owner mike ashley has reached a deal to sell the club for £300 million. consortium of investors headed by the english businesswoman amanda stavely. she previously tried to buy the club in 2017. the premier league has begun the process of carrying out its owners and directors test. i spoke to greg tomlinson, who's on the board of the newcastle united supporters' trust. definitely strange timing given we're all on lockdown for very good reason. but, yeah, it certainly feels like we're closer than we've been before. but ultimately the proof of the pudding is in the eating. until it's done, i will have some degree of scepticism despite it looking more progressed than ever before. we've been here before. how many times has mike ashley tried to sell newcastle united and it not occurred? but, yeah, it certainly does disappear from what we see and what we read closer than ever. the tour de france that was due to start at the end ofjune has been pushed back until august the 29th. i've spoken to geraint thomas about the two—month postponement. the 2018 champion joi

the protracted sale of newacstle united could soon be over. 0wner mike ashley has been looking for ae years and has reportedly agreed a deal to sell the club for £300 million. the prospective buyers are a saudi—led consortium of investors, headed by english businesswoman amanda staveley. she previously tried to buy the club in 2017. at the time, ashley described her as a time—waster. the premier league has begun the process of carrying out its owners and directors checks. former newcastle defender steve howey says the club needs an injection of cash. i think you need to invest in the clu b i think you need to invest in the club itself, invest in players, and that grows and helps the area. on the inside, the club really hasn't been touched, so that needs addressing, but obviously, as all fans, they want to see investment in the club on players. it's been somewhat lacking, shall we say, undermike somewhat lacking, shall we say, under mike ashley. the deputy general secretary of european leagues, the voice of professional football across 29 countries, says it's impossible to say when th

norwich, bournemouth and newcastle united, owned by billionaire mike ashley, will also furlough nonplayingsing taxpayer money and topping up salaries so they will be paid in full. it was newcastle united that became the first premier league club to do this. they e—mailed staff here on monday saying the decision to furlough had been taken in order to safeguard the club's future, but across the football world, there are other clubs taking different steps in order to cut costs. barcelona players like lionel messi are taking a 70% pay cut to help nonsporting staff. atjuventus, the players and manager agreed to freeze their pay temporarily, while eddie howe became the first premier league manager to take a voluntary pay cut. and in the championship, leeds united's players and senior staff have volunteered to take a wage deferral. but so far there's been no collective action from premier league footballers. it would go down so much better if the players came out and said, "this is what we want to do, we've had a meeting, this is what we are doing as a group, this is what we're doing as a team, w

frustrated newcastle united fans will be pleased to hear that mike ashley is on the brink of sellinghe club. the controversial owner has reportedly agreed a £300 million deal. he set out to raise £1,000 for the nhs, now he's on £4 million — war vet captain tom earns praise from around the world for his fund raising efforts. good morning, patrick mist and fog and a pocket of frost but for most of us try and find. —— patchy. more cloud, windier with some spots of rain. more details later. it's wednesday, the 15th of april. our top story: all care home residents and staff in england who show symptoms of coronavirus are to be offered a test by the government. it comes after outbreaks were confirmed in more than 2,000 care homes. providers say more testing is vital to control the spread of the virus and to enable staff who are self—isolating to return to work. keith doyle reports. reads: "we'll be there with you." with no family allowed to visit their care home, it's care workers that read the last messages from loved ones. reads: "for now, grandma, this is goodbye, but i know that you wi

documents lodged at companies house show that 0wner mike ashley has entered into an agreement for a saleinancier amanda stavely. their offerfor the club has been on the table for some time and is thought to be worth somewhere in the region of £300 million. the team gb sailing team had already been named for the tokyo 0lympics this summer before they were postponed and the squad of 15 will stay the same. that means that the olympic champion hannah mills, will have to delay her plan to leave the sport. i was feeling kind of looking forward in a way to retirement and what that might hold for me in september. it was a big hurdle for me mentally to overcome, thinking i have got another year of putting my life on hold almost and to give everything i've got to put myself in a better mental and physical place. it really is consuming to add another year to it. and then you have got the question of, will my body even hold up? there all these questions going round in your head. to have the date set for next summer, to have the selection confirmed, it brings back the reality of how amazing and what

norwich, bournemouth and newcastle united, owned by billionaire mike ashley, will also furlough non—playingwill be paid in full. newcastle became the first premier league club to do this. they e—mailed staff on monday saying the decision to furlough them had been taken in order to safeguard the club's future, but across the football world, there are other clubs taking different steps in order to cut costs. it would go down so much better if the players came out and said "this is what we want to do, we had a meeting, this is what we are doing as a group, this is what we're doing as a team, we are going to take a pay cut, are going to take a reduction in our wages because we want to do it. we want to give it to the nhs. we want to give it to wherever the money is going to go." barcelona players like lionel messi are taking a 70% pay cut to help nonsporting staff. atjuventus, the players and manager agreed to freeze their pay temporarily, while eddie howe became the first premier league manager to take a voluntary pay cut. and in the championship, leeds united's players and senior staff have v

