meanwhile, "batgirl" herself, leslie grace, weighing in on instagram saying to every batgirl fan, thank life. >> crazy. >> it's crazy. a $90 million mistake. >> the fact that the movie was pretty much almost done. >> yeah. >> whit? > dog days of summer. "gma" kicking off dogust all week long, celebrating the work of shelters all over the country, helping more than 80 pups find their forever homes. and this morning the history-making rescue of thousands of beagles and the search to find each one a family. take a look. it's the historic dog rescue operation that's given nearly 4,000 beagles a new leash on life. the humane society of the united states taking on its biggest undertaking yet, rescuing thousands of hungry, sick and mistreated dogs that were bound for animal testing labs. >> right now we mobilized about half of those. they're on their way to shelters. some have already been adopted to forever homes. others are at our care and rehab center. >> reporter: this transfer plan comes as a result of a may lawsuit filed by the department of justice against invigo, a pharmaceutical and b

so whether or not the batgirl movie _ form. so whether or not the batgirl movie will _ form.british actor, who starred in the oscar—winning "slumdog millionaire", dev patel, who broke up a knife fight while he was in australia. the actor witnessed the altercation in adelaide on monday. a man and a woman were reportedly fighting in the street and at a convenience store, when the man was stabbed in the chest. dev patel�*s spokesman says the star, who was with a group of friends, "acted on his natural instinct", and successfully de—escalated the situation. they remained on site to ensure the police and the ambulance arrived. what a hero. back for the business next. hello, there. we've had some exceptional weather through july and statistics came through this week to show that it was the driest on record in some southern and eastern parts of the uk, and there's little sign of any rain here for the rest of the week and into the weekend. but it's notjust been dry across the south and east. across the whole of the uk, through the summer so far — the meteorological summer, june, july

but it will not be this one, batgirl. _ attention. but it will not be | this one, batgirl. the uk's most influential civil rights campaigners, roy hackett, has died, at the age of 93. he helped organise the bristol bus boycott, the campaign in1963, to end the bristol 0mnibus company's colour bar, on employing black and asian people. the protests that followed paved the way for the race relations act. 0ur correspondent, jo black, looks back at his life. trying is what i did in my life, in my whole life, i keep trying. for 60 years, roy hackett dedicated his life fighting for racial equality. in 1963, he was one of the driving forces behind this campaign, the bristol bus boycott. the protest, which sought to overturn a ban by bristol 0mnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. back then, it was legal for companies to discriminate against someone because of the colour of their skin. there were cards in the door — no irish, no gypsies, no black were no dogs. bristol, it wasn't like it is today. it was very hard for us to find a place to live, number one

. >>> "batgirl's" wings clipped. why warner bros. is shelving the new superhero movie, and what the star is now saying. ♪ i've got friends in low places ♪ >>> and we've got a few special "gma" friends with us this morning. >> you are getting the new and improved me. >> brad pitt and the all-star cast of "bullet train." >>> plus, country music megastar garth brooks joins us live. >>> i'm sorry, from where? where was that again? >> i'll finish it up. live from times square, good morning, america. well, good morning, america. good morning, good morning, good morning. garth brooks is here. >> oh, he always brings it. >> every single time. >>> we've got a lot of news to get to as well. we'll start with the brutal heat. 70 million americans are waking up under heat advisories. >> ginger is here with the record-breaking temperatures. ginger, we don't have to tell you the northeast is bracing for what will feel like the triple digits in some areas. good morning. >> good morning to you, robin. it is already in the upper 70s in new york city.

