is one of the things that is so interesting, one of the many things that is so interesting about air bnbspent so far since its launch about 300 million total, and uber spent 3 billion. they spent 1.2 billion in the first half of 2016. air b&b has a 30 billion-dollar valuation but the fact that the point here is they've got into this size of the 30 billion-dollar valuation by not spending a lot of money. this is not a capital intensive business when you're talking about airlines suddenly you're talking about major capital. >> i'm wondering what exactly they have up their sleeve and i wouldn't be surprised. this relates to the question of the disaster this response by united. so they learned very early on i think it was 2011. that is very instructive and there are parallels to the situation as well. in 2011 a1 and that would have been the perfect host wrote about how much she loved sharing her home and this particular apartment. she rented out her house and it was destroyed so violently beyond what you can even imagine and it turned out it was crystal meth heads that have gotten in and jus

now 700 people are going to stay at an air bnb this weekend for the eclipse.0 people are expected to stay in air bnb's in this narrow path that is about 70 miles wide that stretches coast to "denver post." >> is air bnb doing anything to host a free-throwing number of pair? >> it did a sweepstakes. but a lot of people felt like there aren't a lot of lodging opportunities in these tiny towns. rig biidaho has one moultrie. it is a middleton 6. it is charging $330 a night. they say i can rent a room in my house. some people are renting out their back yards. patches of grass are going for about an average of $150 in rig bi. >> wow. >> as high as $150. i think the average is closer to $120. you can park your car there and pitch a tent. >> now hertz is bringing in extra cars. they had gotten some backlash r canceling overbooked reservations. google is partnering with science and giving these out? >> yes. they are giving them out to students along path. lots of excitement around the eclipse. >> it is coming up on monday. san francisco isn't the best place to see it,

. >> air bnb deactivating accounts of people planning to visit one town in virginia this weekend.ertain customers plans violate their guidelines. >> delaware driver spends 30 minutes trapped upside down in a retention pond and it could have been much worse. what allowed rescuers to get to the vehicle so quickly. >> but we're going to begin at 4:30 with a simmering feud that boiled over into violence. police in chester county say one neighbor essentially executed another early this morning. "action news" reporter john rawlins gatheringing details. he's live with the full story. john. >> reporter: right, this is the 300 block of box elder avenue. a long simmering situation became deadly overnight. police say the victim was shot once, he fell to the ground the defendant allegedly stood over the victim at that point shot him a second time in the head in full view of the victim's wife. many people along this block are grieving tonight. >> you see this on tv all the time but here it's probably -- he was the nicest best guy i ever met in my whole life. >> reporter: brian dougherty is tal

air bnb scams are multipling with offers that send you to a sites that offer air bnb.ou could be dealing with scammers. in response e-mails trapping a lot of people, they make it look like someone is getting back to you with answers to a question or order information. if it looks like a name you trust you open it. beware people who clicked on links like this ended up with dangerous malware on their computer. >>> there's a new round of scam call making people think they are in trouble for missing jury duty. many ask you to pay a fine, don't fall for it. watch out for smishing this is fishing expeditions sent over text, they be careful if if they expect you to think i clink on a link or ask for your password and they gain more person information. there's more at 6abc.com. alicia vitarelli channel 6 "action news." a month each lasting 4 hours or more. it's injected by a doctor once every 12 weeks. and is covered by most insurance. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, s

news 4 amy choe took a trip out and she got a eunique hotel listed on air bnb. >> at first glance, it, got your shower, your air conditioning, television, shampoos, all the amenities you would expect. but if you step outside, you find this isn't your average hotel at all, it's, in fact, a tree house suspended 24 feet above the ground on nothing. >> people like this swing here, as well. >> he owns the place. he designed it himself. he wanted a way to sleep under the stars. >> it was always nice to come backhoe to a place like this. i'm actually passionate about having people come here. i really enjoy people koling here and relaxing and employeeing. >> he's been listing the tree house on air bnb. >> 150 bucks, that price includes coffee in the morning. >> espresso ready. >> they do the work, all the guests have to do is sit back and relax. amy cho, everything. >> would you stay there? >> well, yes, maybe. >> no, you wouldn't. >> maybe. >> we know better than that. >> i think it looks very nice. i like trees. >> tree houses now becoming a trend on air bnb. believe it or not there are fiv

