marcus had a bodybuilding career in the u.s. and canada he fell ill but is now training again he hopes to compete. pete the mr universe title. i.x. me which country that i wanted to represent whether i wanted to represent the u.s. or i don't want to represent can i don't or i'm representing god had this year and i'm here we patch orating. you know impasse as a getting my citizenship so i thought that it would be great for me to represent ghana. elmina a slave caso a place of terror for many african americans i'm sisters. by coming here and seeing it with own eyes for their descendants hopes again a clearer sense of the history of. this gate of no return once led across the atlantic to america. for marcus returning to america is unthinkable. nothing has changed. in for me i just feel. we have to we have to make our own change we cannot allow basically a spec somebody else to make a change when they have been saying way for years. in the french have the same. game change with the status saying. so for me i can i can live in that i

i'm marcus. >> hi. hi, marcus, gerri. >> gerri, nice to meet you. [horn honks] this is the whole kitchen? >> this is the entire kitchen. >> this kitchen is tiny. i'm shocked by the size of this kitchen and the lack of equipment in there. i don't know how she even cooks anything, let alone contribute to the $500,000 coming out of her department. be nice if you had more space. >> it would be great to have more space. that's the biggest problem we have. when we're plating at night and a full bar of 75 people, it's really hard. it's tight. [car alarm chirps] >> just hearing from some of the other team members about the place, i think the biggest thing is there is no leader. >> no. >> no? when i was called to come here, i think they assumed that i would just come in and just write a check. >> yeah. [laughs] >> and the reality of it is, is that i am not convinced yet. >> are you the grim reaper, or--[laughs] >> me? >> yeah. >> sometimes. i don't really know where the leadership is. i don't know who the owners really are. >> if there's changes to be made a

strud: hey, marcus! lemonis: i'm marcus. strud: i'm so pleased to meet you. lemonis: what is your name? strud: strud. lemonis: okay. stephanie: stephanie. lemonis: stephanie, nice to meet you. stephanie: this is bo-bear. lemonis: bo-bear? stephanie: yes. lemonis: is this the business, or is this a music studio? strud: this is the music studio where we record some music for the business and social media. lemonis: are you the owner? strud: yes. lemonis: okay. and what is your role here? stephanie: i just own him. lemonis: are you his wife or just... stephanie: he calls me his "love-life-partner." strud: love-life-partner. stephanie: so it's a mouthful. lemonis: do you want to get married? strud: i'm all-in. lemonis: oh. maybe you should formalize that. so, what's the polar bear jingle? is there a jingle? strud: no. there's no particular jingle. lemonis: well, just play me something. [ rock music plays ] strud: ♪ marcus lemonis, we've seen your show ♪ ♪ and it sure is fine lemonis: okay. ♪ strud: ♪ why don't you come on down to georgia ♪ ♪ meet pol

tonnie: traditionally, you walk in -- marcus, you have my -- another guy named marcus -- marcus, you have my steribag? marcus: no, it should be in the front. tonnie: never mind. i got it. so, the beauty of tonnie's minis is you walk in, you pick your cupcake out, you pick your topping. woman: i like it. it means make your own cupcake, essentially. lemonis: you a cupcake eater? woman: yes, actually. thank you so much. -have a wonderful day. -tonnie: take care. lemonis: cupcake's good. tonnie: always happy to hear that. lemonis: the frosting's good. the process seemed a little...nonexistent. i would have thought there would have been a bit of an assembly line, like base, frosting, topping. i don't necessarily see that. tonnie's idea of a build-your-own cupcake, quite frankly, is phenomenal. but the idea i thought i was coming for i just don't see. somebody takes a cake off a rack and then the toppings are, like, hidden under the counter. i mean, it's terrible. how much business are you doing in this location? tonnie: average is $500 a day. lemonis: and what are your margins on that $50

-marcus. -lemonis: hi, guys. with some major changes to the burger and the building, i feel like we're making a lot of progress. i just want to make sure that we stay that way. this looks a lot better. as you went through this process of cleaning this place, what did you learn? sammy: i think we had a good start. tranchina: yes. and we need to get back to basics, yeah. sammy: we went off track a bit, 'cause we used to stay two hours past when we were closing to make sure the floors were scrubbed down and things were put back together. -lemonis: what is that? -sammy: that's a camera. lemonis: there's one in here, too? sammy: yeah. todd: you know why? 'cause we're having people that walk out with product. lemonis: who put the cameras in originally? todd: the cameras were here from day one. fuji: there were more added cameras... -lemonis: they added more after? -fuji: ...and more and more. lemonis: and who added them? fuji: it was between covello and todd. lemonis: fuji, i have to ask you -- every time this camera t