batgirl was defeated by the lethal strategic shift and corporate strategy. in corporate strategy.a newly merged company, that combined the old warner brothers, that's familiar to movie goers for more than a century, with discovery, maker of some reality programming. and as the new executive team came in, theyjust decided to shift strategy. this movie, batgirl, is actually intended to go directly to hbo max, the streaming service, but its budget approaches that of a theatrical release. under the new management, the company thinks that these big budget films really should have some sort of a theatrical run — audiences should see them in theatres, generate some ticket sales and buzz, and then go to the streaming service. this movie, however, was not quite good enough for theatrical release, would have required an additional investment on the part of warner bros discovery, and then another $30 million, $50 million to promote it, to get audiences excited to see it in theatres. so, that additional cost just was not worth it in the estimation of the new executive team at warner bros disc

so batgirl will have company in the on appointment line.hile batgirl was never released, but somehow both got the exact same number of viewers. but sadly for now batgirl will have to make back money the old-fashioned way, dancing on that bat pole. a sexist would say! tyrus, what is wrong with this movie that it's -- >> nothing is wrong. this is great. good for him, glad david is here. you make a movie about checking a box and you want to check on the boxes and add all the people and all this and that at this and that and then the script socks so you're going to run a movie that's going to ruin your franchise you can be woke and then realizing woke is broken if you did the right thing, we are going to stop this now because yes, we could make your happy political movie, but no one's going to buy. or we could save the company and start making good movies again with actor second act in people -- nothing against the people involved with this but there's a reason why you say no, and it's the writing it if the ideas and it's the woke stuff and the

shelves batgirl. why the movie studio decided to pull back on the multimillion dollar project. >>> democrats in the senate appeared to have enough votes to pass sweeping legislation on climate, healthcare and taxes. >>> kyrsten sinema, the final holdout in her party but she agreed to support the deal last night after exact team concessions. without? killing the carried interest loophole that enables investors and other investment managers to pay lower taxes and it defies death once again courtesy of senator kyrsten sinema. what's in? funds to fight climate change including investments or rebates tops that household energy costs. tax credits to reduce carbon emissions. prescription drug price reform where medicare will be able to negotiate the price of certain drugs. the expansion of obamacare subsidies, many for irs tax enforcement and a corporate minimum tax and a 1% tax on stock buybacks. although the final form is still uncertain. senator kyrsten sinema asked for changes on how the package was stru

that's what the movie world is wondering after warner brothers scrapped their new batgirl release, filmederchant city were just some of the locations used for what should have been the latest dc comics movie, batgirl. the film, starring leslie grace and michael keaton, was due to be released in cinemas and on the streaming platform hbo max later this year, until overnight warner brothers scrapped its release, leaving fans disappointed. i am very disappointed as a dc fan and a fan of the character, hoping to see this character on the screen with hbo. also on a personal level and as a latino, having a latina actress in leslie grace leading this film, it hurts on a personal level because there is a lack of representation for the latino community within hollywood. with a budget of more than $70 million, warner brothers said the decision not to release the film was due to a strategic shift under new leadership, ultimately meaning the company is investing in movies made for the cinema rather than streaming, a decision that has surprised the industry. i am quite shocked and i think it is quite g

well, it was too woke so should it not be called "batgirl" but that person?ot have gender for the superheroes? think about how bad this movie had to suck for them to cancel a comic book movie which is the only thing people go to skip the box office. nobody watches anything else. this had to be with all respect to michael keaton "the worst thing ever made." >> this might be the most expensive movie made and canceled appearance between $90 million and cancel that bad appeared the screenplay for this the previous work by one credit, -- "the washington post" up that we talked about in the film version. >> maybe it was a good movie. >> leslie grace, who by the way i like her. she said on the heels of the recent movie of "batgirl," i am proud of the love, work and all the incredible cast put into this film over seven months in scotland. imagine being one of these actors. and what, by the way as to what for hollywood? that is like to too chocolate for me. you could put chocolate on ribs and i will eat it. [laughter] that is my version of wokeness in hollywood. it go

