and you have the likes of brooks koepka in imperious form, having finished second at the masters andi've just come from a news conference with him when he looked really, really confident. john rahm is another that can't be ignored. he's fantastic in california. he won the masters as well, but others that you might want to look at potentially patrick cantlay the world number four. this is localfor him. you can go down the list, look for ball strikers who are hitting the ball. well, scottie scheffler is another zander schauffele. so i think this is going to be a heavyweight battle over the four days among some of the leading players in the world. aphiwe dyantyi says he is "excited to be back" after signing for durban based south africa side the sharks shortly before the end of a four—year doping ban. dyantyi was named the world rugby breakthrough player of the year in 2018, but tested positive for multiple anabolic steroids the following year. he's always denied any wrongdoing. the winger will be eligible to play for the sharks from august. and finally, if you're a denver nuggets fan,

rory mcilroy says us pga champion brookes koepka deserves to play in the forthcoming ryder cup, but iscontroversial rival liv tour being allowed to take part. european liv players who have resigned from the dp world tour are ineligible, but their us counterparts can still play. brookes deserves to be on the united states team. i think he has played, he's second in the us standings, only played two counting events. you know, i don't know if there's anyone else on the, you know, on the liv roster that would make the team. but i have different feelings about the european team and the other side. and sort of how that has all transpired. and, yeah, i don't think any of those guys should be a part of the european team. finally, frankie dettori will be in the saddle at the epsom derby for a final time this saturday with the chance to win te prestigious race for a third time in his career. the 52—year—old has been a jockey for more than 30 years with 3,000 wins to his name including two at the derby in 2007 and 2015. speaking to the bbc earlier on the italian said this is one of the most speci

liv did in brooks koepka bryson dechambeau and like you mentioned there, tiger woods was offered somewhereeportedly between 700 and $800 million to go. did not go to protect the integrity of the pga and now they're going to be under one umbrella. now it's the same thing. and so hearing the interviews that the commissioner previously gave and him changing his tune, people were not so happy about. more to come. lionel, thank you. okay. coming up, celebrate prince on what would have been his 65th birthday. what did he exactly do 30 years ago today that cemented him as one of the most innovative artists of our time? we're opening up the abc news vault next. you're watching world news now. crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a gold mine. well, she doesn't know that. if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more, she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy, even a term policy. find out if you're sitting on a gold mine. call coventry direct today at 800 941 zero 100 or visit coventry .com i phil swift here for the flex seal family of f

like brooks koepka a liv golfer, to play in the majors, masters, whatever, and koepka won the pga recentlywait these guys out. instead, they merge. the difference is, this isn't the nfl and the afl, the nba and the aba, because there is no moral objection. those were straight business deals. we don't have to go through chapter and verse about the moral objections here. and it continue just 9/11. it's jamal khashoggi and the ongoing human rights abuses within saudi arabia itself. >> we are going to talk a little bit more about the 9/11 families because in part brian dechambeau, a former pga golfer who left the tour to go to liv for what was reported to be somewhere in the $100 million range, he was asked about what he says to the 9/11 families. let me let you listen. >> i don't know exactly what they are feeling. i can't ever know what they feel. but i have a huge amount of respect for their position, what they believe, nor do i want anything like that to ever occur again. as we move forward, we have to look forward to the pathway to peace, especially in forgiveness trying to mend the world

it looks fantastic test of golf over the coming four days and you have the likes of brooks koepka inand i just come from a news conference in which she looked really confident. jon rahm cannot be ignored and he looked fantastic in california and also won the masters. and patrick, localfor him, look for ball strikers hitting the ball well and scheffler and a few others and it will be a heavyweight battle among the leading players in the world. aphiwe dyantyi says he is excited to be back after signing for durban based south africa side the sharks shortly before the end of a four—year doping ban. dyantyi was named the world rugby breakthrough player of the year in 2018 but tested positive for multiple anabolic steroids the following year. he's always denied any wrongdoing. the winger will be eligible to play for the sharks from august. and, finally, if you're a denver nuggets fan, you may be forgiven if you're still celebrating nearly 2a hours on from winning their first nba title. they beat the miami heat 94—89 to take an unassailable 4—1 lead in the series. yet again, nikola jokic st

dustin johnson and brooks koepka, phil mickelson, those players accused of selling out by joining a tour backed by saudi arabia, a country accused of human rights abuses, including the murder of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. >> i don't condone human rights violations at all, i'm certainly aware of what's happened with jamal khashoggi and i think it's terrible. >> last year, tiger woods turning down a $700 million opportunity to play for liv. >> what is the incentive to practice? what is the incentive to go there and earn it in the dirt? you're getting paid a lot of money up front and playing a few events. i just don't see how that move is positive in the long term. >> golfer rory mcilroy saying it wasn't all about the money. >> obviously money is a deciding factor in a lot of things in this world but it's purely for money, never seems to go the way you want it to. >> reporter: the pga players who had turned down liv only learning the deal this morning. tonight a group representing 9/11 families saying "our entire 9/11 community has been betrayed entire 9/11 community has b