marcus. i'm sorry. this is conservative. it looks like you went to the grocery store and bought everything. well, rene did that. rene also came with the room. this phone is just for you. my own private butler, on call 24/7. how many rooms are you handling right now? just yours. one per room? dedicated to you. yes, sir. lemonis: but i didn't want to stay in my room. i'm here for the action. -welcome. i'm martina. -nice to meet you. so, this is roulette. do you know roulette? -you're gonna explain it to me. -i sure will. how about -- do you have a rewards card with us? total rewards? i do. watch out. -all right! -there it is. my first dollar on the diamond card. i asked martina for a quick explanation. so, you can bet on one number. that pays 35-to-1, by the way. okay. you can bet on two numbers, which pays 17-to-1. you can bet on three numbers, 11-to-1. four numbers, 8-to-1. this is the only spot on the board for five numbers, which pays 6-to-1. lemonis: honestly, i had no clue. or you can bet

rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to marcus 1st in london let's talk about. the trump administration's agreement least tacitly to sanction the china over what's going on in hong kong when something i just don't really seem to understand i mean out and looking at hong kong i know that there's an enormous amount of inequality there that is the responsibility of the hong kong government and it's a one country 2 systems so why all the arrow at beijing and of course we know the united states is cheering it on along with its western allies as an irritant to china go ahead marcus your thoughts. anyone here is. that it's all. concludes that what's happened in hong kong what is going to happen it. is concerts it is well planned and it is exceedingly well. executes it and it is only possible through the holes of special services then we have to ask which special services in the wilds of holland it will or you merely need to do is look at the some cool protests in hong kong and it might get you they are no longer protests as they are mili

she's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he is the editor of politics 1st magazine right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let's go to marcus 1st in london let's talk about. the trumpet ministrations agreement least tacitly to sanction the china over what's going on in hong kong when there's something i just don't really seem to understand i mean out and looking at hong kong i know that there's an enormous amount of inequality there that is the responsibility of the hong kong government and it's a one country 2 systems so why all the arrow at beijing and of course we know the united states is cheering it on along with its western allies as an era tend to china go ahead marcus your thoughts well take anyone seriously. or can conclude that what's happening in hong kong indeed what has been happening since this is concerts it's is well planned and it is exceedingly well executed and it is only possible through this holds special services that we

as an irritant to china go ahead marcus your thoughts well peter anyone curious oshea if pikelets or for can concludes that what is happening in hong kong or indeed what has been happening since the summer is concerted it is well planned and is exceedingly well executed and it is only possible true this holds of special services then we have to ask which special services in the world of holland it will work or you merely need to do is look at the some cool protests in hong kong and in my opinion they are no longer protests as they are militants look at the flats they are waving they are waving american and british so let's look at the answers they are singing they are seeing in the american and british and from look at the support the political support they are now cities in thrall america this week we had donald trump sign in seoul all. package which condemns china and risks american tariffs because of the so-called ritesh and in hong kong so it is my opinions that american and british services are tense in to the stabilize destabilize not right yes no it hong kong is a big revenue

russia you know robert let's be fair here and maybe marcus will disagree with me. during the cold war i and i understand the need for existence of neat-o. during the cold war the warsaw pact dissolved nato should have dissolved is absolutely you know very knowledgeable about all of this here but if you look at you know george in ukraine i mean i think most americans don't understand people in the western world don't understand that the west has no treaty obligations to ukraine whatsoever but as marcus told us a few minutes ago you would know that from the media and from the the clueless bureaucrats that went in front of chairmanships committee for him only material kind of the old what are we doing patrick and it was st in my mind you know but you know it gets down to no matter how you want to spin it its mission to exist is an anti russian expression institutionally not absolutely and i would i would probably argue that it's less the nato is so-called braindead as it is purposeless dead i mean purpose dead there just doesn't seem to be any coherent activity on the

-peter: marcus, i'm peter. -steve: marcus, i'm steve. -lemonis: nice to meet you. -steve: nice to meet you, too. lemonis: skullduggery, a family-run toy design and manufacturing company in anaheim, california, was exactly the sort of company that i felt had great potential. the company had generated $1.6 million in sales the previous year, but they were still losing money. steve: it's a big loss. lemonis: and while they had one or two products that had real potential, most of their products were missing the mark and collecting dust. i don't get this game. it's not fun. but if i can increase their visibility on the toys that were selling and push them to create new toys, i knew i could turn skullduggery around. so, i did a deal, and i invested $1.1 million for 30% of the company and an ongoing sales royalty. so, i want to be able to have control over the financial side. i don't want you taking on any debt or taking on any other partners without me being okay with it. -steve: i think that's fair. -peter: you want to shake on it? lemonis: and do we need to run this by

