got that right! lemonis: ...and give you an honest assessment of my decisions. i probably felt pretty stupid in that moment. tom: i can't work with you. nancy: the deal is off! the deal's off! lemonis: the deal's off! my name is marcus lemonis, and this is "an inside look." ♪ man #3: all right, cameras rolling. man #4: audio speeds. man #3: all speed. all right, guys, whenever you're ready. lemonis: with me tonight is amber mazzola. amber: no. lemonis: she's the -- why are you int-- why are you interrupting me? it's not your show. amber: i'm the producer. it's my job to get it right. lemonis: it's your job. and so with me tonight is amber mazzola. she's the executive producer of the show, and quite frankly, been my confidant and my friend for over five years. to say we've been to hell and ba

s.e.a.l.swere on a m. only one made it ou out, marcus luttrell. he wrote a book about surviving and it's been made into a film. >> we don't train for defeat. >> the president is set to award the medal of honor to a living marine, only two living recipients have received the award for actions in iraq and afghanistan. this is marine corporal dakota meyer. >> it's been said that where there is a brave man, the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor. today we pay tribute to americans who placed themselves in the thick of the fight. again and again and again. >> it doesn't matter the medals on my chest. we all raised our right hand. >> freedom itself was attacked this morning. >> freedom will be defended. >> the more we trained on it, the more we realize thd is going trealized this isgoing to be a . >> anything you do can get you killed, including nothing. >> these are modern warriors. thanks for joining us and welcome to modern warriors, a veterans day special. i'm your host pete hetio seg se. i'm honored to host this event. i'm joined by four special guys four war fighters, four

him to follow my plan, this company will go under. it's [bleep] up. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change -- everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ chicago, illinois, is home of "da bears" and, more recently, da lobsta. da lobsta is a quick-service restaurant started three years ago by j wolf. the traditional lobster roll is, by far, our most popular item. lemonis: j exploited a void in the market and achieved initial success, expanding into three storefronts and a food truck that covers the entire chicago area. but those three locations turned to two when his landlord sold the site of his flagship restaurant, and now j is feeling pinched. but even with a smaller footprint, da lobsta has a loyal following and i'm excited to help take it to the next level. the food-truck business i

bank and denmark's bank. and for more on this i'm joined now by marcus mindset from the tax justice network in my book and all financial correspondent bartz in frankfurt welcome to you both marcus i'd like to begin with you another right now at deutsche bank what do we know about the details in this particular case it concerns apparently the transfer of around three hundred million euros at least to a british. company controlled by the gotcha bank relation to nine hundred clients related to that bang and it concerns the failure to report suspicious transactions related to money laundering with was within those sums that have been transferred so it is a serious allegation it's a serious concern that's might be a factor about quite a first time for. leaks that have come to light through parliament papers for example a serious allegation those shares down really bring us the latest there from the trading floor. now the share is trading at the moment at exactly eight euros and forty cents it's a little bit over the low that it reached plummeted after this news but it's still a loss of a

potentially criminal business. background on this neverending story of the trouble with. joined by marcus minds of the tax justice network market reporter. in frankfurt marcus let's start with you and the what do we know about the details in this particular case what makes it so special. but what we do know that it's in relation to the pentagon papers and this is long overdue this is a very welcome step after all and there's talk about nine hundred clients being managed from a b.v.i. subsidiary in twenty sixteen of the dacha bank which all race red flags apparently in the prosecutors or the investigators ice and that is really one of the machias tax havens in the world the british virgin islands so i'm very encouraged to hear about these news. surprised. i was somewhat surprised that. officials would take finally action because it's been now two years that they've been icing these files and we have seen in other circumstances and other situations that german prosecutors to very long to take action for example with the k'nex files these massive tax avoidance schemes they only informed fore

her. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's going to change. everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." in 1996, susana monaco launched her namesake label, a collection of women's apparel marked by clean and contemporary designs. susana: the front is narrower than the back. lemonis: she had grown up working at her family's cut-and-sew factory and then engaged them to help her with manufacturing. before long, she was in thousands of retailers across the country with revenue exceeding $10 million. anna: this is the best-selling for holiday. they love it. lemonis: but the great recession dealt the label a severe blow, and susana has been unable to reverse the damage. susana: stay in business or not stay in business -- that's the choice. lemonis: today, sales are off more than 50% from their peak

next step will be a vote in parliament behind me. we're joined by marcus fish, u.k. member of parliament. he joins me here on the green outside. very good to see you this morning. tell me, you want to brexit, but you don't like this deal. what are the chances she can persuade enough mps to go with her and get the steel through? marcus: i think it's very unlikely this deal will go through parliament. i think most people will recognize it exit gives up parliament, gives of control. it gives incentive to the eu to hold out the further elements of the negotiation, whether on future economic framework, whether on gibraltar, issues about the union and northern ireland or on defense. and the defense industry and whether they pay the flag. these are all hostages for the union. that creates more uncertainty, not less. anna: the withdrawal agreement was going to be signed and going to have to have some kind of insurance policy in it to mean there was no hard border across the island of ireland. and then after that, the talks move on to dictating the future relationship. are we caught up

