joining us, charlie gasparino.rlie, a lot of experts questioned at & t wading into the big media space. what are insiders saying about handling of this? >> there are two issues, what i'm hearing from my sources in the media industry. take it for what it's worth. there's a company called at & t that's taking over warner brothers and time warner. any time that happens, you are going to get changes at the top, as you know. ed bankey is putting his mark on the entertainment side. jeff zucker is still there, but people are going to leave. that's one half. the other half is in this me too era, any allegations become a rationale to whack the guy. that's what they did. they just said -- listen, he serves at the pleasure of the company. he had an affair with someone that's on the job. personally, when i speak to people in hollywood, they say if that's the standard, affair with someone, you know, he might have helped get a job even though they weren't working directly for you and you might not have directly aided, you might

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charlie gasparino has been gathering all sorts of intel as to why what happens next.ion is where he puts his money. $500 million he's willing to put into an effort to get rid of donald trump as president. how is he going to focus that money on issues, candidate, what? >> right now he's definitely focused on the issues. he was more interested in doing things than actually just talking. the larger question here that we can't miss is that you have bloomberg or just a couple years ago at the centrist guide who was the innovator of new york city would have been a fantastic candidate. but you seem to feel chips so far that bernie sanders and company that you have candidates who are confronting this ideological landscape, which is very difficult for them. some like harris had gently disavowed while embracing a more social agenda but then bloomberg , he has stayed out of it altogether and at this point i don't think there's room for a third-party candidate. i don't think there's room for a moderate except for a third-party bid. david: bill, great to see you. now the bloomberg

charlie gasparino is here to break that down, next. ♪ (butcher) we both know you're not just lookingou're searching for something more... ...red-blooded. right this way. you thirst for adrenaline, you hunger for raw power. well, you've come to the right place. the road is yours, dig in. david: remember this? take a look. >> that's all it is. >> we were getting from sources inside, not even sources, senior officials inside the department of defense, this somehow got booted up to the department of defense, is that they are indeed looking at this still. they are trying to determine whether this should be raised to the level of investigation, if they should -- and if they do raise it to the level of investigation, do they reject his security clearance. david: that comment was way back in september when charlie gasparino said that elon musk could potentially lose his security clearance for violating the air force's code of conduct. now that story is coming to fruition. charlie joins us now. you've got a lot of pushback when you came out with this story, right? >> the first time we did it

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charlie gasparino broke the news.crown jewel of 22 regional fox networks. the yankees with amazon partner, we are sinclair, black stone, and other investors to buy the yes network for $3.4 billion from disney. the yankees will be majority owners of the first 21st century rsn regional sports networks. amazon unlikely to bid on others. story developing. following disney's sale to fox for $71.3 billion, the yankees become the majority owner of their network that airs yankees games and other original content, soccer also involved black stone and amazon. the hopes are the yankees games could be finding their way onto amazon and also through sinclair. the back page of today's new york post says it all. tears for tom. beloved baseball hall of famer, totom seaver has been diagnosed with dementia. he will not attend the celebration of the anniversary of their world championship. the family says he will retire from public life and will remain at his california vineyards. he thought for years he had cognitive issues and it was a

reporting on this is coming from our own charlie gasparino, who joins us with more exclusive details.is the deal, charlie? >> everybody was supposed to fix this one as well, fannie and freddie. right up there with health care particularly coming out of financial crisis. it by the way sounds mind-boggling, government agencies that support the mortgage market but they play a huge role. they basically supply liquidity for a 10 trillion-dollar mortgage market. whatever reform plans that comes out of this will be pretty big. president came out with a presidential order, fix the damn thing finally. mnuchin is there, and hud. one other player, the head of the faha. from what we understand he is at odds with steve mnuchin over the way to reform this thing. mnuchin wants fannie and freddie essentially to return to the old structure precrisis. essentially private companies that trade in the public markets, that have implicit government backup. calabria says do not take them out of government control until we have better taxpayers controls and protection because we don't want another bailout lik

to deal with both, charlie gasparino. >> thank you.rst the rsn story. >> we just put a fine point on this because we have been covering this. this is the outgrowth of the disney deal buying $71 billion deal buying fox's entertainment assets. they also had all these regional sports networks, networks sold to cable providers, 21 of them around the country. they feature all sorts of different programming. they have to unload that because they own espn, according to the justice department, this bidding has been going on since november. we will have a full writeup on it on foxbusiness.com. here's the interesting thing. it is finally coming to an end. here's what we have from sources close to the deal, that april 15th has been described as the final drop-dead date for bids. if you want to bid on this thing, it's final -- liz: new graphics for this story? >> we will have the best graphics. liz: when the story's over. >> we got until april 15th. maybe there are morbid e bidder. here's what we know. there are four bidders, major league baseball