john, back to your question about "batgirl" the company decided to shelve its $90 million "batgirl" movieease it on streaming a lot of backlash there. i'm hearing it is due to a number of factors, including the fact they did a test screening and the reaction by fans was not positive of course, they get an accounting benefit if they write it down as a loss rather than releasing it on the streamer guys >> yeah, i had heard the tax excuse interesting about the test screening. just an amazing story, julia >>> meanwhile, "the journal" puts on page one this piece about netflix building an ad machine they spent years resisting and talking about cpms that would rival the cost of, say, nfl games i wonder if you think that's too optimistic or not? >> it is very optimistic i mean, look, you have to break down why would it be a good thing for netflix to be showing off how expensive its ads would be what they're basically messaging with that is saying our ads will be so effective, we're going to have such amazing ability to target an also measure those ads' impact that we will be able to charge these

warner brothers has pulled the plug on batgirl. a superhero movie is no longer hitting hbo max later on this year. according to the production company, the budget for the movie starring leslie grace had grown from $5 million to $90 million. the company said grace is an incredibly talented actress, and the decision is not a reflection of her performance. shocked by the news, the directors of the film posted this statement on instagram that says in part, as directors, it is critical that our work be shown to audiences. and while the film was far from finished, we wished that fans all over the world would are the opportunity to see and embrace the final film themselves. >>> well, there is yet another virus to be concerned about here in the bay area. just ahead, the santa clara county plan to get rid of mosquitos with the west nile virus. >>> plus, a burned out boat on its way in pieces to the bay area. a major demolition on the sacramento river. >>> and a fly ball to deep right, blanks to the track. it is gone! he has hit another one.

batgirl was a big deal for glasgow, it brought almost 2000 jobs to the local film industry and streetsing. so, whilst we won't see batgirl 2 swooping into glasgow anytime soon, it won't be the last bit of hollywood to come to town. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello. with a hosepipe ban starting across parts of hampshire and the isle of wight tomorrow, we could really do with some rainfall but there's nothing for the rest of this week and i think even next week will stay bone dry as well. look at england as a whole, throuthanuary tojuly, only two thirds of the normal rainfall. but back in 1976, it was even drier than that. there is no rain in the forecast, bone dry for the next five days across a majority of england again and i don't see much rain falling next week either, so this extended period of dry weather is set to continue. today, plenty sunshine across england and wales but in scotland and northern ireland, more of a mixture with passing showers, the majority of those to the north of northern ireland, across the hebridies and highlands in scotland

ifeel sorry that film with batgirl the first film of all time.quent protests paved the way for the race relations acts. our correspondentjo black looks back at his life. 1963, and this campaign was known as the bristol bus boycott. back then, it was legal for companies to discriminate against somebody because of the colour of their skin. the point is that whilst we cani obtain white labour in this city, we intend to go on in i engaging white labour. this protest sought to overturn a ban by bristol omnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. one of the driving forces was jamaican—born roy hackett. there were placards at the door, no irish, no gypsies, no blacks, no dogs. it wasn't like it is today. it was very hard for us to find a place to live, number one, and it was very hard for a black man to get a job here in bristol. the bus protests saw the company change its policies, and helped to pave the way for the race relations acts of 1965 and 1968. roy hackett�*s name became synonymous with civil rights, and his tireless c

without batgirl, who's gonna fight... i wanna say... the penguinette? lady joke.never see a movie studio bail on a project this completely, especially because they've already spent an estimated $90 million, which they are now taking as a tax write-off. explains warner brothers' next movie: "the deductible hulk." ( laughter ) ( applause ) we've got a great show for you tonight. my guests are james taylor and actor colman domingo. but when we come back, cnn's in trouble, and i'm the only one who can save it. stick around. ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervivenerve relief from the world's #1 selling nerve care company. nervive contains alpha lipoic acid to relieve occasional nerve aches, weakness and discomfort. try nervivenerve relief. bubbles bubbles bubbles bubbles there are bubbles everywhere! as an expedia member you earn points on top of your airline miles. so you can go see even more of all the world's bubbles. ♪♪ whenever heartburn strikes get fast relief with tums. it's time to love food back. ♪ tum