made. this meal was amazing. these ribs are ridiculous. my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. if you don't like money, don't follow my advice. i make the tough decisions. we're closing the store. we're done. i'm not talking to you about it anymore. i back them up, spending my own money. it's not always pretty... man: perfect flavor. lemonis: ...but this is business. you got to trust the process. i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. thanks for your business. this is "the profit." things move slowly in the small town of latta, south carolina. but when shuler's bar-b-que opens its doors, people near and far come rushing in with some traveling hundreds of miles to eat their legendary barbecue. lynn: hi. how are y'all? welcome to shuler's. lemonis: it's an all-you-can-eat barbecue buffet, and their speciality is pulled pork and ribs. their biscuits are always one of the biggest draws. woman: excellent barbecue, some of the best i have ever had. norton: thank you, ma'am. lemonis: married couple lynn and norton hughes struggled to have a family until late in l

. my name is marcus lemonis. and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's going to change. everything. but i do it to save jobs and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." in 1979, shortly after immigrating to the united states from mexico, gilbert martinez opened up pacific hospitality design, a commercial furniture manufacturing company located just outside los angeles. ana: so far, so good. that's good. lemonis: it was a true family business with gilbert's daughter ana growing up on the shop floor. ana: this one here. lemonis: these days, she oversees design, while her father oversees production. and over the years, they've built big accounts with companies like the coffee bean, mgm, and caesars entertainment. ana: we've got to make sure that we send quality stuff. they're unhappy because we didn't catch it. lemonis: but a recent drop in sales has left the company w

own. now i know why you put the money up here. [ music continues ] my name is marcus lemonis. on my show, "the profit," i use my own money to invest in struggling american companies... i'm 100% in charge. ...and help turn their fortunes around. now i've come to one of the last holdouts of communism to meet some pioneers of capitalism. >> the doors for the first time are wide open. >> i'm definitely a businessman. i love doing this. >> do you think you're gonna be in cuba for the rest of your life? >> yes. because cuba is changing very fast. >> the obstacles are daunting. this clothing designer has to buy fabric on the black market. >> ooh! >> this restaurant owner isn't allowed any more than 50 seats. the state says she isn't allowed to expand her business. you cannot have two stands? >> no. >> this sucks. meet cuba's new business class, surviving and thriving under one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. [ music continues ] [ flamenco guitar plays ] i had barely set foot on cuban soil when i saw how the new business laws are changing lives. armando lee rolled up in a 61-ye

from a bag of [ bleep ] since i met you. ...the casery will fall apart. my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change -- everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." ♪ [ cellphone ringing ] [ text message alert ] the casery has been around for about 3 years now, and in that short period of time, well, it's had remarkable success. so, i'm excited to check it out. the mobile-accessory industry is about $100 billion business. so, just a small piece of that -- well, you do the math. oh, wow. this place is huge. hello? hey, how are you? i'm marcus. matthew: hey, marcus. i'm matthew. lemonis: matthew? matthew: yeah. nice to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. matthew: i'm the owner. lemonis: oh, you are? okay, that's cool. matthew: welcome. lemonis: nice to see you. matthew: yeah. lemonis: it's a big bu

real color. and color pictures photographer marcus clearly takes amazing shots of the northern lights. and will start right off with extreme sports so hold on tight french director is the pioneer of the so-called outdoor film and knows exactly how the genre has developed over the last thirty years every year the films get more spectacular as camera technology develops to enable filmmakers to capture ever more daring stumps and as news production magnetic he shows athletes braving the most testing conditions. windsurfers trying to catch the world's largest waves there's a fine line between triumph and feel. free skiers and kind surfers risk everything to conquer mountains previously thought to be on the comparable. and all the while you don't know is there much in them in action. i have to always find. another chanelle you know that the. sense of the story of the situation attracted by and they want to know by personal position i used to be a position then he asked both men as well and i knew how those guys how they feel. don't know the shoots is footage around the world in pakistan he

do any more. lemonis: my name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. we're not gonna wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. we're gonna wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. it's not always pretty. everything's gonna change -- everything. but i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. this... let's go to work. ...is "the profit." you might recognize monica potter from nbc's long-running series "parenthood." but when she's not making movies or tv, she's making products like skincare, room sprays, and candles and selling them through her company, monica potter home. monica: the best part about the whole company is we are bringing jobs back home. lemonis: a cleveland native, monica opened her first retail store in nearby garrettsville in 2014, employing her sister jessica, along with other members of the community. they soon found success with their signature product -- a balm that monica personally developed. monica: sea buckthorn balm. people use it for eczema, burns, scar tissue. it's made of all natu

. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike has a look at your traffic in a bit but kari has a look at our election day forecast. >> it is cold this morning. grab a warm jacket. look at some of these numbers. we dropped down into the upper 30s. now in the north bay, napa 38 degrees, and it's 39 in half moon bay. we're at 48 in san jose, and 43 in livermore. so after this chilly start, our evergreen temperatures will head from the upper 40s to the low 70s today, and it's going to be a warmer than normal day, so we'll get a look at that mp we' show you green for oakland, where we typically for the last ten working days we've bay, tri valley, all those roadways are open now. 29th north and south suffered slowdowns over the last few weeks but a smooth drive. cocoa county no major problems. construction on byron highway. no problems carquinez bridge or across the san mateo bridge. it's a crisp view, crystal clear and crispy out there, bring your jackets, as kari said. >>> top story, it's one of the most expensive midterm elections ever, and last night, vote candidates for california governor ma

good morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we'll get to the breaking news of the wildfires, but first we want to get you ready and out this morning. kari, walking out the door this morning, it was cold. >> cold and smoky. we have this combination we get during the wildfires and dry conditions and as you look at the camera in emeryville toward the bay bridge, you don't see the twinkling lights because it's shrouded in smoke this morning. it will be unhealthy to spend a long period of time outside. make sure you're wearing a mask. another spare the air alert today. high fire danger today, all the areas shaded in red from northern california extending down to l.a. and beyond. we'll talk more about this and what to expect as we go throughout the day, and mike, you're tracking a road closure. >> i am, kari. even though it's sunday into monday and today a vacation day for schools and businesses, a holiday, we're looking at folks working hard on the roadways, outside working, and air quality concern for everybody here. we're showing the sl

the mountains of afghanistan. on the one made it out alive. his name is marcus luttrell. he wrote a book called "lone survivor." it's been made into a film. >> what are you doing, marcus? >> we don't ever train for defeat. >> the president is said to award the medal of honor to a living marine, one of two living recipients, both of them soldiers, have received their reward for actions in iraq and afghanistan. this is marine corporal dakota meyer. >> since then, where there is a brave man in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor. today we pay tribute to americans to place themselves in the thick of the fight. again and again and again. >> it doesn't matter the metals on my chest, we always the right hand. >> freedom was attacked this morning by a faceless coward. >> the more we trained on it, the more we realized, this is going to be a one-way mission. >> they found bin laden. we are going to get them. >> anything you do can get you killed, including nothing. >> these are modern warriors. ♪ >> pete: thanks for joining us. welcome to "modern warriors." i'm your host

a prescription, and the black market is starting to go legit. i'm marcus lemonis. this summer, i traveled to l.a... we're ending prohibition and we're mainstreaming pot. ...and the desert. did the vote passing increase the odds of you becoming a billionaire some day? absolutely. now i've come to where it all began and where the money is pouring in. so all the real estate you work on is for the marijuana industry? yeah. it's going to be a huge market. california's now the largest legal marijuana market in the world. will the feds step in and try to stop it, or is it time for me to invest? ♪ my journey began on the avenue of the giants, a magical drive through the largest stand of untouched redwood trees in the world. welcome to marijuana country -- humboldt county, california. people have been growing pot up in the hills here since the '60s. it turns out some of them are still at it. but if you want to meet these pioneers of pot, and trust me, you do, you have to work for it. think over the river and through the woods, and then some. it took me half an hour to drive just six mil

you becoming a billionaire some day? adrian: absolutely. lemonis: my name is marcus lemonis. on my show, "the profit," i invest my own money in all kinds of companies... everything's going to change. everything. ...and help turn their fortunes around. marijuana isn't my thing. i've never even considered investing. is the business easy for you? andrea: hell no. there's nothing easy about this industry at all. lemonis: but the market here could reach $6 billion, and that's impossible to ignore. adam: we have this opportunity to create once-in-a-lifetime, multi-generational wealth. lemonis: the risks are huge. you're in a room filled with what the federal government considers illegal. jeanette: that's what makes it more exciting. lemonis: but so are the returns. what's the end goal for you? dan: selling my company for $120 million. lemonis: i'm here to take you on a journey and show you where the profit is in pot. ♪ ♪ i'm here in desert hot springs, california. now, many of you have probably never even heard of it. it's the forgotten son, the neighbor, to palm springs, where the g

education in the big cities alone. >> marcus foster became a controversial figure partially because he was trying to have a police presence in the schools and establish a kind of i.d. system for the students. the concern was that the police would be in the schools not to protect the students, but to control them. defreeze became convinced that foster had to be killed. >> one night marcus foster was walking from the school board building to his car. >> they waited for the end of a school board meeting. and as he walked into the parking lot, they shot marcus foster dead at point-blank range. the theory was that defreeze, nancy ling perry and moon soltysik were the shooters and joe remiro and russ little were the lookouts. remiro and little had guns with them but they were not involved in the shooting. >> in a communique to newspapers, the sla took credit for foster's murder. it was the first time anyone had ever heard of the group. >> they were proud of what they had done and they put out a press release or a statement saying they had done this. >> the sla was not indiscriminately issuing de