. >> reporter: star players like phil mickelson and brooks koepka joined liv and were suspended from the pga. >> i understand and going to get [ bleep ] for it, and i'm totally cool with that. >> reporter: tonight it appears they'll be welcomed back. the news cheered for some players like mickelson, while others caught off guard and angry. the question now, will fans embrace or tee off on the new tour. miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> we are learning more tonight about the passengers and pilot aboard that doomed private jet that crashed sunday into a virginia forest, including the unusual connection a mom and her baby on board had with the couple who owned the aircraft here is tom costello. >> reporter: the tragic end to sunday's private plane crash is only compounded with the details of the victims who died the owners of the plane, john and barbara rumpel of florida tell nbc news they had adopted 49-year-old adina azaria when she was 40 because she reminded them of another daughter they lost in a scuba accident azaria was headed home to new york with her 2-year-old child aria, and thei

but other players such as brooks koepka joined liv golf for large sums with the backing of the saudibia public investment fund. the bbc�*s golf correspondent iain carter believes it is the big investment being offered that has made this deal possible. players can get along fine when they are playing for the biggest prizes. money is the massive driver here, the likes of rory mcilroy and the establishment from the live setup, they used to be west friends. michael roy was a groomsmen at garcia's wedding. they now do not speak. but that sort of thing will be shoved to one side. what we wait to see is what shape men's golf take going forward but they will be going forward but they will be going forward but they will be going forward with a significant cash investment from saudi arabia as part of the backbone financing. let's discuss this further with nigel currie — a sponsorship consultant at nc partnership. good morning nigel. is this a hole—in—i for saudi arabia? well, both parties really need each other. they had to come to some sort of agreement. otherwise things were going to implode

the likes of dustinjohnson, brooks koepka and cameron smith defected to the saudi backed breakaway leaguege prize funds on offer, and new team formats. our golf correspondent iain carter says it's an total game—changer. isa is a been sworn enemies, the establishment corner and in the rebel breakaway corner, we've had greg norman's operation funded by saudi arabia existing towards some of liv is an existential threat. and now we have this cordiality, this agreement and the calling of expensive and lengthy legal action as well. it really is an extraordinary turnaround. news also in regarding karim benzema — who has agreed terms with saudi arabian champions al—ittihad, after leaving real madrid. 35 year old benzema is the latest big name recruit to the saudi pro league. the current ballon d'or winner won 5 champions leagues — and 4 la liga titles at the bernabeu, having spent 14 years at the club. benzema's had a medical in madrid, and is set to sign a three year contract. tottenham have appointed ange postocoglou as their new manager — the former celtic boss joins the premier league side on

the likes of dustinjohnson, brooks koepka and cameron smith defected to the saudi backed breakaway leagueworn enemies. the dp road tour, the pga world tour in the breakaway corner we've had greg norman's liv operation funded by saudi arabia the existing tour sought the arrival of liv as an existential threat but now we have this cordiality, we have this agreement and the calling of of expensive legal action is well. it really is an extraordinary turnaround. london irish have been suspended from the premiership after missing a deadline to pay players and staff. the club was unable to complete a takeover and so will not be allowed to play in any rugby union league next season. there could be as few as 10 teams in the english top flight next season following the demise of worcester warriors and wasps. carlos alcaraz is through to the semi—finals of the french open. the number one seed beat stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets. the spaniard one stormed to a two set lead. he started to look a little shaky in the third, he was 5—2 up and served for the match but was taken to a tie break where he