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neil: charlie gasparino, thank you very much.p, including what is happening within the dow. some of the key components, not just those affected by trade or lack thereof with china. they are falling prey to this idea that no matter how well we do, if the rest of the world is slowing down, that deal kind of loses its appeal. is that right? is that true? after this. . . come with a goal. leave with a plan. td ameritrade. ♪ neil: all right, in the technology world they're focusing who has-- microsoft, apple, battling back and forth who has greater market cap. right now it is apple. apple has a monday event where there is not new hardware, it is all about the stream. new streaming service to rival netflix and hulu, others out there, might be late to the gain. but to hear apple proponents tell us they are late to the game. obviously they are a late entrant to this field, what do you think? >> i think they're going to announce hopefully they announce content. they don't have much when it comes to video streaming. as you said they're beh

for major league baseball teams but the yankees ready to make a big deal off of the shield, charlie gasparinols, charlie, you broke the news, good morning to you. >> yes, thank you, late last night fox business exclusive reported the new york yankees are leading group of other investors to purchase the yes network, same network that televises all the yankee games, i believe it does brock line mets and a few other things, looking to repurchase and the deal is valued at $3.4 billion, remember, disney holds this asset as part of the fox entertainment purchase. so here is what we know, yankees are partnering with both sinclair and amazon and others, sinclair and amazon would be the largest minority owners and those two largest minority owners are key, the plan to distribute the yankee game in local markets obviously through sinclair and here is the big thing, maria, the plan is to essentially stream yankee games via amazon prime, that's why this thing is a big deal. it's sort of -- it's ground breaking, one of the -- amazon does some sports but now specifically involved with a team and they are m

charlie gasparino is following this. what do you think?> that is funny, my sources at the white house as he was blasting them on tariffs and play were saying this. president trump and his economic team they were saying, current ones, guys like steve mnuchin, wilbur ross would be in the group, those folks believe there will be a significant stock market pop if they do a significant deal with china. the number that they're bounding around now this, may be wishful thinking, take it for what it is worth, trumpian excess, you know, listen you work for donald for a while you get involved in exaggerations as well, kind of like drinking the kool-aid. neil: you will bring out the never-trumpers. >> i hope so. if they get a significant deal, 2,000 point, using number internally, 2,000 point on the dow. neil: in a day. >> over time. the market will provide impetus to further move the markets up about 2,000 points. neil: that is less than 10%. >> right. neil: doing it in one day is another matter. >> i don't think it will go one day. still you would b

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we'll bring in charlie gasparino is reported on a i will say directly related story in the fight for 5g and faster mobile internet. >> that is what this is all about. the u.s. basically put them in the penalty box. they're coming back saying they're being unfairly targeted. either way you cut it u.s. policymakers both in national security and economic policy, consider huawei a threat, a national security threat. what are they doing about this? obviously targeting them, sanctions, whatever. what we understand, the white house itself. national security policymakers and economic policymakers, people like wilbur ross, people like larry kudlow, are pushing for the approval of the sprint-t-mobile deal. now normally if this deal would come together you would say, wow, this raises massive antitrust concerns. if those two were allowed to merge, basically go from four to three major wireless carriers, right? connell: yes. >> you know, that they will control 95% of, three would control 95% of the market. connell: would be u.s. companies to match huawei. >> let me point this out. the doj antitru

with charlie gasparino, phil wegman and holly turner. holly, that was my point earlier with chad. if for example, bob mueller found it offensive or attorney general gotten a key finding wrong, by now we would have corrected him. he has not. what do you make of that? >> i think mueller definitely deferred over to attorney general barr. he said, hey, this is going to be your call. a lot of people think he should made that call so we could have this all wrapped up. but he let the attorney general make that call. whether this report is having a big impact on the markets i don't know. there is a lot happening in europe and asia now dragging our market down as well. the main thing we need to come out of this really all agreeing on the president is clear. he is not a criminal. most investigated man in the country and at this point he can say the most trustworthy elected official in this nation. so i don't think that report coming out in full is going to have any further effect on the market than maybe it already has. neil: charlie gasparino, markets abhor uncertainty, at least this repor