what is interesting some of the programing kind of shifts, they got rid of "batgirl,." liz: that is movie they spent 90 million on. >> too politically correct. people hated it. what is the one you heard they brought over? liz: that was it. batgirl. >> something to hbo? liz: no. chip and joanna's network, entire magnolia network. you don't know chip and joanna? >> chip. liz: i love chip. i love joanna. >> what do they do? liz: home repair. what is their show? >> what i love about zaslav, risen i think he is one of the few decent guys in this crummy business, to be honest with you. he is a good manager. he worked his way up from the top. i really like david personally. liz: of course. >> listen, the trail of failed mergers like this is long. now remember, he is taking the vestiges of aol-time warner in 20, 2,000. 22 years later he is trying to fix that ill-fated merger, taking the warner part. this is tough going. he has 3 billion to cut. he has got a sagging stock price although it is up on our stories. investors like the cutting part. liz: very little over the past 10 y

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cancelation of its batgirl movie happened because the script was too woke. apparently the red flag is wheno the riddler asked batgirl, what is a woman as good? and a recent podcast, a green bay packers quarterback, aaron rodgers saidd he took ayahuascaos last season and it's likely those drugs helped him have the best season of his career, said barry bonds. >> yeah, me too. yes. fans of the new york jets are also requesting drugs. in a related story, fans of the oakland raiders are requesting parol at russian court since wnba player brittney griner did nine years in prison for drug possession. h the judge said the lengthy sentence was to make sure t greiner's not just a bunch ofea smaller players nested inside each other. russian president dolls took me a while. he asked me if i was funny. now i get it took me a while. meanwhile, donald trumpmeed criticized the proposed a prisoner swap of griner in ted exchange for a russian arms dealer. he proposedde a new deal where russia keeps griner and we send back yakov smirnoff. i like yakob. you guys can yakob. sd t

[ cheers and applause ] i want to see the batgirl movie! kind of feel like this one is on us, right? what did we expect him to do? entrusting donald trump with our national secrets is like asking r. kelly to babysit. [ moans and laughter ] r. kelly fans in here? you guys like r. kelly? [ scattered applause ] >> lamorne: okay. it's great. this is a weird one. have you been following the herschel walker campaign? you have? yeah, you're big into it? well, i don't know herschel personally. but i grew up watching the guy. man, was he a great football player. now he's running for the senate. and he's got a lot of you would say interesting ideas. for example, this is what he had to say the other night about the democrats' new climate bill. >> they continue to try to fool you. but they're not helping you out. because a lot of the money is going to trees, you know that, don't you? they're going to trees. we got enough trees. don't we have enough trees around here? [ laughter ] >> lamorne: yeah. a lot of trees. this reminds me of that age-old questio

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yet the movie batgirl is scrapped by its creators before its release.

has pulled the plug on "batgirl" six months after film production wrapped up. >> the $90 million filmrring leslie grace was meant for hbo max. the entire cast and the director were reportedly blindsided. >> the studio said the decision is not a reflection on grace's performance. reports say it had to do with finances and poor audience testing. >> seems like there's more to the story there. >> yeah. they made "water world," so why not make this? just saying. >>> thank you for watching. the news continuing streaming on cbs news bay area. >> we'll see you back here at 11:00. >> i kind of liked "water world." it was okay. >> over budget. >> it was okay. it was kevin costner on a boat. not announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [cheering and applause] steve: thank y'all, everybody. i appreciate it. thank you very much. i appreciate y'all. yeah. well, welcome to "family feud," everybody. i'm your man steve harvey. [cheering and applause] well, well, we got a good one for you today, folks. returning for their fif