air bnb has worked out the agreement to share listing agreements. >>> bart wants to hear from you about a potential new route. back for ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so fluffy! look at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> tonight at 6:00, the exodus might be over. officers are now returning to the force. swears in a new officer. the reason sjpd is seeing more officers coming up. coming up on our 6:00 news cast. >>> the five-mile leg would run along interstate 580. >> a lot of new changes for bart. before we go jeff ranieri with a final word. >> contra costa alameda counties hitting the century mark. take note on wednesday we get humid monsoonal moisture coming up. >> hot and humid? >> welcome to miami. lester hold is next with "nightly news." >>> tonight, taking command. another major shake-up at the white house as general kelly grabs control and anthony scaramucci is gone after just days on the job. a dramatic turn of events. >>> opioid nation. a staggering new look at the epidem

and air bnb working with local hosts to provide free rooms for evacuees. >> okay.m. >> reporter: but you could argue no businessman has made a bigger splash than this textbook texan. jim mcinvale, better known as mattress mac. >> you want your furniture delivered when? >> save you money. >> reporter: owner of the high-end gallery furniture stores in houston. >> how can i help? >> reporter: when harvey hit town, mac hit record on facebook, offering a free port in the store. >> we've got lots of beds, lots of foods, lots of water. you can even bring your animals. we welcome you if you need a place to stay. >> reporter: while the evacuees at the convention center are sleeping on cots or on the floor, here at mattress mac's they've got plush beds and soft leather couches. >> matt gutman. >> how are you doing? >> nice to meet you. how's this bed? >> oh, it's soft. >> i think it is the most fantastic thing that could have ever been done for us. for him to do this, it just goes above and beyond what i thought, you know, would happen. because i just thought we was going to

so many people drove so many hour to get here hotel rooms and air bnb.ng you that shot as we e moermerge from totality. very cool stuff. we are approaching our moment of maximum eclipse that we are going to get last eclipse, in south carolina, they are a minute away from 2:46 to 2:48 p.m. as well >> that's when royal caribbean has their ship positioned out there so they can see the path of maximum totality as well >> lets enjoy the moment >> this is now a picture in charleston they are moving to east from columbia we have been watching for the last hour or so. spectacular once in a lifetime moment for the continental of the united states. they got the timing perfect. thanks to nasa, they have positioned cameras all over the country in the air and everywhere we can show this continuously throughout the day here. all right here in new jersey it is cloudy out >> yeah. >> this is a lesson if you travel and spend a lot of money and there is cloud cover boy, you are mad >> you will be bummed. >> we did not make eclipse this great again. [ laughter ] >> i will

air bnb is committed to getting it right.would work with the naacp to get more people of trouble to rent its home and said it would share 20 percent of with the naacp. their six-year-old cousin saved their two-year-old twins from the family's pool on sunday. now, the twins got into the pool area after it had been unlocked. meanwhile the six-year-old's mother was getting ready to leave but stopped to chat with the family a little bit longer. that was just enough time for the little boy to spot the twins in the pool outside. he ran outside pulled them from the water and called for help. and finally a former nfl pro bowl player became a hero yesterday after rescuing a pregnant woman from flood waters in kansas city. neal smith watched as the woman's car got stuck during heavy raining and flash flooding. now, he then waded through the waste high water to help her out. smith credits being in the right place at the right time for saving her life. >>> those are your trending stories this morning. back to you. >> hero indeed. >> two

one little note we just picked up today is that air bnb, like the hotel you can find on your phone, they'vepened up their emergency system. so if you're in euroyour car an listening on satellite radio and not sure where you're going, get out the air bnb app. they are opening up places for people to stay for free. >> you might not know the answer but southern texas has quite a few undocumented immigrants. are they able to go to any of these centers that you're being directed to by city officials? >> reporter: not only wide open, nobody checks on any of that but interestingly, one of the things that is held people up in years past has been animals. people don't want to leave because of pets. the buses that just left a half hour or so ago, they were taking everybody's pets, dogs. one of the police officers heroically went home, grabbed some of her pet food, brought it back so the people would have food for their pets. that is no longer an issue. people do need to recognize that the end of the day, every piece of the muzzpuzzle has been work out and things they think are true may not be possibl

also, air air b and air bnb scas are multiplying. click with caution.o the info and not.com for instance you could and probably are dealing with scammers. now, there's a new round of scams called making people think that they are in trouble for missing jury duty. many are asking you to pay a fine. don't fall for it. also, watch out for smishing, this is a phishing attempt cents over text message. many look like texts from your bank credit card notifications from the i.r.s. they look official so be careful especially if they ask you to click on some sort of link asking you about your password or your personal information. click with caution. more information right now and other tips from 6abc.com. brian and sharrie. >> alicia thank you. >>> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> but first "action news" continues next at 5:00 with a murder inves