effect and so many players go to the liv side that maybe we didn't expect to see huge names like brooks koepkanship. we're seeing them have huge success and pushing boundaries and leveling out the competition and this is even greater with no litigation causing attentions between the two sides and golf will get a whole lot more fun. ashashley: rory mcilroy said a t of saudi money slashing about and i hate liv and the liv plaplaplaplaplayers and feel gye they could run and we're all back and everyone is happen happen and hugging and more. >> he was the one that made the players feel like they're doing something immoral to consider going to play for saudi's product liv golf. he said reasons like 9/11 and sports wash their reputation of human rights violations and shouldn't even consider this and meanwhile other players that took that calculated risk and now making hundreds of millions of extra dollars and now ashley: yeah, look, there's going to be extra money and they bought new castle in english premier league and in formula 1 and they're in everything. could there be a day seeing saudi money b

leaving and not competing and we saw the masters with three players finishing in the top six, and brooks koepkan the pga championship and clearly they can still play and the establishing the legacy tours, i guess they can't miss them. >> thank you for explaining this, and we will let you get back the reporting. sara. >> that is super interesting, and i am looking forward to hearing more reaction to this. >>> also, this is new information on the republican candidate ron desantis and clarence thomas and it has to do with one person who advised ron desantis and donald trump and he is friends with both. desantis said this three years ago about justice thomas. >> this a justice who has the courage of his convictions and willing to apply the constitution, regardless of the criticism that he may face, because i do think that he is our greatest living justice. thank you. >> after that speech, desantis, leo and thomas went out to dinner. and we are joined by joan biscunpic has more. sorry, joan. >> didn't you like that big bear hug at the end there. that is part of the roots of this tight relationship b

john rahm, brooks koepka, we don't know what's going on, they say. >> they don't, and the players havedes and rory mcelroy said he felt like a sacrificial lamb. at some point you have to cluf the labor in this, and the labor is confused. the people don't come out to see the organizing committee, they come out to see the guys or women shoot at the hole. and right now it's mass chaos. guys turned down hundreds of millions to stay loyal to the pga and the saudis say they will compensate them. but a wide gap between those who took the money and those who didn't and welcoming those back into the locker room, the guys will be fined and go in front of the board and have to have some kind of remuneration to come back and play the pga tour. it's a mess, nobody knows what's going on and anybody who says they do is lying. nobody knows what's going on. and if the 4 or 5 folks do know, they should share it with us. details are very few. >> jim, i'm surprised you are going to fine guys who jumped to the liv tour, now form a partnership with the pga. if we are going to start fresh, and you are going

. >> john: i thought it was because brooks koepka won the pga. >> gillian: california's governor is taking aim at florida's governor after migrants arrive in sexual misconduct. but california is allegedly a sanctuary state. what's driving the fight? >> john: and teasing a plan to move migrants into private homes? will new yorkers go for it. we'll ask joe borelli. >> we are doing the job the fbi should have done a long time ago. so this document is important. >> gillian: james comer is doubling down to hold fbi director wray in contempt of congress. bill mcgurn has insight coming up next. you've probably been putting a lot of purchases on your credit cards. those balances can sneak up fast. even worse, the interest rate on credit card debt has gone up to 22% and for late payments as high as 30%. that's over three times the rate on a newday 100 va home loan pay off those high rate cards and other debt with a lower rate home loan from newday. you can save $500 every month. psoriasis really messes with you. try. hope. fail. no one should suffer like that. i started cosentyx®. five years clear.

i don't think would be surprised if brooks koepka were to be successful in a major championship of courset rival rivera just up the street in so cal >> jimmy, thank you. >> thank you, jimmy, for waking up early. >> who do you like >> hard not to like brooks koepka, who has five majors and goes out there just ready to go. but it will be a surprised. >> i'm more interested in your prediction. >> i want savannah's prediction. >> i think it will be interesting, and i know rory and koepka are going together. they were on both sides of that pga-liv golf controversy no, i read it this morning. >> i will be watching with the dads out there u.s. open starts tomorrow on peacock as well as usa and right here on nbc. jimmy roberts out in l.a., thanks so much. >> bye-bye >> hoda? >> i am in this great conversation with this wonderful man, bryan cranston. guess what he happens to play a tv host in this new movie before we chat about that, we know you have a lot of skills. do you know that >> i do. >> a lot of dance skills yeah, yeah you got some we will show them coming up. but first -- >> we're back w

brooks koepka already has five major titles and says wing five more is a real possibility. >> tinlg doubl don't think that it is out of the question for me. i think the way i've prepared and suited my game for these things, it will help me help and i'm only 33. so definitely have quite a bit of time. just have to stay healthy. >> and barry henson does not have much of a shot at winning the u.s. hope, but just being in the field is a huge accomplishment for this underdog. he was sidelined by a wrist injury. and the 444th ranked player game an uber driver. take a listen. >> i've got 3,000 rides and 4.99 uber rated driver which i love. and i feel -- i take pride in that. i like to play games with my passengers when they come in. i usually let them ask me questions too find out what i really do and i can only answer yes or no and that turns out to be fun because they go do you know down a weird road of entertainment or movies or wheefr i whatever it might be.do you know down a weird road of entertainment or movies or whatever it might be. >>> and nuggets are celebrating with a parade. and jok