we bring on charlie gasparino. >> when i see musk i need to smoke pot for a reason.because he was smoking pot on a podcast. >> this is more serious stuff. if he loses security clearance for spacex for smoking pot on a podcast, and marijuana is banned, they can essentially get somebody else to get that. spacex can keep going. he remains ceo. that is not as bad. this could be interesting. i don't think the sec will take the most drastic action out of it which would be making like, woe have to relinquish his role as ceo. they could do that for violating the orders, the terms of the settlement, if he tweeted out it would have to be accurate and it would have to run it through a monitor. apparently this initial tweet about production numbers was both inaccurate -- connell: never ran it by anybody. >> never ran it by anybody. i don't think they will throw the book at him. there is a chance they could. connell: kind of weird. >> if they do, there is investor in tesla, they throw the book at him, the stock is going to crater of the just be prepared. connell: what is weird ab

our very own charlie gasparino on the scene with the latest breaking details. this stuff goes on up in new york but it is in d.c. today. i think if you're on wall street, if you own stocks in these sort of telecom companies, cable companies, these are words you have got to listen to. first doj antitrust chief makan delrahim gave comments. they lost it in the appellate decision. he said this, we're not stopping. he is pretty defiant. he says whenever we see mergers like this where you merge big distribution from cable, you merge must-watch content like time warner, if we think it violates the standards that it could raise prices for consumers we're going at it. we are not done in this area. so you know, a lot of conventional wisdom on wall street that the lower court's opinion it was going to be okay for these types of mergers. uh-uh. he is saying that the lower court actually affirmed their ability to go after what is called vertical mergers, merging different types of entities. he is defiant basically saying more to come. basically as he was giving a speech, h

lauren: charlie gasparino reported the white house is optimistic, they believe a big trade deal couldnts. is that optimism warranted? >> i don't think so. i think a lot of the rise in the dow is already baked into any potential agreement which quite honestly i think it's just going to be kind of rounding around the edges, kind of what we see now, maybe back off some tariffs, some increased promise to do trade. short of -- there's no tariffs on either side and all trade is free, i don't see any real pop in the dow. any permanent pop in the dow. i think there will be some on any kind of good news. i don't think you're going to solve the intellectual property issues. they're too complex. they're done on a company by company basis anyway. so, you know, i appreciate the optimism. i don't think there's much behind it. lauren: the national people's congress wrapping up in china but they did in some of the policies that they announced and decisions they made show somewhat of a consideration for the u.s. and our demands in this trade deal that we're working on but stalbut still, gary, you'ret

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charlie gasparino reporting he is all but certain to announce his candidacy in the next month. coast. >> it would have to be something in his monumental, he would have to wake up and say something like a bolt of lightning struck him for not running. so that's essentially what he is telling his wall street advisers. ashley: for more on what a biden run would mean for president trump, let's bring in white house reporter, gabby orr. thanks for joining us early this morning. what do you think? is it all but certain that joe biden's going to jump in. >> all signs seem to be pointing in that direction. if you look carefully at what he's been doing over the last two months, he's been of staffing up in places like iowa and newampshire, making new hires. we reported yesterday that he made a key campaign hire, installing somebody at the top of his would-be campaign if he dozen tear the race, who has significant ties not only to clinton world but also is well respected in the a latino community. he seems to be taking steps that indicate he is going to enter the 2020 fray, as soon as this

charlie gasparino is working the phones right now. 's running down here to tell us what insiders are saying about tesla's ability to drive itself out of its latest is it a ditch? charlie breaks it next on "countdown." 300 miles an hour, that's where i feel normal. having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. learn more at retire your risk dot org. your daily dashboard from fidelity. a visual snapshot of your investments. key portfolio events. all in one place. because when it's decision time... you need decision tech. only from fidelity. you need decision tech. i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers and save hundreds of dollars a year. are you pullin' my leg? nope. you sure you're not pullin' my leg? i think it's your dog. oh it's him. good call. get the data options you need and still save hundreds of dollars. do you guys sell, other dogs? now that's simple, easy, awesome. customize each line by paying for data by the gig or get unlimited