if you want a room, it's going to be really expensive air bnb, a lot of people sold out their spaces for a lot of money. if you want to go somewhere interesting, hip camp.com, you can rent out the farmland or backyard if you want to stay with a bunch of horses in the middle of near, that's about $400. that's a real place along the path. >> that's cool. >> in the middle of nowhere, that's 400 bucks. >> you mentioned that the airline prices were about 400% higher and hotel prices are up is there other gouging taking place? >> you see it with airlines and hotels and other situations where people are seeing a local motel, where your reservation will get canceled other it's a computer glitch and now the price it ten times now there are reports of that. >> it's not just local businesses making money too, national brands are out there. >> national brands are out there. krispy kreme is doing a big thing. but the big echt seller amazon, anywhere else, it's these glasses. you can't look that's for you i brought mine. >> good, you won't make me nerd out. >> this is what you need to look at in t

also coming up in today's show air bnb has been busy deactivating accounts of people planning to visit in virginia. this weekend why they say the customers' plans violate their community guidelines. >>> and from meatballs to pickles to cheesecake, there's nothing that this new dining spot cannot infuse with orange chip dust. we'll tell you will where the first ever cheetos restaurant is located. that story coming up in big talkers today at 4:00. see you then, rick. >> that restaurant wouldn't be local, would it just out of curiosity. >> you'll just have to watch. >> thanks alicia. quick break. meteorologist karen rogers is back with your seven-day forecast from accuweather in just a moment. stay with us. rethink what's possible. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. flonase sensimist. ♪ >> a little league baseball team from montgomery county remains undefeated in their quest to reach the little league world series. big league defense helped

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. >> plus air bnb does it part to help with the shelter crisis in houston. i'm danny. you're danny?m steve. how are you? nice to meet you sir. no different from everyone else. they just want a job. they want respect and they want dignity. steve called fairly frantic. you know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. lauren brought out the best in me. she made me a different person. lauren's the spark that started the fire. the goal is keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> hi, everyone. it is 6 o'clock on this wednesday august 30. tam is off. jeanette reyes joins us. >> we're following breaking news this morning. firefighters battle the intense flames when a home caught fire in bucks county. but sadly, two people have died. >> rescue efforts continue as flood waters rise in southeast texas and now in parts o

. >>> millions of americans use sharing services like uber and air bnb but no more is it more popularome feel china may be sharing too much. >> bikes are big business in china. the country's two largest bike shares companies ofo and mobike complete a combined 50 million bikes every day. investors poured more than a billion dollars in the companies explaining the millions of bikes on the streets and massive piles of pedals growing. the sharing brings convenience this woman said but this is too much. like a friend who doesn't know when to stop china might we over sharing. you can share a basketball for 15 cents an hour. charge your phone? a power bank share for that. then came the shared beds, many called napping pods to make it sound slightly less gross. shortly after opening they were shut down for not meeting fire code. in china a entrepreneur opened his umbrella on a dark day and had what he thought was a bright idea. the umbrella share launched in shanghai turned out to be all wet. 300,000 umbrellas went missing, probably because people decided to keep them. >> in the u.s. people m

president trump's boyhood home is renting on air bnb. it will cost $725 a night. 1940 tudor style house is in queens, new york. it has five bedrooms and the listing says there is a giant cutout of the president in the living room. >> i used to live around the corner from there. >>> special honor for a local war hero. he put it all on the line for our country more than 70 years ago and he is finally getting the recognition he deserves. we told you about him. his service in the u.s. air force 72 years after being taken prisoner. he was too humble to demand recognition. his daughter found his military records. >>> the lawyer for tiger woods entered not guilty plea for the golfer today. woods was charged with dui in may when officers say he was asleep at the wheel. his attorney did not make comment as he walked out of the courthouse. woods had apparently been taking prescription drugs. he will be back in court in october where he is expected to plead guilty to a lesser charge. >>> the powerball drawing takes place tonight and top prize is $307 million. that number is

air bnb has told people who are neo-nazis, traveling to these rallies, you can't stay in an air bnb.guy that drove the car into heather heyer. ok cupid banned a neo-nazi saying he can't find dates. you think that's dangerous, why? >> nazis are the hardest case. i don't think matthew is the bad guy here. i'm more critical of people who have been kicking out these groups that are not just nazis, but folks who have unpopular political opinions with no due process, no free speech. matthew has said, i shouldn't have that power, i'm not worried about that. i'm sympathetic -- as i think matthew said, the hard case makes bads law. they're a hard case. there are a lot of people who i don't think are hard cases. they should have the right to be heard. we're not giving them a voice. >> the idea that you think some of these private businesses. >> people think of conservatives of being in favor of business running unfetterred and being anti-regulation, you've written about the federal government who you think overregulates businesses, coming in and regulating businesses like matthews as utilities