it will be that those players, guys like mickelson, dustin johnson, brooks koepka, patrick reed and brysonurn to the full? and if so, how are the loyal to a place supposed to feel about that? roy mcilroy was the most outspoken of it. became nosed golf's moral compass. but last month said he did not want to talk about a more. he said it was hurting his game. he said quote, roy mcilroy took a stand from what he believed is right. peÑa can't be measured. so that by the very thing that he was trying to defend. there is still so much that we do not know about all of this. no doubt there will be a lot of reaction from this. next week we have another major tournament. the u.s. open in los angeles. there are of course going to be winners and losers. who they are will be depend on your point of view. but golf fans should be happy because now they can see their favorite players on the same golf course. at the same time. the big question must be, i will cost? back to you. >> thank you to don riddell. there still to come for, us a historic day in court for prince harry. who testified for hours and fac

fans know this doesn't affect the majors you can be a liv player and play in the majors look at brooks koepkaon, bryson dechambeau and others can't play on the tour until now. now they come back under one umbrella. i understand the pga players are meeting now in canada, the canadian open going on this weekend. they're meeting there. and a lot of them have to be very upset. some of them declined large money offers into the hundreds of millions of many cases to join liv golf out of morale principal but there was the aspect of the prestige and the historical validity resides with the pga. for whatever reason, tiger woods, rory mcilroy and others were not tempted by the money offered by liv golf now they come back in, pocketed the money, didn't have to win anything to do it, just for showing up. if you're a pga player remaining loyal you have problems with that when you stand on the first tee alongside a defector who's come back. >> "the washington post" reports the talks had taken place in secret only a small number of people were aware that the merger was imminent. mckenzie hughes tweeted, noth

. >> john: when brooks koepka won the championship, i thought they would merge. they could not have the pro win a big event like that. >> gillian: endless finances behind it as well. >> john: i knew it was going to happen. bret baier will join us the next hour. >> gillian: find out how good he is. >> john: look some stuff up that you can ask him. >> gillian: maybe you can give me some hints. >> john: briefing with christopher wray, this after oversight committee leaders got a chance to see the whistleblower document accusing president biden of being involved in a bribery scheme during his time as have said. chairman james comer plans to hold wray in contempt of congress and will begin the process to do so later this week. the house oversight committee chairman james comer joins us now. you are going to begin this on thursday. do you expect this will succeed? >> i think so. i think that the fbi has to recognize the fact that we had checks and balances in our system of government. the oversight committee is tasked with overseeing the federal government to try to pr

brooks koepka got 100 million. the list goes on and on.ggling. i remember actually phil mickelson commenting, they said is it about the money and he kind of said, yeah, it is. i mean, he said i have an opportunity to basically look out for my family and make sure they never need money again. if someone offered you 100, 200, whatever, gosh, i'd take a tenth of that. 10 million. said here's 10 million, sign up and play golf for us. i mean, wow, i would say it is about the money. maria: you just saw phil mickelson's tweet, he said it was an awesome day yesterday when the news came out. the white house is not commenting on this partnership. watch this. >> i think we'll let the saudi government speak to that. i don't have anything to say about that. i'm just -- i have no comment on it today. >> i'm certainly -- certainly i'm going to be in line with my colleague and say the same. i'm not going to be commenting on that particular merger so we don't have anything to share at this time. maria: they don't want to touch it, adam. >> i've got a comme

but we still don't know if players like brooks koepka and dustin johnson who left to saudi funded livalso unclear what form the liv golf league would take in 2024. landmark deal between the tour's was reached without the knowledge of many pga tour members and liv golf players and agents. liv golf did recently secure a television broadcast deal with the cw which is owned by kron. 4 news parent company nexstar. well, there's an upcoming documentary shining light surrounding college greek life. some students paying a pretty penny to make sure they get in. kelsey kernstine takes a closer look. >> we would not be going to alabama. did up on tiktok alabama. greek life has become a viral phenomenon dry and millions views on now a new max documentary bama rush examines lengths young women will go in order to land in morning of their dreams. >> being in a sorority will help me figure out the person. i want to be because i feel like i don't really know who i am. you some students even shelling out cash to coaches consultants like loy stephen ali, who was once in a sorority herself. that could b