i'm marcus. nick: marcus, pleasure. nick. lemonis: nick? nice to meet you, brother. this is really a small kitchen. it's tight. nick: a lot of the equipment in here is very, very dated, so we've just been kind of doing the best we can. lemonis: it's tough to work in here. nick: you get used to it. lemonis: what was strange is that i'm here around lunch time, and there's not really anybody here. as i walk around the inside of the facility, i'm underwhelmed. i can't tell if they've given up or they don't care. but i can't invest in a business that dante has neglected. what would you call these two colors? salmon and light salmon? dante: salmon. lemonis: let's the three of us go outside. and as i go around the outside of the property, i'm seeing weeds everywhere, crap hanging from the trees. the parking lot looks like garbage. now, i can be tolerant for certain things, but disrespecting hard-earned assets is not one of them, and so i'm gonna put him through the paces. what would you rate the property today, aesthetically? dante: uh, 5 out of 10? lemonis: a 5? what's giv

my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. if you don't like money, don't follow my program. i make the tough decisions. we're closing the store. we're done. i'm not talking 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." surfside beach is a picturesque resort town. a great place to vacation and a great place to call home. anthony leggio... [ camera shutter clicks ] ...and his girlfriend, kristen christian... kristen: good morning, asl signs. lemonis: ...moved here from long island two years ago to start a family... anthony: i know, you want daddy time. lemonis: ...and a business -- asl signs. anthony: do you want to finish doing this estimate? kristen: oh, yes, please. anthony: oh, boy. here we go. lemonis: with a $200,000 loan from his dad, louis, anthony was able to get the sign shop up and running quickly. he'

trevor: hey, marcus! lemonis: one of the things that i thought we could talk about is what the plan and the process are gonna be. we're gonna rebuild a brand using social media, using packaging, using product development. my biggest concern is, i don't know what your story is today. we probably need to go back and make a brand-new generation-one watch. and it needs to be something different and proprietary that nobody else can get to. we're no longer gonna downplay the fact that this company has a mission. in fact, we're gonna amp it up. we're gonna get back to the 10 colors and the 10 charities, and then we're gonna add some things that make it even more unique. all right. let's go to work, guys. trevor: beautiful. ♪ karlo: hello, guys. welcome to shiekh. lemonis: how are you?! karlo: how you doing? lemonis: i'm marcus. karlo: my name is karlo. nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: are you the manager here? karlo: yes, sir. i'm the store manager. lemonis: one of the things that the guys need to think abou

lemonis: i'm marcus. michael: marcus, i'm mike. nice to meet you. lemonis: mike? nice to meet you. what do you do here? michael: i'm just helping my cousin rachel out. lemonis: oh, very cool. michael: just giving her some advice on some financial stuff. lemonis: how you doing, sir? i'm marcus. david: hello. nice to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. what do you do here? david: i handle the sales and marketing for the company. lemonis: okay. how many different varieties are there? david: we've got nine traditional varieties and five gluten-free, vegan varieties. lemonis: okay. rachel: hi. lemonis: how are you? i'm marcus. rachel: good! i'm so happy to see you. lemonis: nice to meet you. now, is this the assortment? rachel: yes. our top seller is chocolate chip. have you tried the cookies? lemonis: i haven't. rachel: oh. lemonis: i love that they're crunchy. rachel: yeah, it's a crunchy -- so it's a six-month shelf life. lemonis: okay. rachel: but this is our snickerdoodle. lemonis: that one's good. rachel: yeah. do you like double chocolate? do you like peppermint? lemonis: yes. â

marcus? >> you know, look, if i'm staying up past my bedtime, you know it's a big event, and it's happening right here in san francisco tonight. this is the official holiday tree lighting ceremony at the chase center. this is the first time it has ever happened. so you know it's a big deal. take a look a all of this behind me. the folks are already starting to show up to have a good time. we're talking about the largest tree in san francisco, the largest christmas tree in san francisco. let me tell you a little bit about it. it is 90 feet tall. it has 17,000 lights on it and 300 ornaments. oh, and it's not just about the tree out here. there are so many events that people can take part in. you have santa who is here as well. they have the display on the side of the chase center, as you can see right there. and they have just a place where people can come and have a good time. it is all about a good time. and it's all kicking off tonight, right here at outside the chase center. it's going to b