in the sport, mike ashley is on the brink of selling newcastle united for £300 million to a consortiumtish businesswoman amanda staveley. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after weeks of asking, care providers are being promised testing for all care home residents and staff in england with covid—i9 symptoms. the government pldege comes after charities said the virus was "running wild" amid outbreaks at more than 2,000 homes. providers also complain that deaths among residents are being "airbrushed" out of official figures and they're demanding much greater support for the industry. our health correspondent lauren moss reports. we will be there with you. heartbreak in goodbye from a family unable to visit their grandmother. their final words unable to visit their grandmother. theirfinal words to her unable to visit their grandmother. their final words to her read unable to visit their grandmother. theirfinal words to her read by unable to visit their grandmother. their final words to her read by a ca re their final words to her read by a care worker. for now, grandma, t

norwich, bournemouth and newcastle united, owned by billionaire mike ashley, will also furlough non—playing staff saying that the e—mail —— decision had been taken to safeguard their future. but across the world other football clu bs a re across the world other football clubs are taking different steps to cut costs. it would go down so much better if the players came out and said "this is what we want to do, we had a meeting, this is what we are doing as a group, this is what we're doing as a team, we are going to take a pay cut, are going to take a reduction in our wages because we want to do it. we want to give it to the nhs. we want to give it to wherever the money is going to go." barcelona players like lionel messi are taking a 70% pay cut to help nonsporting staff. atjuventus, the players and manager agreed to freeze their pay temporarily, while eddie howe became the first premier league manager to take a voluntary pay cut. and in the championship, leeds united's players and senior staff have volunteered to take a wage deferral. the rest could soon follow, with the subject set to be d

mike: yeah. ashleying to move away from this pig. it's too aggressive. john: got it. and how about rhythm, blues, and barbeque? i just thought that was really a great tag line and a lot of fun. brad: i really like this one. ashley: i like it, too. brad: it's eye-catching. it's got the spirit of lucille's kind of in the design. john: sounds good. mike: so we'll put that together for you. that does well. lemonis: it sells? john: yeah, it sells well. mike: $20,000 order in every couple of month. john: pretty good. versus one t-shirt a month. ♪ lemonis: what's up, guys? john: what's up? in order for them to really expand their horizons and create new lines and diversify the product offering, i'm taking these guys to a cut-and-sew factory. how are you? i'm marcus. robby: pretty good. nice to meet you. lemonis: nice to meet you. robby: so here, we do cutting, pattern making, design, development, production. everything mostly we do is u.s. cotton. john: it's really nice quality. lemonis: do you have different

ashley: yeah, exactly. mike, thank you. lauren, news today that target delivery workers staging a walkout, right? lauren: they are planning to. these are the contractors from the service called shipt, s-h-i-p-t. they are saying we are on the front lines delivering all these items for shoppers but we want $5 per order in hazard pay, we want more gear, more masks and gloves, and they want 14 days' paid sick leave. right now if you do test positive for coronavirus, you get that leave but not if you are just sick. they plan to stage a walkout today. ashley: all right. we will continue to follow that story. thank you very much. what are some of the stocks you're watching, mr. murphy? let's begin with disney. what about disney? >> so you know, disney has shut down their parks and there's been a lot of concern after their last quarrying earnings announcement that was good. bob iger was leaving. remember, the stock trading from $150 area all the way down to below $100 a share. again, longer time horizon, i look at theme parks will

ashley strohmeyer. now back to "hannity." ♪ >> mike: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity."ing tonight, beijing rejecting secretary of state pompeo's request for access to the wuhan lab that u.s. intel officials believe is linked to the virus outbreak. and not only that, we are also now learning that china's coronavirus cases may have been up to four times would officials reported. that according to a study out of hong kong. here to explain more isff the author of the book "the coming collapse of china," gordon chang. i'm delighted you are here.th i don't know anyone who can speak to this more clearly and effectively.d just how much misinformation do you believe we are seeing from china right now on coronavirus? >> from the very beginning of the outbreak until now, there has been one piece of misinformation after another. and the reason is for the communist party, the most important thing is controlling the narrative. we learned that, governor, on january 26 when the communist party announced its task force for the coronavirus epidemic,as there was nine people on the roster.