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still, though, facing a third straight down day in a row but charlie gasparino, our resident elon muskhisperer, joins us with some new information. >> very well. where shall i begin with this? people are obsessed with this story. when we do a story on this, my social media feed lights up and it's lighting up on this story and it's a little update from bankers. bankers had been going to tesla, you know, tesla has had some recent issues. they did make the payment on the bonds, right. liz: $920 million. >> they had the money. but that statement that elon put out last week about the $35,000 model t or whatever it's called -- liz: model s. >> whatever. model 3. it fell flat, right? there is some talk about them having cash flow woes so bankers are going to the company saying do you need to raise money. here's what they are being told by tesla executives. this is a semi-positive thing for the stock. they are telling them there's no near term need to raise capital. again, they are saying that they have adequate lines to bank lines of capital. so they can go to the bank and borrow. if they had

liz: take a look, we've got an intraday picture of sprint speaking higher, right now, after charlie gasparinoeted out something. let's look at t-mobile as well because these two are kind of linked t-mobile at the moment also i believe is coming up off its floor, why? well the pending $26 billion merger taking its turn on the government's anti-monopoly game board the white house seemingly ready to roll the dice on the two telecom giants who could play a key role in the u.s. winning the 5g war, but regulators, boy we love these guys don't we? anti-trust regulators may not be willing to let this merger pass go. charlie has now exclusive details on this. charlie: it's a tail of two parts of the administration and we know key mobile and sprint executives announced this merger i think last june, it has to go through various approval processes, and they have convinced the white house policy makers people in the economic team, people like larry kudlow and wilbur ross and people in national security that this deal should go through. why? the company combined will be very strong, and it'll be very good

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no one followed this corporate drama more closely than this next fellow, charlie gasparino.early didn't want those companies to merge. >> he ran on it, right? one of -- there was a big jane mayer story, basically about fox but one of the sort of inferences or one of the points she made that trump directed gary cohn, his then, then economic advisor to make sure that the justice department tries to kill the deal, basically takes the deal to court, time warner-at&t deal. it was such a nonsensical anecdote. it wasn't just trump told gary cohn, he told everybody. told the world. told people privately. told people publicly. neil: issue was cnn. >> he hates cnn he said it publicly, privately, it didn't matter. makrim della him knew part of the deal he would oppose the merger and came up with the rational to do it, supported by none other than than elizabeth warren. elizabeth war return agrees with donald trump and so do dozens of consumer advocates that this deal should be broken up on the grounds when you combine massive amounts of distribution which at&t has, directv, other metho

want to talk about freddie mac and fannie mae that kind of thing but get the read on this from charlie gasparinor fannie mae executive. charlie to you, going after facebook with housing this could get very messy. >> going after social media is bipartisan i guess, is good for both parties. i mean the elizabeth warren types will go after them on the privacy side. trump and the administration will go after them on different issues, this is kind of right in ben carson's wheelhouse. you have to realize on the right, people really believe these companies like facebook are discriminating against conservative voices. any way you can go at them they want it to be done. that is why he is doing this in my view. on the left, it is privacy stuff. you will see that happen. if you own these stocks, i mean one of the things you have to, put in into the equation of owning these stocks is political risk. the powers that be on both sides, both the trump people and -- neil: to your point. >> they want to get them. neil: i do want to move on, tim, if you let me, former fannie mae executive and latest executives to t

attorney for the southern district of florida is with us today, guy lewis, and charlie gasparino is here also in studio. okay, guy, let me go to you first. there was actually more news in the middle of everything else that was happening there when we were live with benjamin netanyahu and president trump and that was fox news confirming something that's very, very interesting with regard to the mueller report. it turns out that three weeks ago, according to the reporting of fox, the special counsel, robert mueller told both the attorney general bill barr and the, and rod rosenstein that he would not be able to reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice. that is one of the things talked about a lot. there was no conclusion reached t has been known for apparently three weeks within the department of justice that was going to be the case. what do you make of that? >> a couple of things, connell. one integrity of the process. if you think about this, this kind of news didn't leak. it wasn't in the newspapers. that tells how tightly the information was being held and how much integrity attor