and now to london where we're joined by marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics 1st magazine or idema let's talk about historical revisionism because it's something that's very very important to this country where we reside in russia here a lot of here putin had an informal gathering with members of the c.i.s. the eurasian touring you know they talked about he talked about historical revisionism particularly about how the west is changing the interpretation of the origins of the 2nd world war that's not a monday in topic it's very important to go ahead well i think there. of course the reaction to this speech by putin which continued for more than an hour the reaction will be negative in the well what did he say. well 1st i would say that they will say that he is course to starlin that he's interpretation is very much like the one that we've had in the soviet union and that simply is not true because fortune made every effort to rican sile. russia and the rest of europe he went to cutting it meeting you know the polish office where indeed the executive there on starting told

greg: thank you, marcus. lemonis: this is just the beginning for an amazing future for lyles, and i'm happy just to be a part of it. all right, guys, we'll see you soon. jennifer: thanks. greg: safe travels. ♪ jennifer: [ laughs ] greg: that is so cool, son. i'm so proud of you. ♪ lemonis: tonipatrick: hi!profit"... lemonis: the owner of an l.a. clothing company is known for his witty designs. lemonis: how much longer do you think kanye sells for? patrick: until he becomes president. [ both laugh ] lemonis: but the way he runs his business is anything but funny. your liabilities exceed your assets. his limited product offering has put a crimp in sales. woman: you guys have hoodies, or no? patrick: not right now. lemonis: his struggling storefront has been a drag on earnings. patrick: this is like my office. this is like my home. dan: but it's an expensive house. lemonis: despite his family's best efforts... kelly: he's the little brother. we're always trying to take care of him. lemonis: ... he's too afra

matisun: hey, marcus! good to see you! lemonis: welcome to... jerry: marcus. lemonis: welcome to seaquest. matisun: hi! jerry: good to see you. lemonis: what's the good word? parking lot looks good. matisun: thank you. taylor: yeah. lemonis: it's brighter and fresher. so what games are new? jim: none. lemonis: okay. when is that gonna-- when can that happen? jerry: you know, we have pretty much the top 20 games, so to bring in just another game i don't think helps us. lemonis: so there's no new games? jerry: no new games since you were here. lemonis: okay. did you go look at any or no? jerry: no. lemonis: you got to help me. matisun: we have many conversations. yeah. yeah. so... lemonis: okay, so we got to have some agreement on that, right? matisun: mm-hmm. jerry: what i think about jerry is that he's a guy that's been doing this for a very long time. he wants to do things exactly the way he did 15 years ago, except the industry changed. lemonis: could we take a tour outside? jerry: sure. matisun: yeah. lemonis: jerry, it looks nicer out here, don't you think

marcus, this is my sister, kelly. -kelly: hi, marcus. -lemonis: hi, kelly? kelly: pleasure to meet you. yes, kelly. -lemonis: nice to meet you. -dan: hi, i'm dan. -lemonis: dan, nice to meet you. -dan: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: so you guys all wear the stuff? -dan: yeah. -kelly: yeah. lemonis: now, is that a "ladies" body? kelly: yes, this is a "ladies" body. -lemonis: okay. -kelly: yeah. lemonis: i was surprised how small the "ladies" section was in comparison to the universe of fashion. kelly: i would love to do more feminine styles for girls and tweens. i think there's a huge opportunity there. lemonis: how much business do you do overall? total company. patrick: well, in 2014 we did $1 million. last year, we did $900,000. and now this year, 'cause of all the situations we're having, we're on track to do about $600,000. patrick: you know, one of our biggest retailers that we work with, kitson, is closed. lemonis: how much business did you do with them on an annual basis? patrick: on an annual basis, about $300,000. -lemonis: and they're gone? -pa

that's awesome, marcus. i like the tagline. >> i love it. >> so, mike, who's the owner of the building, is here. would you like to meet him? >> i would. >> okay, great. mike, good to see you, by the way. >> hey, marcus. how are you? >> this is allison, and this is pete. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to see you guys. >> pete, what do you think, buddy? >> love it. it's got a kitchen that's built out, plenty of space for classrooms. we could do a lot of cool things down here. >> do you believe it? >> i can't. it's unbelievable. >> when you and allison think back to the last four, five years, how's this feel standing here right now, knowing what's behind you and what's ahead? >> well, just muscling through things you didn't think you'd have to face, right? when you have a child and you think, "oh, my son's gonna go to private school, and we're gonna give him the best education." and then you find yourself in a position... [voice breaking] not to be able to do that stuff. >> yeah. >> it's damaging on the ego and t