gabe gutierrez now on the major shakeup in the streaming wars >> reporter: from cnn plus to that batgirlly canceled multi-million dollar streaming projects is growing. now the latest sign the industry is changing rapidly new data shows about 19% of subscribers that paid premium services such as netflix, apple tv plus, and hbo max among others canceled three or more subscriptions over the past two years so-called serial churners >> they might have some services they're loyal to but others they cycle through, watch one show and then move on >> reporter: the average monthly defection rate among paid services in the u.s. is now more than 5% college student avi vo just dumped hbo max after he finished watching "succession." >> i definitely can't afford to subscribe to each and every platform >> reporter: comcast, nbc universal's parent company, just announced that subscriptions for its streaming service peacock has stayed flat while peacock's losses have hit $467 million, though the company says revenue is growing still, across the industry consolidation is already under way earlier this mont

warner bros has scrapped its upcoming batgirl film just months before its planned release date afternd the film was scheduled for release later this year in cinemas and on hbo max. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more on this. let's not cut any bones about this. $90 million they have spent on this film and they think it is so bad they will not let anyone see it. normally this time in a report, as i'm speaking, you would run pictures of the trailer. there is no trailer for the film, they knew this was a stinker from the off. we just didn't comic con in san diego were all the big superhero movies of the year are in of it there was no mention of this. at you talked about glascow, my hometown spent a to warner brothers for back arrow to be filmed there. warner brothers for bat girl to be filmed there. they have put out a statement today saying it is still giving the city an economic boost that is not affected by the film not coming out. how can that not be rubbish? the whole point of having people film in your city is that people see the film and think, "i want to go w

warner brothers has scrapped its upcoming batgirl film, just months before it's due to be released, after simmons and brendan fraser, was filmed entirely in glasgow. production reportedly cost more than $70 million, and the film was scheduled for release later this year, in cinemas and on hbo max. one of the uk's most influential civil rights campaigners, roy hackett, has died, at the age of 93. he helped organise the bristol bus boycott, the campaign in 1963, to end the bristol 0mnibus company's colour bar on employing black and asian people. the protests that followed paved the way for the race relations act. 0ur correspondent, jo black, looks back at his life. trying is what i did in my life, in my whole life, i keep trying. life, in my whole life, i keep t inc. ., ~:: life, in my whole life, i keep t in. ., <1, life, in my whole life, i keep t in, ., £1, trying. for 60 years, roy hackett _ trying. for 60 years, roy hackett dedicated - trying. for 60 years, roy hackett dedicated his - trying. for 60 years, roy hackett dedicated his life fighting for racial equality. in 1963, he was one

i'm thinking about the new batgirl movie which has already been shot. >> the key thing is amortizationing at the amount of debt that the team brought in, looking at what he can do specifically with hbo max, i think we will see less of a culling. the earnings report -- what we are seeing is that hbo max skews male and discovery skews female. as discovery plus comes in, they are saying we are already making this content, it's doing well on cable, some are going to bring that to hbo max. they can focus on scripted content that works. we think we will not see as much of a culling as the reports made it out to be. when you talk about streaming services, there is far too much content. we are in an oversaturated market and it has never been easier for subscribers to say this is mediocre and this is great. content isn't performing, why keep it on the platform? emily: let's talk about paramount plus. service has been a minnow thus far but it has been racking up subscribers. the bottom line doesn't look great so far. top gun, yellowstone. will people pay for four streaming services? >> before in

batgirl was probably going to blow up and he inherit it had and inherited a miss and knows he has a dysfunctional corporate culture in warner bro's and from what i understand, his people are signaling to me and they're telling me he's right now scrambling the eggs. that means everything is on the table in terms of restructuring, combining, and layoffs are coming. he wants to take the pain up front. he believes he has enough cash flow and he has enough -- and he can cut enough expenses to pay down the $55 billion in debt. he believes that the company massively overpaid for it is streaming infra-stuckture, and i think that's why you're seeing all this mashing together of discovery+ and h bo max and everything like that. that's where we are right now. it's a work in progress and he's moving fast from what i'm told. we're going to be read ago lot about this in the weeks and months ahead. listen, this is probably -- i can't imagine warner bro's as an entity iteration after this and at some point you have to say the assets that have been bouncing around a lot over the last 30 or 40 years; right. aol, t

