sean coombes also accused of murder, which he denies.ean lofimbes also accused of murder, which he denies. sean iof takingalso accused of murder, which he denies. sean iof taking legal in the process of taking legal action against coombes in the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month , and for some arrest last month, and for some breaking news now, it's been reported that thomas tuchel has now agreed to become the next england manager. the times are reporting that the former bayern munich manager, who also won the champions league with chelsea back in 2021, will succeed gareth southgate and become england's first german born boss. well, hopefully he can teach us how to win on penalties. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mckenzie. more from me. in an hour's time for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> welcome to the show . let's >> welcome to the show. let's get cracking. now, if

. >>> let's get a check of the top corporate stories with bertha coombs.ertha, good morning. >> good morning, frank. sources telling cnbc starboard value has taken a $1 billion stake in pfizer in a bid to get the struggling drugmaker to change its performance. the stock is flat this year, but sources did not offer specifics of a plan, but the activist investor has approached former ceo and ex-finance chief frank demillio about the move. the current leadership under albert bourla has stepped away from the disciplined cost structure of novel drugs. >>> the wall street journal reporting that shein founder and ceo is heading to the u.s. this week meeting with investors ahead of the ipo in london. the investor says it is meeting with investors before heading across the atlantic. the heameetings will be the fir chance to meet with him. >>> shares of nintendo reporting on the report that the saudi investment fund is considering raising its stake in the company. i guess they want to play. the vaice chair of the fund telling media the fund is not in a rush to incre

. >> let's get over to bertha coombs for a cnbc news update. >>> tyler, sean combs also known as diddy to trial in may on sex trafficking charges. his family showed up to court today for his first appearance before the trial judge who set the timeline this afternoon for the proceedings. the hip-hop mogul's lawyers asked for the trial to begin this spring. a federal indictment accuses the grammy award-winning artist of orchestrating and coordinating sex acts. he has pled not guilty. >>> the princess of wales accompanied prince william to southport in northwest england today to meet with the bereaved families of three children killed during a knife attack in a dance class in july. it was her first public appearance since she completed chemotherapy. >>> and you can now test for covid many and the flu at home with a single swab. the fda granting authorization of healgen's combination rapid tests this week. the agency says it can be used independently for those 14 years older and for kids starting at age 2. no prescription was needed and just in time for what is likely to be a really, reall

bertha coombs joins us now. >> hi, ladies. yes, a judge has approved today the $102 million settlement proposed by the owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused that collapse of the francis scott key bridge in baltimore earlier this year. the justice department brought the lawsuit to cover the clean-up costs. the settlement does not cover any funds for rebuilding the bridge. that construction cost could top almost $2 billion. >>> and popular game shows "jeopardy!" and "wheel of fortune" are under fire, after being hit with racial discrimination lawsuits. two former employees claim sony laid them off for speaking out against toxic working conditions. sony says the employees were laid off because of corporate restructuring, not as a retaliatory measure, and that the new team at the shows are, quote, dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusivity and respect. back over to you. >> bertha coombs, thank you. have a good weekend. >>> coming up, the world series kicks off tonight in los angeles. the dodgers taking on the new yo

. >> join me now is loni coombs. served as criminal trial prosecutor for the los angeles county district attorney's office for 20 years. she was there at the time of the murders, the arrest and prosecution of the two brothers. she also serves as a legal commentator for dr. phil in an anchor for merit street media loni, first of all, i do want to ask you just your reckon your reaction to this recommendation of a re-sentencing oh, we lost. you're shot there. can you hear me? >> yeah go ahead question again? i couldn't hear you. >> what was your reaction to this recommendation? your reaction to the recommendation of re-sentencing you know, jim, it was not a surprised at all at the da had sort of been signaling this all along the way from his very first press conference, about ten days ago, he said right off the bat, i'm going to review this new evidence, but i'm a big believer in re-sentencing. >> i've already resentenced 300 defendants, and i think that it's a good thing to do and then further statements that he was ma