i'm marcus. i'm blown away by the interest that we already have with the concept, but closing a deal here today will give us real momentum. we've gotten a lot of applications -- almost 800 -- since we kind of launched the concept. and so one of the prerequisites we have is that there's significant restaurant experience. do you have it? -john: sure. my wife's family has been in the restaurant catering business for almost 50 years. i have a background in design and construction. lemonis: well, clearly your background is qualified. why don't we take a look at the menu board? john: you've got five burgers. are there other things than just burgers? i know it's standard burger, but... lemonis: is there something specific that you'd like to see on the menu that you feel is missing? john: i think if you add a kids' menu, i think that would be helpful, because i've got three children. if we're gonna bring the kids for lunch or dinner, you kind of want to see it on the menu. lemonis: i wouldn't be surprise

i'm marcus. polly: marcus, i'm polly. lemonis: polly, nice to meet you. polly: yeah, nice to meet you. lemonis: do you come up with these designs? polly: yeah. lemonis: beautiful. you did this design? polly: yeah. lemonis: this really is just like a heat transfer, way to think about it, right? polly: yeah, i mean, our process is so versatile, you can really apply it to anything. lemonis: i give this young lady and the rest of the creative staff a lot of credit because i'm not a snowboarder or a skier, but the art that they've applied to these products have made them really different, and the fact that you can customize the art for your own particular snowboard or ski is pretty cool. that's a real differentiator. and so the way they've set this model up is you can come up with your own design, or you can customize something with them, and they'll literally apply it right to your product. i would pay a premium for that. the problem in the business is not the quality or the manufacturing, it's the fact that you make something that you're not selling enough o

and for more on this let's go to marcus burnished he's a correspondent for spain and portugal and he joins us from his home in germany. marcus we just saw a piece on a policy in berlin to catherine's there you look at similar measures planned in spain and portugal how do they compare well just to make it clear how the pressure on the rent housing sector is still growing just in lisbon portugal capital there are more than 800000 apartments designated to short term rental and such a b. and b. there the government is trying to convince property owners to make a cut of around 20 percent of the average price and compensate this with texas. after 6 months working this program contains less than $100.00 houses there is also a plan to build more social housing but this will take of course a lot of time same in spain they are also trying in different areas of the country such as catalonia madrid to build more social housing and there are also plans for rental cap but these plans are still depending on if there will be a new left wing government in january. the marcus you said there that spain

unfolding before us right now go ahead marcus. well i should 1st of all say. germany call when i submit so you offer to leave your change for brits and former renationalise in their own ways to renationalise it and it's easy to ensure in that britain would no longer participate in american led was of intervention however mr corbyn made a catastrophic church he took mistake by performing a huge sermon on gross it because by having performed a u. turn on bret's it meant that he lost the labor harlan's and without the late harlan's the midlands of england north of england no labor later peter can ever hope to win a general election so it's not so much the conservatives who want to selection it's labor who lost it to her with a fair characterization and now will come he say about well the lesson to be learnt is respect the will of the public that you do not do what mr coben did syria pays the parliamentary labor party i'd labor m.p.'s who are blairites or brown once you listen to the public if we have a look at donald trump in 2016 here listen to their concerns ar

ana: hey, marcus. how are you? steve: marcus. lemonis: i own a restaurant franchise concept called the simple greek, and we're in need of a furniture supplier for all of our franchisees. so i'm looking for ana and steve to bid on the business together. we have one concept that's really taken off, and that's the simple greek. we have about 250 franchises sold. the last thing that's left to getting these franchises open is getting the furniture package right. and so i'd like you to lead the design process, ana. ana: okay. this is totally up my alley. lemonis: okay? i know that typically, you lead the design process. steve: yeah. of course, 'cause i've got more experience and i've been working in this industry for many years. i should be design, you be lead sales, hospitality. ana: i mean, i'm going to disagree. i am a designer, i'm a furniture designer, but, i mean, i think it should be a team effort, definitely. i mean, i would like to run things by you. steve: well, it -- it -- okay. lemonis: are you pissed off right now? you loo

marcus thank you for joining us today. in the 1st part of the program we were talking about the outcome of the british general election for the u.k. and now i'd like to a kind of extrapolate outward to other parts of the world to the united states and to europe. you know when brags that in 2016 it was easy for a lot of people to say in the elites in all the smart people to look down on us that's just a one off ok then donald trump but watches though one off and then we have this election it's not a one off what trend if you had a broad brush would you say is. unfolding before us right now go ahead marcus. well i should 1st of all say. germany call when i submit so you offer to leave your change for brits and former renationalise in their own ways to renationalise it and it's easy to ensure in that britain would no longer participate in american led wars of intervention however mr corbyn made a catastrophic shirt's he took mistake by performing a huge on gross it because by having performed a u. turn on bret's it it meant t