across california people are asking how soon the state mike returned to normal could be a little sooner than expected capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. these graphs show county by county state health and human services secretary mark galli showing the declining trend lines and steady hospitalization rates of covid-19 across california, this is a point of pride for californians that we've done so well with what we've been doing galli said friday california may be hitting its hospitalization peak now as opposed to what was projected to hit in mid-may what that tells us is that if we continue. >>doing the wonderful things that californians have banded together to do that we may actually continue on this trend and avoid a higher slope. the line that we have been planning the route governor newsome applauding californians for staying home and physical distancing but urging the state to continuous effort even with temptations like easter sunday this weekend, the future happens inside of us its decisions not. >>conditions that will determine the fate and future of this model, your individual decisions. >>despite the positiv

ashley stroud meyer. angus king reportedly telling people mike pence failing to develop the program is a dereliction of dutys say they will agree to the demands of her additional hospital funding and keeping the small business payroll plunging. talks will continue this weekend debated u.s. stock markets bailing friday and closing back-to-back weekly gain since the current sell-off began two months ago graded stock prices rising on investor hopes about the encouraging report of a possible coronavirus treatment. if dow gaining more than 700 points. the indexes are rising as well. i'm ashley strohmeyer it now back to "the ingraham angle" for all new headlines log onto foxnews.com. ♪ >> laura: it's friday, that means it's time for "friday folly." with a plan to save us from the coronavirus, if he can get it out and joining us with all the details, raymond arroyo, fox news contributor and author, his book now available on paperback. poor joe is doing his best to stay in our minds during the crisis. >> he is, laura, the problem is the content into better releasing statements at that point which brings us to our n

ashley are making and selling keychains that say spread love and wash your hands. the girls have made enough to feed 200 kids. their goal is to raise enough money to feed 2,000 children. mikeng. so cute. and really like working for a great cause. >> this generation is really starting to understand what it means to give to others and to put others ahead of you. and i think that's a fantastic lesson to learn at such a young age and to grasp it and take a hold of it and own it. congratulations to them and to the rest of us who will benefit from it. let's take a look at what is going on with live doppler 7. i have it dialed down into the south street level especially 101 wet right now and possibility of it changing over to snow 3,000 feet whether it is the santa cruz mountains or diablo range. you can see it encroaching and that will rotate to the north. all of us have a chance of wet weather and all of u h thunders mainly south of monterey, but they will move to the north with that low down to our south rotating them up towards us. so, the greatest amount of rain will fall today. you can see the forecast model here really has a bullseye on the east bay hills. it's got the hea

from vice president mike pence, who said a potential covid-19 hot spot, and residents are urged to practice social distancing guidelines. pittsburgh also being monitored a.i'm ashleyow back to "tucker carlson tonight." >> tucker: the wuhan coronavirus is called that because it began in the city of wuhan and spread across the world because chinese ieauthorities might about it, bt instead of holding them accountable, the western press often sounds like chinese propaganda. here's a recent tweet from nbc, as if you need more evidence. but here it is. "the u.s.. reports 160,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, but meanwhile in th china, not a single coronavirus death was reported. noticed that nbc, the news gatherers, never bother to ask why, as every western city's shutdown, life in beijing and shanghai is completely normal. why is that, by the way? someone should get to the bottom of that. political bias is one reason -- they defended ms-13 when he attacked them. but there is more than that going on, a financial interest at the bottom of this that you should know about. thanks so much for coming on. your reporting shows that many big american media companies aren't si

ashley, we know from senator grassley now there is a bipartisan group of senators who are very concerned about the the inspectors general. we saw mike at atkinson from the intelligence community now as well some of the others hhs, criticism of the hhs inspector general. these are the watchdogs who report directly to congress and he's still resisting, in fact, appointing the inspector general who was supposed to oversea this enormous, $2 trillion. there's a quote from grassley bipartisan letter of senators to the president, congressional intent is clear that an expression of lost confidence without further explanation is not sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the statute. it's our responsibility to determine there are clear, substantial reasons for the removal, the removal of atkinson. ashley? >> well, the president is absolutely resisting oversight. it's not necessarily new. he's perhaps more brazen now in the middle with the cover of the coronavirus in a certain way than he has before. that's why you're seeing the rare bipartisan alarm on capitol hill. i would point out it's especially stark during this pandemic. it's not ju

mike. >>> in the south bay, one woman is giving a little escape from the real world right now and she's doing it with arts and craft supplies and a little fairy magic. dan ashley the details >> reporter: there's a new neighborhood of sorts in san jose. fairy glen. lily has transformed the area in front of her willow glen home on celestine avenue into a fairy wonderland. a plan that has been in the works for months. ever since she first saw an article about a similar idea. >> that was it. i knew i have to do this. >> reporter: lily was waiting for summer to unveil her magic, but after the stay-at-home order went into effect, she got to work. she hung decorations from trees and attached fairy doors to the trunks. >> i wanted to bring joy and positive messaging to kids and their families and no better time than doing it now. >> reporter: every day, lily discreetly adds a new door with a little message written on it. sometimes kids leave something in return. >> not me, but fairies get a lot of notes from the kids. and on those they express how happy they are that the fairies are here. my heart fills up with joy every single time. it just never gets old. >> reporte