bertha coombs has key takeaways from all of that. >> good morning, david.'s third quarter results beat on the top and bottom line, but high medical cost trends are weighing on the stock. on the call the cfo said they're continuing to see aggressive upcoding by hospitals. that means making patients seem more acute in order to charge higher rates. also an unexpected increase starting this summer and continuing now of expensive brand names being prescribed which they attribute to the out-of-pocket caps from the inflation reduction act for medicare patients. which they didn't think would be as big a factor until next year when that cap goes down to $2,000. as a result, united is lowering the high end of guidance for this year amid higher cost for the cyberattack this year. anticipating full year 2025 earnings below the street's estimate. as united goes, well, so go its rivals this morning, likely experiencing many of the same issues. johnson and johnson beating on top lines, beating on oncology and immunology drugs, and weakness in asia as they continue to pose

they're bertha coombs and here is your cnbc news update at this hour a grim milestone and recovery effortsowing hurricane helene as the death toll rises to at least 202 people, according to an nbc news tally more than half of those deaths in north carolina. authorities say hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. >>> toyota is reportedly delayed by several months. the start of electrical vehicle production at its kentucky factory. the change is due to design change and adoption. the car is planning a new five to seven models over the next two years. >>> smart ring maker has knew features that include battery life aura unveils it. samsung is launching its own ring this summer and persisten >> i know a couple of ours have it>>> to be fair, i gottet right whun covid hit so the ring -- it's not a commercial for the ring, but it tells you when your body temperature goes up. the nba used these at the beginning of their season when covid hit. i bought one bought one for my dad too. i don't like my sleep stats. at least on "worldwide exchange," i didn't like my sleep stats. >> day three of th

bertha coombs has more. >> humana revealed the government had the quality rating.dicare advantage plans. the star raiding was cut a full point, to 3.5 stars. humana says it narrowly missed the higher rating on just small measures, but that cut means it will not get a 5% bonus payment from the government. so that really messes with the top line. centers for medicare and medicaid has been racing the bars for consumers to get those star ratings. for in the advantage plan market, lower stars could drive marketers to competitors which makes for lower growth. humana is appealing the rating, but they may nod get a decision in their favor. >> anthony, do you have a trade on humana? >> this is today's news revealed a nuance in medicare advantage and the cut can be quite significant. you may let this sell on strength as we learn more, but i certainly woop wouldn't guy. anjelica peoples is here with the weight-loss story. >> not a bad guess. we are here in we've seeing every they're doing to invest this obesity and beyond, saying it would open a new $4.5 billion facilities fo

bertha coombs here with more on why that stock is sinking. what is the story?dvantage insurers, the fate of government reimbursement rates is literally tied to their stars, that's the quality ratings issued by the government on their plans. in a filing this morning, humana said the star rating for one of its biggest medicare advantage plans fell a full point, from 4.5 to 3.5, based on, quote, narrowly missing higher industry cut points and a small number of measures, according to the company. that cut below a four star rating means that humana is going to miss out on a 5% bonus payment for higher quality. the centers for medicare and medicaid or cms, looks at a number of things, whether a plan is able to keep patients from having to go to the er, to be readmitted to the hospital after an initial stay to develop those ratings. humana says it's in talks with cms to try to appeal the designation. but if the rating stands, they could go to court, which a number of insurances did last year, and they ultimately won and did get back some of those bonus points when the

i'm bertha coombs and here's your cnbc news update at this hour the drug enforcement agency issued agal online pharmacies are selling counterfeit pills made with a powerful opioid fentanyl and methamphetamine. the agency says they come from mostly foreign-based websites that are actually working with drug traffickers >>> blue origin set the launch window for an uncrewed verification flight on monday at 8:00 a.m. central, 9:00 eastern. the new capsule is called the rss carmenline named for the boundary of space 62 miles above earth. blue origin says it features technology upgrades to improve the vehicle's performance and ability. >>> patrick ewing making a comeback at madison square garden the new york knicks announced he will become an ambassador to both the basketball and business operations the team's all-time leading scorer will work with the head coach tom thibodeau and the knicks' front office knicks have not been to the nba finals since patrick ewing was there back in 1999 >> ouch. >> that was great when there wasn't a fight it was good basketball to be played in those days joh