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air bnb is letting those affected by harvey stay for free.eople are staying in dallas, austin and san antonio homes until september 25th free of charge. a furniture company send out a large truck to rescue some 200 people and allowing them to stay in their warehouse for free. keep doing it. thanks for inviting us in your home. that's it for this special report. fair, planed and unafraid. "the story with martha maccallum" starts right now from new york. a special report online begins in seconds. todd: this is a fox news alert, breaking right now, major chemical plant 6 feet underwater exploding just moments ago. live on the ground in texas. you are watching "fox and friends" first. heather: straight to bed fox news alert, we learned two explosions at a chemical plant in crosby, texas. >> they are 6 feet underwater, griff jenkins live in houston with the latest. we knew this would happen at some point. it happened now. >> reporter: it happened at 2:00 am local time. good morning. here is what happened. when the ceo of the chemical plant put out

. >> a website called feast leave has been called the culinary equivalent to air bnb. night ranging from 30 to 120 bucks a a head. >> there is more chefs than there are restaurants in some cities. so there is a lot of frustrated home cooks that really want to showcase what they're able to do. >> after a welcome drink, and meeting with the chef, we are breaking bread with complete strangers in david's dining room. >> so you actually look forward -- >> the only rule? i couldn't sit next to my wife. i sat next to kathy for dinner, the experience puts the focus not just on the food, but the people you eat it with. >> i would do it again. just for the social aspect of it. i like meeting people. >> they enter as strangers, leave as friends. >> right now the feastly app only available in wilmington it, will go live in philly over the coming month, but the expectation for customers to have 40 to 50 pop up dinners to choose from every weekends n wilmington, chris o'connell, "fox 29 news." >> dinner date anyone? i'm up for it. that sounds cool. 5:53. love to make new friends. go

air bnb is letting those affected by harvey stay for free.are staying in dallas, austin and san antonio homes until september 25th free of charge. a furniture company send out a large truck to rescue some 200 people and allowing them to stay in their warehouse for free. keep doing it. thanks for inviting us in your home. that's it for this special report. fair, planed and unafraid. "the story with martha maccallum" starts right now from new york. a special report online begins in seconds. >> martha: good evening. i'm martha maccallum. good news tonight. a strong gdp report and tax reform that is in the report and we'll get to the big stories today. the fact of the matter is that the water is still rising. people are still tonight being rescued in the state of texas. >> we're flooded across the state. we have water five, six feet deep in some places. we have about 20,000 homes and i would estimate about 20,000 homes have water in them. >> martha: unreal numbers. port arthur and beaumont, look

she texted me to say after about an hour, they walked -- they're in an air bnb five blocks off the sceneered there down now. one of them ran out for take-out, pizza and ice cream and wine. because they were starving. but it's unbelievable. i don't know what the plan is. i don't know how long the city will be on lockdown. so i really don't know a lot yet. i can't talk to her. because the cell is down. >> shepard: from all that we're learning, cher, cher bartlett on the line with us from atlanta, daughter in barcelona. tomorrow they're going to pretty well get things back to normal. the indication is that services will be as normal testimony. they believe they have their suspect. i tell you what, if it's your 23-year-old daughter half a world away, i can only imagine what a rough day it's been. so glad she's safe and you're well and appreciate your perspective. >> thank you so much. i hope it's not a cluster issue. sometimes these attacks come in clusters. >> shepard: we certainly hope not. catherine herridge says the belief is that this was a small cell and this is the end of it and we ca

air bnb extenderring its hurricane harvey free housing program.can offer free housing to victims of the storm. the company has extended the program to hosts as far away as dallas in an effort to help house the estimated 30,000 people displaced. on stocks modest gains for stocks yesterday as investors shook off geopolitical tension. reports on gdp and private sector employment due out later today. that's the latest in business in new york. back over to you. >> maribel thank you. >>> the man suspected in a deadly hit-and-run in center city has turned himself in. only "action news" was there as 35-year-old brendan hey surrendered at police headquarters yesterday. investigators say he was driving the white jeep that struck 53-year-old anne broderick on the 1300 block of race street. this is august 6th. broderick died from her injuries and that suv drove off. hey's attorney says this client did not know he had hit anyone and that the charges are too harsh. hey will be charged with homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter. >>> police are looking