now you see what warner bros discovery did, they threw batgirl, already shot into the circular file and they're not releasing that and will take the tax loss. what does this lagger for live silver screen theatrical movies coming out and people will put more umph into it perhaps? >> well, let's all take ourselves back in time a year, year and a half ago. all of us were imprisoned in our homes and apartments for like a year. we couldn't see people, we couldn't go out and, you know, the conventional wisdom back in 2018 way before the pandemic, which i always thought was ridiculous, was that theaters were an inacroany of them and people would stay home and watch movies on sofa or small tv or tablet or even smaller telephone. we said, no, they want to get out of their house. they want to get out of their apartments, and that that is what we've all learned really since spiderman no way home was released in december. then the batman in march, dr. strange in may, top gun, jurassic world. people want to get out and go to the theater. going to a movie theater is at the center of the cultural fabr

i'm thinking about the new batgirl movie which has already been shot. >> the key thing is amortization at the amount of debt that the team brought in, looking at what he can do specifically with hbo max, i think we will see less of a culling. then the press made it seem out to be. the rumor has been a lot on twitter as reporters tried to guess what will happen with hbo max. the earnings report -- what we are seeing is that hbo max skews male and discovery skews female. before discovery plus came in, they are saying we are already making this content, it's doing well on cable, so we're going to bring that to hbo max. when discovery plus comes and they say we are making this content, is doing well in cable, it is a brand unto itself. hbo max can focus on scripted content that works. we think we will not see as much of a culling as the reports made it out to be. that being said when you talk , about streaming services, there is far too much content. we are in an oversaturated market and it has never been easier for subscribers to say this is mediocre and this is great. content isn't perfo

happen because the script was too woke freight apparently the red flag was when the wrestler asked batgirls said he took i was the last season and it's likely those drugs helped him have the best season of his career. said barry bonds, yet, me too. in a related story, fans of the oakland raiders our requesting parole. the lengthy sentence was to mak sure that not just a bunch of smaller players nested inside each other. russian nesting gels dolls, now i get it. it took me a while. donald trump criticized the proposed prisoners swap he proposed a new deal where russi keeps griner and we send back. >> i like him. thursday the biden administration gearbox public health emergency and dr. anthon fauci said anybody planning to have please wear a mask. that was good. a new bistro in new york is serving dishes based on greenness fancy feast captured captured the only place where patrons puke if they enjoyed their meal. i screwed that up, but it was still funny. and the services awful to get the i had to use the laser pointer. arena also announced a restaurant that will appeal to dogs we find taste

l be hot, >> ladies and gentlemen, first up, "batgirl," warner bros. grace she is no longer expected to be in the role nor land in theaters or hbo max it comes from directing duo who worked together on projects including "bad boys for life" and the miss marvel series michael keaton was in it, brendan frazier. they filmed their parts already. so we asked and in a statement warner bros. said it's part of the company's, quote, strategic shift with the d.c. universe and hbo max. it's a big one. >> they are afraid it was going to tank and they would have to carry the losses on the books. >> think about all the bad movies we have seen. how bad does a movie have to be for the execs to say we are not putting that out >> it may not have been really bad. maybe it might have been something they didn't think would recoup their profits. >> i feel bad. >> i still want to see it. >> i want to see it. >> come on, warner bros. >> i don't feel bad for brad pitt the hollywood a-lister is letting loose. during a current press tour for "bullet train," he has been rocking e