i'm bertha coombs. new york mayor eric adams' court hearing is underway, but prosecutors said they could bring additional charges and indict others in the case against him. adams pleaded not guilty last week to charges of accepting $100,000 in flights, hotel stays, and more from a turkish diplomatic official in exchange for his influence. >>> big lots will close about 50 more locations as the budget retailer moves through the bankruptcy process. court filings show some 344 stores will now shut down. big lots filed for chapter 11 last month, saying it started the process of closing nearly 300 stores so it could fix its balance sheet and reduce costs. >>> there is a new corn maze in kentucky featuring the faces of kamala harris and former president donald trump. with the phrase "vote 2024" in between the two presidential candidates. the co-owner of the western kentucky farm tells local media there's no intention of endorsing either candidate, but to promote overall voting. good for him. back to you, kelly

i'm bertha coombs. here's your cnbc update.sident biden announced he'll make a request to congress for more money to increase hurricane aid in the wake of hurricane milton in florida. it comes as some experts estimate that milton caused $50 billion worth of damage in the state. the president plans to travel to impacted areas of florida on sunday. >>> the president also calling for a strengthening of the power grid after millions of people saw their power knocked out by the category 3 storm. according to power outage.us, more than 2.2 million people are still in the dark right now in florida. >>> and the national labor relations board accused apple of interfering with workers rights today. the complaint accuses the tech giant of restricting employees' use of the workplace messaging app, slack, by illegally firing one person who advocated for workplace change on slack. and requiring another worker to delete a social media post. apple did not immediately comment. tyler, back over to you. >> bertha, thank you very much. >>> welcome

. >> bertha coombs joins us now. >>> tesla is recalling more than 27,000 cybertrucks over a rear view camera issue that delays the image being displayed on the dashboard. the delay is well over the acceptable limit set by federal safety rules. the recall is the fifth issued for electric vehicle since its release last year. tesla will make the fix. >>> temporary block on president biden's second plan to forgive student loans for millions of americans expired today. the ruling this week lifts a restraining order and sends the case to different court. the so-called plan b was created after the supreme court struck down the president's initial student debt relief pitch, it would give about 25,000 borrowers $10,000 in blanket relief. >>> and the pink floyd has agreed to sell their music rights to sony for $400 million. according to multiple reports. the deal also includes rights to the band's name and likeness. it's interesting, it's like pink floyd is the favorite band in my family. >> okay. >> i've seen them in concert a long time ago. >> i had a shirt in middle school. >> all three of u

happening on the medicare front and medicare advantage and humana stock is down 41% this year bertha coombs has been doing some great reporting on this what's going on on that front as this is the time of re-enrollment? are they being overused as well? are they going away? what's happening >> yeah, i think they're being overused so much has to do with medicare advantage rates and how that translates into numbers. and in terms of financial modeling and with when we look at the procedure volume effect, you know, that we talked about earlier, the medicare markets have not been this challenged in quite a long time. you've seen humana reassess or recalibrate its earnings several times already this year and so i think there's a lack of visibility we know utilization trends are high maybe medicare advantage rates increase over the coming years when you look at the effect of a higher procedure back drop, the stars rating, which indicate how much companies are going to be reimbursed on the medicare side for their individual plans, it just seems like the visibility for humana has never been poorer. >

all of us at coombe and continue to wish the student a complpte recovery at this time. cuman has neither been served with nor is named as a party in any legal findings related to this matter. we will address any such claims in the appropriate legal venue. still ahead at 3 nurses in the south bay on the picket lines today. >> they say a local hospitals breaking the law and hurting patients in the process will get both sides here. plus, police in the south bay looking for a possible peeping tom. the latest on this unsettling incident. it happened at a restroom. and san jose giving the green light for new speed cameras when they could appear on roads. that's right. after the break. >> in the south bay, the san jose city council took another important step to create safer roadways by approving the use and installation of speed safety cameras. kron four's will tran is in san jose with more. the city council basically cut the red tape and sped things up because they want the speeding cameras to slow drivers down. so they voted unanimously. >> to go ahead and install 33 camera