but we still don't know if players like brooks koepka and dustin johnson who left to saudi-funded liv nine-figure, bonuses can actually rejoin the pga tour after this year left lane it was also unclear what form the liftoff league would take in 2024. a landmark deal between the tour's was reached without the knowledge of many pga tour members and liftoff, players and agents live golf recently secured a television broadcast deal with the cw, full transparency, which is owned by kron. 4 news parent company. i'll send it back to both at the desk, right? thanks a lot. ryan, 10, 36 and state capitol lawmakers are urging support to repeal prop 8. that's the proposition that passed in 2008 to formally ban same marriage. and in 2010, the federal court will prop 8 unconstitutional. that after that, the u.s. supreme court legalized same marriage. but here we are 15 years later and the original language on the banning of the same marriages still remains in the state constitution. >> we need to on the offense in supporting our community. and this is an amazing opportunity to put california firmly

phil mickelson, dustin johnson, brooks koepka among those who defected for guaranteed money and veryile players were vocal about the fact that the live tour was backed by saudi arabian money and was an effort in sports watching the many human rights shortcomings in that country. pga players found out about the merger through the media. some feel betrayed by the very man who they were supporting. i still hear liv like i hit liv. i hope it goes away and i would fully expect that it does. all right. check this out. time on a wednesday night. there's a saying in baseball that chicks dig the long ball. there's also evidence that they like guys who ride motorcycles. this little guy is so cute testing that theory. he seems to have influenced at least one believer on the back of his t shirt. by the way, it says all gas, no brakes. drop the bike, go in for the conversation. confident young guy. yeah, absolutely. she seems into it. that's so cute okay, if no one else will say it, i will. we really suck at paintball. wolowitz: that was absolutely humiliating. leonard: oh, come on. some battles

years ago, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to lure golfers, including phil mickelson and brooks koepkathe san francisco board of supervisors today decided to allow the owners of the historic castro theater to move forward with renovation plans. the board voted 6 to 4 to exclude language to add the theater's orchestra seats to the building's landmark designation. so this will allow the operator of the theater to change its interior to include removable seats, to host concerts and other big events before today's vote, a group of protesters gathered outside city hall hoping that the board would protect the original seating with fixed seating. already we have diverse programing. we want to keep diverse programing without turning the castro theater into a nightclub or another planet. entertainment, which began operating the theater last year, says that these proposed renovations are the only way to keep the theater financially viable. an ice cream shop in san francisco was hit by burglars twice in one morning. ktvu is brooks jarocz spoke with the owner who says he's now out close to $20,000

you play well enough, you are on the driving range right next to phil mickelson or right next to brooks koepkarory or, in other years, tiger woods. >> reporter: it's the first major tournament since the truce in the golf war between the pga and the saudi backed liv golf. the two in a stunning announcement last week agreeing to bury the hatchet. >> this ultimately is a decision that i think is in the best interest of all of the members of the pga tour. >> reporter: but the new collectively owned for profit entity is not a done deal. the pga under doj investigation after it suspended players who defected to liv golf early on. >> it's hard for me to not sit up here and feel somewhat like a sacrificial lamb. >> reporter: saudi investors planning to compensate pga players like rory mcilroy and others who remain loyal to the pga. others are in the dark. >> what's going to happen? i don't know. >> reporter: and the pga says that of course a lot of players will be on the green this morning, but the question this morning is what happens after the merger agreement? the pga says it's confident that once

brooks koepka was 1 over he was even for the rest it is early. rickie fowler had four birdies in a row the u.s. open, you want the last day and hopefully 3 under. it has been worse. three or four guys are in the red. it is great. it is great watching it. it's cool because you see all of l.a. it's right there it is right next you see it on the 1st hole beverly hilton you aim for the "b" in beverly hilton great course very hollywood you love hollywood >> apparently you do, too. >>> coming up, cava shares soaring as much as 117% in the public debut >>> and later, we talk to representative ro khanna about what is happening in congress. you are watching "squawk box" on cnbc >> announcer: this cnbc program is sponsored by truist wealth. where meaningful relationships happen this thing, it's making me get an ice bath again. what do you mean? these straps are mind-blowing! they collect hundreds of data points like hrv and rem sleep, so you know all you need for recovery. and you are? i'm an investor...in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to... nas

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