ashley, thank you very much indeed. the president is offering federal storage space for this oil, which the drillers really cannot sell. mike us, on the phone, american petroleum institute president. mike, i would call this, if you don't mind, i would call this is a disasterous situation for the energy producers of this country. we've got, we had a forecast yesterday from a leading oil analyst who says the price could well drop below $10 a barrel. sir, this is a disaster. >> certainly is a disaster, stu. thanks for having me on today. it is a similar disaster that every company in the united states is having, the shock that we have right now mainly the demand shock. so just to put it into numbers, you know, there are some analysts who think that the demand in this country, in the world is going down to 80 billion barrels a day. that is 20 million barrel-a-day drop. that is certainly is concerning and, we're concerned about it, because it really is hurting american oil and gas producers. stuart: there is not much you can do about it, really, is there? >> well i think -- stuart: saudis and russians to stop their war, but, the

there are people waiting to take over, mike and senator nina turner are ready to take the party over and pick the ball up where he obviously dropped it. ashleyzlyn, you're a great guest. you are very clear on your points. you make them clearly. that is something we love on this show. tezlyn, thank you so much for joining us. it will be fascinating to follow what happens here. your message has been heard. let's bring in lauren. you have news from kansas? lauren: yeah. churches in kansas could be open on easter sunday. ashley: oh. lauren: this is what happened, the governor there, democrat banned social garterses of more than 10 people but then the republican state legislature voted to overturn that ruling, essentially sending the message, yeah, churches could be open for easter sunday. governor kelly is seeking legal counsel to challenge that in court. this what you need to know about kansas, they do have outbreaks in the state. they think that is centered around church gaaterss. that is where it started. past 24 hours, 40% increase of number of deaths in kansas to 38 with more than 1000 infections of coronavirus, ashley. ashley: interesting

ashley: sure. stuart: let me get back to this week at the white house and the virus task force briefing. mike, the mypillow guy, he upset a lot of people and the media when he said this. roll tape, please. >> god gave us grace on november 8th, 2016 to change the course we were on. god had been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation turned its back on god. and i encourage you it use this time at home to get back in the word. read our bibles and spend time with our families. stuart: there you heard it. his advice was, get back to your family, read your bible. mike lindell joins us right know. he is on the screen, right-hand side of the screen right there. you faced quite a lot of backlash from this. why do you think that the -- >> reminds me of three years ago, when better business bureau attacked me when i went all-in for the p you remember that? stuart: i do remember that. why did you face such a backlash because you said go read the bible? >> you know, i don't understand it. i think, you know, what a perfect time for the greatest revival ever to get back. our nation did turn its back o

mike murphy, thank you very much indeed. i want to move on quickly to the auto makers, the big three. general motors, ford, fiat chrysler. ashley, do we have some startup dates for them? ashley: we do, although ford has not confirmed this. they are looking, the three big auto makers, gm, ford and fiat chrysler looking to open may 18th. now, originally, the start date was may 4th but the uaw balked at that, saying they didn't believe the science and data was strong enough to allow for that earlier opening so we have been told that may 18th is the projected date for these three auto makers that were shut down since march 20th and it's been incredibly expensive. just in the first month, ford burned through $8 billion in cash. they need to get up and running and when they do, it's going to be on a limited basis. they will start to slowly ramp up production. but these are factories mostly in michigan but elsewhere around the country, in some states they have perhaps looser rules but may 18th is the date. stuart: okay. we will take it. ashley, thank you. look at futures. rising constantly throughout the morning. this back-to-work mov

mike murphy, thanks again. see you again soon. thank you. >>> let's go to ash. some big events i believe around the world are being canceled. is that right? what have you got? ashleyh in europe, stu. the so-called running of the bulls scheduled to begin in early july has been canceled. great news for the bulls. not so great news for the economy. that's $162 million loss from that. and octoberfest in munich, germany. it runs through all of september and early october, a few days into october. six million visitors were expected this year. the economic loss estimated at $1.3 billion. there's a lot of disappointed beer lovers in germany and elsewhere. stuart: dry your tears, ashley. you're not headed to munich any time soon. now then, i like this news. the state of georgia will allow some businesses to reopen starting april 24th. that is this week. georgia congressman barry loudermilk is with us. congressman, welcome back. good to see you. i like the idea of being able to get a haircut again. suppose in your state, supposing people congregate in groups, five or six, and start getting close to each other, would you rescind this reopening order? >> i don't think we are