it's not just batgirl, it'll be other things as you know they ditched that film. the best way to put it is we're in a kind of contractionnary environment in media right now. dan lobe, of thirdpoint took a billion dollar stake in -- cheryl: disney. didn't he sell out of disney and then -- isn't he buying back in? didn't he have a big position in disney and sold it and he's going back in? charlie: yeah, i don't know everything about dan's position but this is typical -- cheryl: it's the one thing i know. know. charlie: that's great. he's an activist shareholder and he wants to integrate hulu back in and possibly, at least explore, selling espn. now why is that? it just doesn't fit with the programming. he's thinking or at least explore it. listen, dan's a smart guy. he may be in this for the long term. i will say this and, you know, he didn't use this as a rational for going after disney; right. he did not. i want to make it clear. he's not stating that he's doing this because of wokeness, but if we put up on the screen, because i've had several investors and i ask

michael keaton was set to return and i love a film with a hero who is a woman, batgirl. >> it's causing lot of people speaking up. there's so much happening since warner brothers merged with discovery. we've seen a lot of cancellations since april. a lot of it is the bottom line. they're blaming taxes and all that stuff. >> yeah and it's cancellation ranks among the most expensive cancellations in movies ever. >> it's not going to make it to hbo max which typically doesn't do well in theaters we'll see it in cable. >> i hope now that we're speaking up that they'll push it. i'm looking forward to it. >> we'll still watch it. >>> this next one is another one. i don't know if i'm happy about this. what do you think when i say mustard doughnut? >> absolutely not. >> french's is unveiling the new treat ahead of national mustard day which is august 6th in case you're keeping track. it's described as a glazed doughnut with a sweet and savory yellow mustard coating with a mustard cake crumble. you can find a recipe to make them online if you are willing to and inclined to. >> if you're excited

the warner bro's discovery ceo axing the release of the dc comics film batgirl after it's been shot and paid for and that's just for starters. making a big announcement tomorrow. charlie will break it right now, next. closing bell we're 14 minutes away. dow is up a clean 500 points right now and nasdaq percentage winner here, up 2.7%. we're coming right back. the dow is on the verge of closing out of correction territory. stay with us, we'll see if they can do it. this is xfinity rewards. our way of showing our appreciation. with rewards of all shapes and sizes. [ cheers ] are we actually going? yes!! and once in a lifetime moments. two tickets to nascar! yes! find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. ♪. liz: folks, we're getting breaking news right now. a report that republican congresswoman of indiana, jackie walorski died in a car crash. wnbu, south bend reporting the story. two others reportedly killed in the crash. this story is developing. as soon as we get more we'll bring it to you. let us transition to shares of warner brothers discovery. they are popping thi

spent $90 million on its upcoming "batgirl" movie.ollowing poor test audience reviews, they decided not to release it anywhere >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: i've got to say, if this is part of a marketing scheme, it's working 'cause now i really want to see this movie [ laughter ] i mean, this is rough. i mean, there's a tv series about alfred the butler, but this is where they drew the line [ light laughter ] how bad could it be? i mean, not only did "cats" get released, it was in theaters for two whole months [ laughter and applause well, we asked warner bros. to send over the best parts of the movie so we could judge for ourselves. and this is what we got. ♪ >> jimmy: oh, there you are. [ laughter and applause yep. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: hey, guys, listen to this i read that cnn is really struggling right now as their ratings have plummeted nearly 30% since last year. the bad news is cnn had to report the story the good news is nobody really saw it [ laughter ] apparently cnn is losing so much money they just took wolf blitzer and and

metz, selina gomez, the cancelled "batgirl" movie, and the final episode of "mash," and lastly, why hots are sandwiches. [ laughter ] president biden tested positive for the coronavirus, again, yesterday. or as he's thinking of it, a second term. [ laughter ] former vice president mike pence is expected to hold a fund-raiser later this month in the hamptons so, if you think you bumped into mike pence in the hamptons this month, that's just what every man in the hamptons looks like [ laughter ] the senate, yesterday, ratified finland and sweden's application to join nato in a 95-1 vote with republican senator josh hawley, the only lawmaker to oppose the move well, he's always been an every man for himself kind of guy. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause the cdc this week is reportedly expected to ease its coronavirus guidance recommendations though, i don't know how it could be any more eased. nobody's wearing masks the restaurants are full do they want us to kiss the waiter before we order [ laughter ] today was former president barack obama's 61st birthday said, obama, "joe, it's 3:00 a