charlie gasparino what's going on?tical calculus has been pushing out and get the bang for the ball closer to the 2020 election. as close as you can. the markets are going to go up on some of this. depends on how big the deal is, if the deal is marginal, the conventional than the market as traders and investors tell me. >> kicked down the canyon. real tangible business opportunities opening up in the u.s. -- excuse me in china for u.s. companies where you can put dollars to that. if it's like let's all be friends at move on, and it's baked in. by the way, let's all be friends and move on and common is better than a trade war, but if there's something tangible in the term people believe that get something tangible, they believe they can talk up the markets about 2000 points. that is the whisper number inside the white house. i'm just telling you what they're telling me. when i treat this stuff out, you're talking up the market saying it will go up. this is what they are saying. trump says it's the greatest economy of he

charlie gasparino. hey, but. charlie: this is a big deal if it does happen.xist is the reason why you have 30 year mortgages. they were private companies. they essentially blew up during the financial crisis headed to insolvency. they were part of the government now. neil: all about getting them out of that. charlie: they're doing better now. the theory is let's privatize them and this is where it gets very complicated. this'll be the first step there'll be congressional body and peer talking about $10 trillion market. a lot of investors look to the $2 a share, 1 dollar a share hoping for a recapitalization of both of these so they become public companies outside the government. and that is where this gets really hairy. this is the first step. coming in as head of the sh essay. this is a fraught issue. a lot of are doing going back and forth. if you go on social media, we have a lot of investors that watch the show. they will be tempted to buy the stock based on the trolling that goes on social media. a lot of jury traitors, and a lot of stock numbers. they a

real clear politics associate editor amy stoddard or charlie gasparino greatness founder nick adams.uy with unique texas accent. i always love having you on. the reviewer getting from these business guys is mr. president, we like what you've done. we think a lot of the juice may be running low. what do you think? >> that definitely seems to be the consensus. i'm hideously optimistic and i think the president has certainly got the right approach, the right people around him and i think this economy will continue to grow. we are witnessing an economic miracle. it's not an intentional, not accidental. it didn't just happen. we had the president come in with some really important effect given impactful changes and were all benefiting from it. neil: many agree with you on the left and the right. who wouldn't like low unemployment among this demographic groups with record high employment. a few steps on his message when he says gritty stuff about john mccain or kellyanne conway is a has-been. does it bother you and say come on. >> i think republicans whether elected, unelect and whether th

charlie gasparino, doug schoen follows this stuff closely through many an election.ast but not least, kat timpf. what is clear, beto o'rourke is flavor of the week or month, when all said and done, with that the handling of that pressure, he is not doing that well. >> right. he is a charming guy. in terms of fund-raising his rollout went great, he got a ton of money, but in terms of media presence, all things written about him, said about him, not so great. he kind of did a lot of that to himself being a democrat. he shouldn't say, my wife mostly takes care of the kids. or a white guy. he is also a white guy. he has apologized for being a white guy to his credit, in terms of how the democrats would view things at least. neil: doug, early on, do you follow money, who general rates that early on, even in small sums? >> yeah. neil: how do you distinguish the case of o'rourke, versus popularity enjoyed in texas, media money came in versus as national candidate? >> all good questions. simple answer, yes i follow it and follow it closely. two reasons. it is the first real

charlie gasparino has a lot more on this charlie?il, remember that shakespearian sonnet, tomorrow, tomorrow? that is what we get out of joe biden. every day looks like tomorrow he will announce his candidacy for president. here is what i can tell you. i've been covering this the better part of a year. as late as last week, two weeks ago i basically laid out this story appearing now. here is what it is. he is telling wall street supporters is likely to announce in april. he has not made a final, final decision. he says he is 99.9% sure. that .1% is key, because people wake up on the wrong side of the bed when they have to do something they go the other way. all his wall street supporters are saying this. but here's what we do know if joe biden wants to run or does run, he will have the support of wall street, no doubt. big hedge fund managers, coterie of them are inner circle. jim chanos one of the top hedge fund managers. he is the guy that uncovered the enron fiasco years ago. bob wolf, a contributor to fox business. tom nides one o

