ROMANS: Welcome back to STARTING POINT. Minding your business this morning. New numbers show unemployment in Europe hitting a record high. Now 12.2 percent. Here in the U.S., the unemployment rate is 7.5 percent and declining. In Europe, it is rising. Dow futures down about 75 points this Friday morning. President Obama will be surrounded by college students at the White House today to warn they could soon be paying a lot more for student loans, very soon. Interest rates on government-backed loans are set to double July 1st, unless Congress does something about it. That means those interest rates go up to 6.8 percent. That affects 7 million college students. The House recently passed a bill that would prevent that increase, but rates would be variable. President Obama wants a fixed rate and says he'll veto that House plan. Is it possible to lose weight while eating McDonald's every day? The McDonald's CEO, Don Thompson, says he has done it.</s>DON THOMPSON, CEO, MCDONALD'S: I eat at McDonald's every day. Every single day. In the last year or so, I'm down about probably 20 or so pounds. I'm sharing my personal stuff now. So, how you down, Don? What did you do? You know, I didn't change eating at McDonald's every day, I got my butt up and started working out again.</s>ROMANS: No word on exactly what he's eating off the menu or what his workout is.</s>BERMAN: I'm willing to try that.</s>ROMANS: Eat McDonald's every day? You're the last person I think --</s>BERMAN: I love McDonald's. Ahead on STARTING POINT, live pictures of Yanira Maldonado's home where she's expected to arrive after being freed a Mexican jail. We're going to go live to Goodyear, Arizona.</s>ROMANS: And planes are falling out of the sky. This is one of two planes that crashed into a home overnight and in both instances, everyone survived. The dramatic footage - two planes crashing into a home in just the last few hours. You're watching STARTING POINT.
McDonald's CEO Loses Weight, Eats Fast Food Every Day