adam aaron was as disenchanted with starwood's growth as the investors were. he's saying we're going to be open minded. we are stewards of this accompany. we want to do what's best. listen, if you bid maybe we're worth a hundred. if you split us maybe worth 90. the slowest growth of the majors and somewhat profitability until today, maybe we're better off alive with someone else than slow. >> it is early days here. >> it's exciting isn't it. >> to your point, they are getting ahead of what might have been distracting. >> right. >> a distracting activist campaign. nothing says it was going to happen. the two firms i noted there, it's unclear whether they were going to come out or do anything. they were certainly making their presence known in the board room conceivably. there you go. if that's what you got from starwood, none other expected by some. >> adam aaron is a guy who said listen, i'm coming in here and remember the statement he made? i'm not really an interim ceo. i'll blow the doors off. and he has. >> one of the founders from modern day frequent flie

. >> i'm adam tuss in for aaron this morning.o "news4 today." 4:58 on this friday morning. >> we made it. >> we made it through the week. i'm happy to be here. >> yes. let's fiend out what kind of -- find out what kind of day we'll have here. meteorologist tom kierein. is the rain ending? >> temporarily. the rain that pushed on through left wet pavement. we had a couple of crashes and melissa will have an update in a couple of minutes. in the northern neck this area in yellow, one moderate shower in st. mary's headed over to solomon and a few sprinkles here at northern anne arundel, up just north of annapolis. that's crossing the bay. behind that we still have some low clouds around and the pavement is still wet. there's a live view from our tower camera this morning overlooking northwest washington. we'll have a cool morning, temperatures in the 50s. a mild afternoon should make it into the 70s. we have a chance of isolated thunderstorms later this afternoon. next weather and traffic on the ones your bus stop forecast. what to w

. >> i'm adam tuss in for aaron. high five for friday. we are starting off a little damp on this friday but should be a nice day. >> that's right. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to get a look at our forecast. >> happy friday. >> yeah we're fist pumping you from the studio. >> we are rolling along with some showers that have come through overnight. they're headed off to the east and still some wet pavement in maryland virginia and west virginia. they produced a quarter of an inch of rain and it's tapering off in st. mary's county and now headed to the eastern shore. temperatures behind this with low clouds hovering in the mid 50s. most of the region out in the shenandoah valley have dipped down into the low 50s. as we go forward hour by hour the morning will stay dry with some sunshine breaking out. then during the afternoon by around 3:00 we'll have some showers rolling through from the west coming through quite likely in the metro area around 4:00 to 5:00. perhaps a rumble of thunder. no anticipated severe wea

and aaron harang runs into trouble. and adams doubles in carpenters and phillies trail 4-2.er is peralta an r.b.i. single. 4 runs in the inning and losing 5-2. >>> the nfl draft which begins tomorrow tonight, the eagles have eight picks. the highest as of now, 20th. here is jeff skversky on what they might do. >> if the eagles stay at 20 these could be a handful of the players the eagles could have. needs at safety corner and receiver. and perriman ranked as 20th best prospect by espn. and trey waynes considered the best worncorner. and collins, the safety. and the eagles are considering the uconn corner byron jones. they watched him very closely. it would be a reach, but he can leap like no other. and jaylon strong. and he is a local kid. jeff skversky for channel 6 "action news." >>> we will be with you tomorrow and friday night for our special draft break down. after "action news" at 11:00. big changes for the europeunion up next. ♪♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i

we're waiting on the aaron hernandez verdict. adam shapiro is here, what's the state of play here?udge has said she's going to let the jury go home for the weekend, and we'll start again on monday. judges want jurors to have a verdict, she'll push for a verdict. they might even go longer than 1:00, but she said the other day 1:00 today, they'll stop, go into the weekend recess. stuart: promising football player, that young man right there, accused of murder i take it? >> murder and two ore lesser chargings. -- other lesser charges. if the jury finds him guilty, he faces life in prison, no chance of parole. second-degree murder, eligible for parole in 15 years. so the key issue here of the three charges is the murder charge. stuart: that's what we should watch for. >> yes. stuart: adam, thank you very much, indeed. christianity, obviously, under attack in the middle east, and new reports that isis militants are holding as many as 300 christians in syria, and they're demanding $30 million to let them go. fox news contributor father jonathan morris joins us now from connecticut. all r

aaron burrus asserted, people do not kill people. guns kill people. we back in 1773, a spokesman for samuel adams asserted the boston tea party was not a fundraiser. no one paid to attend. there was no quid pro quo. it was just a town meeting for colonists to get to know each other and discuss details of the new tax law. we have an at this a long time. helen hunt to know. -- helen ought to know. she was there. let me say one serious. helen thomas is not just the longest-serving white house responded. one reason she got the award is she is still the hardest working. the first to show up every morning about 5:00. five days a week for nearly 40 years. and i daresay, tonight is time she has been completely scooped. by mike hanke cancellation, she had about 10,000 mornings, thousands of notebooks ballpoint pens, cups of coffee sometimes brought to her by staffers. never has it come from i stir yet. for -- compromised her yet. for us, she is a rock. a symbol of everything american journalism can and should. the embodiment of fearless integrity. the insistence on holding government accountable. all of t

adam weiss 24 of york town texas. aaron dale burkeen of philadelphia mississippi. carl klepingger jr. of natchez mississippi and shane rushto, 22 of liberty mississippi. we lift up those men and their families in our prayers and will continue to keep those men whose lives were lost and continue to keep their families in our fervent thoughts and prayers. madam president, while five years have passed, the effects of the deepwater horizon tragedy are still felt today in communities all along the gulf coast. the terrible and unnecessary loss of life, the harming of our precious coastal ecosystems and persisting economic burdens serve as a continuing reminder of the failures that led to the spill as well as the lessons learned in the five years since. poor industry and government oversight and the failure by many involved to enforce safety regulations were largely responsible for multiple mistakes leading up to the tragedy. as a result we've learned many lessons on how to prevent future accidents like this. the first is that the lives of the men and women who worked in