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. >> our hotels and air bnb's everybody is at capacity. >> reporter: it is a big change from the lasteclipse happened in 1979. >> there's it was just another day. dr.ed croft the director of the overrer to in los angeles says it is about time people got excited. he's traveled the world to see 14 total solar eclipses and says it's an unforgettable experience watching the moon move between the sun and the earth. >> when it goes total it's like someone has switched a light switch. the sun goes black completely. you see flame like structures around the edge of the sun. >> reporter: for those in the wide path where the total eclipse it will be fast. the sun will be covered towards to minutes 40 seconds. no matter where you're viewing the eclipse croft and other experts say it is critical that you wear and official eclipse glasses. sunglasses won't do enough to protects your eyes. marci gonzalez abc news, los angeles. >> and there is a special section of our web site all about the eclipse. we have tips on where you can go to watch the event plus some fun facts. you can find it all at 6abc.c

there is the aspect of air bnb.ry so losing something like that would be significant. they must be very annoyed if they are willing to lose that income. absolutely and i think a lot of the rhetoric is there are things more important than money and maintaining our city for ourselves is one of them. but they have to do strike a balance, they do not want to close the tourist trade because that would be fatal for the economy. there is a sense that people are profoundly tired of voting but this story is about who might ever win another general election. this is an interesting story and i cannot figure out if it is a silly season story or has legs. this guy used to be an adviser to george osborne and david davis which is interesting of itself because they are on different sides of the brexit debate and he has suddenly emerged as a twitter superstar, attacking brexit, attacking his former colleagues in the front bench of the conservative party and saying we need a third party because the tories and labour are not up to scr

based in houston and said all of the properties are operational so they may be able to assist and air bnbiving fees and enlisting support from renders director long said manufactured home and travel trailers will only be brought in as a last resort and do not expect to see those any time soon. >> i'm sure, diana, it's a relief to homeowners who have mortgages that they are waived for 90 days but after that they've got a mortgage on a property that may not be worth nearly as much as it when they took the mortgage out. >> exactly we did see that in the aftermath of hurricane katrina big spike in decline celinqueni four closures in houston you see nor home equity because of the way the mortgage market works today. we'll see if people walk away or rebuild or what kind of help they will get. >> diana, thank you. the video you're seeing was sent to us by our next guest. melissa is a real estate agent in bell air texas but trappeded in her home outside downtown houston. she's joining us now on news line to tell us what she's seeing right now thanks for joining us. we appreciate it >> you're welc

california, that is a provocation ignoring the times they have been launching missiles, kim.dubbadash air bnbgrandfather and we had a provocative ones. good to have you back again. what did you make of that reaction? >> we have known for a long time north korea was trying to get the capability, they were basically allowed to garner the capability unfettered during the obama administration. i wrote years ago that when they did a missile test that was a rocket launched into space, that was the sounding of the alarm because it could reach los angeles, seattle, san francisco, the west coast. the east coast didn't react but now that it is getting closer to the east coast all you elites on the washington dc new york city core door are alarmed by this. we have known for years that this is happening. we have to get very serious about sanctions, there is still time for diplomacy, sanctions are not going to be easy because the only sanctions i believe will work now are banking sanctions on the country of china. that is not without pain. neil: i am glad you said on the country of china, not one chinese

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. >> air bnb and uriber. them becoming public. >> if you look at the length of time at which companies have started getting funding compared with the time they've gone public, it's getting longer and longer and longer over time. and you know, jay clayton, who took the post at chhas made goi and ipo is one of his big platforms and priorities now, the question remains would any change in regulation encourage it to go public. >> it may be a different piece of this, as you have spotify, it's going to do a direct listing. you have other companies which say i'm fine being a privately held company, so it seems like and the sec saying well, we want to make it easier, we're going to let you file confidently, no matter what size you are what kind of impact do you think that's going to have >> firstly, the access to private capital continues to improve every yee. but the increase in public companies this year has been greater in terms of the private company market i think companies will still want to pursue private capi

that's been at expedia 12 years lately arguably they're under pressure they have home away, saw the air bnb thing coming. >> smart guy, financial type is he up to the challenges the company has in terms of dealing with key shareholder base, key constituency, existing shareholders and potential shareholders going forward, not his customers. customers don't care who the ceo is they want to get from a to b potential investors, future shareholders want to know what are you going to do for surge pricing. are you going to alienate customers, how are you going to manage >> what do you think he will do? what does that background bring to a company like uber. >> public appreciation for various stakeholder interests. >> he knows how to get a share price. >> having managed for future expectations so he doesn't offend future -- >>> hurricane harvey is a tropical storm, the flooding is incredible angie lassman joins us with the latest forecast. >> good morning. we're keeping an eye on harvey, continuing to be a problem for folks in southeast texas you can see what we are watching as far as radar goes st