"politico" gabry ore, david brown and finally charlie gasparino.st, on the effect that charles, he would have on what is going on now, schultz would have on the democratic party? the conventional argument he would hurt the democratic nominee. do you share that view? >> i do. i think that the historical parallel is ross perot successfully george h.w. bush's chance for re-election. look, i think michael bloomberg really nailed this one when declined to run for president issuing a statement in part, talking about how he ran the numbers, and he just didn't see a viable path for an independent to win the presidency this cycle. in anything, running risking anti-trump vote, ultimately reelecting the president that is not a risk he wants to take. howard schultz needs to take a hard look in the mirror if he wants to be responsible for electing this president. neil: that is also consensus view and in the case of ross perot, got 19% of the vote. that was in his second run there because he had, left the race but before he had earlier in the year he was leading

least for the time being to propel the stock the other way and maybe the dow as well let's go to charlie gasparino, gary, we never want to get ahead of ourselves here lindsay but the promise was at least with boeing maybe things stabilize, what do you think? >> yeah, i think that's what the market is really looking for it took a big beating and i think the aerospace and defense market industry overall really is a strong market and there's only two major players and it's boeing and airbus, and so these guys are going to come back and i think once these planes get back out there the fix is in, you're going to see the stock continue to rise higher. neil: what if there is proven problem with the plane though, gary? >> first of all from the short run boeing is up 120 dow points and now off the software news, the issue is -- probably i think it has to do with we have a very strong market right now and any reason to move something up it feels like the markets doing the trick this is a matter of how long it takes and how much uncertainty there is, and whether the lawsuits become very big. if they can get

charlie gasparino following all of the above. good to see you. >> very sick, sick people.pare yourself for post-mueller because this -- >> this is some validity what he is saying. they couldn't get me on this. now they're going after this. i will tell you, this is something i know, i know a lot of people very close to trump, he has a kitchen cabinet. you should know this. are you one of them, by the way? neil: no. >> he has a kitchen cabinet at mar-a-lago. neil: right here. >> we've been, i read that somewhere. but in any event he has real kitchen cabinet but not of reporters, people he consults with at mar-a-lago. neil: kitchen cabinet people not officially cabinet members but very important. >> there is slew of them. there is tom barrick. neil: right. >> that is ike perlmutter. there is chris ruddy from newsmax. there are a few others. they all congregate in mar-a-lago when he is there. he will be there this weekend. this is one thing they all said to him. i'm not attributing this statement now to any specific person. people in his kitchen cabinet said to him for years.

i want to make our viewers fully aware, full disclosure, you are the wife of our own charlie gasparinowon't hold that against me. stuart: a very financial guy. you are a financial lady. i want to see you make a ton of money. ashley: god bless you. stuart: god bless you. thank you very much. we appreciate you being with us. thank you. >> my pleasure. stuart: now this. setting up plans for an initial public offering, the ipo. you can buy shares if you want to. the "wall street journal" says it's preparing to go -- filing to go public as early as today. listed shares on the new york stock exchange in april. another big ipo, here it comes. >>> bloomberg reports that uber has picked the new york exchange for its ipo. lyft is expected to file for its offering in april on the nasdaq. they are spreading it around. here come the ipos. >>> levi's stock went public for the first time yesterday. opened at -- actually, it opened at $22. it's still at $22 right now in a very down market. >>> wait a second. more news on stephen moore? ashley: from blake burman, who spoke just in the last few minutes

stuart: next case, charlie gasparino reporting that the new york yankees leading a group to repurchase the yes network from disney for $3.4 billion. they are partnering with sinclair broadcasting and amazon. this looks to me like a streaming story. isn't it? is that what it is? >> absolutely. basically, remember, one of the investors here is amazon. they are launching new streaming service so by helping finance this acquisition, they are going to be in the pole position to get the streaming rights. stuart: sinclair in there. very interesting. what else have we got here? we have the dow industrials coming back a little bit, not much. we are down 173. >>> now this. tesla says its new car charging technology can recharge a car in 15 minutes. susan: i hope so. stuart: that's okay, it's good, but you have to have charging stations all over the place. >> have yyou have to have the n, the infrastructure. susan: not in many places, not in rural parts of the kun trich country. usually it's the northeast and california. it's hard to find a tesla charging station if you are going a distance outsi