the film featured leslie grace's batgirl michael keaton. returning is a very k creaky caped crusader and brendan fraser is the villain.us but the movie was totally can s following test screenings. now, it was something i can imagine. ra well, who did test screenings like the trailer had, butlo when you looked at it, had that bomb written all over it inside? well, matthew belloni, laura , who hosts spotify, the town podcast, he spoke to someone who attended this batgirlreen screening wasn't received well. he says after the screening, the executives, walter hamouda dc and some of the others there asked the audience who did thisd big? and the consensus wasike absolutely not. he said it played like a tv pilot. >> the stakes were very small. they threwwa millions and millions of dollars. ie warner bros. did. at this. it was originally kind of a small movie. they threw a hundred million dollars and when they screened it, it wasas d so flat they decd to takeve the tax write off. it's not even being shown on hbo, max.>> nothing. well, k the little

warner bros has scrapped its upcoming batgirl film just months before its planned release date afters and on hbo max. now it's time for a look at the weather with thomas. a little bit of good news if you've had enough of that humidity. it's going to freshen up over the next day or so particularly aggressive and parts the uk. not so good news, the bad news is that it's going to stay very dry at least for most of us and sure, there'll be a few scattered showers and that's pretty much it. and there has been ran across some parts of the uk and will see when weather front in the next couple of days sweat across the north of the uk notice that these weather friends are taking a very similar weather front each time they come in seeping in from the southwest, moved to the northeast and to the south, the rainfall and accumulation of five days from showers or weather friends clipping the northwest and clearly where you see the darker bloom, that's where you'll see the wettest weather and southern areas, that is where it is going to be in some places bone dry. 0nto the forecast, for the night.

brothers discovery this afternoon, and there's lots to talk about there between the cancellation of "batgirls like a report that hbo max and discovery plus will finally become one app what do you make of it >> i think we're all tired of watching things at home. we don't mind going out. i was surprised paramount's down even more because i think it's a well-known story they did beat the number it's a very hated stock and has been a hated group there's nothing to do. watch amc. it goes up pretty much every day off of paramount so there's a winner, but it looks like adam aaron, not bob >> and we own discovery or warner brothers discovery into the print? >> i like companies that have a decent balance sheet and they don't. sorry. >> jim cramer. >> it matters more than, you know, going out there in sun valley balance sheet one, sun valley zero >> we'll talk to you againnd e jeust a minute "squawk on the street" is back after this >>> a little more than half an hour to the opening bell on wall street, the s&p and nasdaq both on pace for their longest weekly winning streak in four months. let's bring

>> they are cutting six animation projects including batman and batgirl. livestock up on that?stuart: very expensive things to produce, get rid of them and profits go up. you have la-z-boy, why is up 6%? >> don't know. i thought people fixed up their homes during the pandemic and housing market was slowing, they were able to shorten lead time so you order something and get it in the same time you would in 2019. same-store sales. stuart: 25%? la-z-boy at 30. lauren: not working and sitting on our comfortable armchairs. stuart: might be a good product. russia carried out new strikes in ukraine six months since putin launched its brutal indication. jack keane will deal with the ongoing stalemate. the irs may increase security around it to buildings, irs agents here they could be targeted and blaming republicans. a full report coming up. corruption, coverups, retaliation, washington times reporter carrie pickens exposes what whistleblowers are calling out-of-control culture at the fbi. she is next. ♪ h i paid, it followed me everywhere. so i consolidated it into a low-rate personal