let's bring in bertha coombs for what's going on there. >> raising concerns today, despite a beat oncompany lowered the top end of guidance for the full year 2024 in part on higher costs associated with the change health care hack earlier this year. but more concerning to investors higher costs in medicare advantage. the company called out a couple of factors. they're seeing higher than expected in-patient costs. they attribute that to aggressive up coding by hospitals. that is health systems making patients seem sicker with billing codes that get higher reimbursement. hospitals will counter that united health denies care more than other insurers. on the medicare prescription side, they say the inflation reduction act limits on out of pocket drug costs on patients is already having an impact. once customers hit their limits, they no longer have co-pays. they're using higher cost brand name drugs as a result and that limit will be even lower next year. they see the trend continuing and now conservatively see full-year 2025 earnings of about $30 a share versus the estimate from analyst

michelle was hit on june 24th after learning session at coombe on math and reading center in willow. glen, according to the lawsuit, michael was hit after he was left unsupervised and went missing for more than an hour. speaking today. his parents say they are still not sure how that was possible, but their son remains in high spirits on his road to recovery. >> isolation of our trust to our children. that our children are truly safe when within a run business that interacts with her children. the day of passions accident. upon impact. he stopped breathing and he had no heart. no heart rate. we hope to raising awareness and create change to child safety protocols within tutoring centers beginning with come on, as fashion says, even tony stark for wolverine had to have a little pain to become a superhero. >> fortunately for bazzy, an off-duty paramedic was nearby and was able to resuscitate him. his family says he spent the summer in the icu and getting physical therapy. learning to first push himself in a wheelchair. and then re-learning to walk. the lawsuit is asking cuman to implem

bertha coombs has the details. >> kelly, today is when cms goes live with what we know as star ratingslan had been docked a full star coming in at 3 1/2 stars, 3 1/2 stars means you don't get any kind of bonus. cms this afternoon saying that 40% of plans this year will have a four-star or above. that's where you get a bonus payment. humana does not appear to have gotten any reprieve on its appeal of its ratings, but this is one of those things, kelly, that is getting tougher every year. the average this year is 3.92 stars. couple of years ago, it was nearly 4.4 stars. so, they are continuing to raise the bar and it's making it that much tougher for these plans to reach their margins. back to you. >> wow. both a sell the rumor and sell the news. bertha, thank you. >>> elsewhere, shares of dominos are dropping about a percent after delivering a q-3 revenue miss before the bell. pizza chain's stock has been in a rut since its last report and the shares are down 25% nearly from their april high. kate rogers is here with more on the quarter and the comments from the ceo. and you wonder, kat

if you dress up like black people to demean black people, slavery, coombs stop this guy literally just dressed up like a slick as some michael jackson super cell listen, guys, i love you. can we leave this dude alone and worry about some folks were actually trying to hurt black people, not michael jackson fan, like he's running for congress one of the biggest republican brands and politics is making the case for kamala harris. >>ill former congresswoman liz cheney's pitch have an impact plants will cut right through the noise about what actually is happening in storm-ravaged north carolina. >> hear it not for politicians are from the people who are living through this disaster. and it was the revelation that took the political world by surprise. >> now, trump is weighing in on his wife's support for abortion rights. >> tonight on laura coates live enemy of my enemy is my friend. >> well, tonight, one of donald trump's biggest critics is embracing that particular proverb. >> former gop congresswoman liz cheney, shift during a handshake and the campaign stage with kamala harris. and that

if you dress up like black people to demean black people, slavery, coombs stop this guy literally just dressed up like a slick as some michael jackson super cell listen, guys, i love you. can we leave this dude alone and worry about some folks were actually trying to hurt black people, not michael jackson fan, like he's running for congress

all of us at coombe on continue to wish the student a complete recovery at this time. has neither been served with nor is named as a party in any legal filings related to this matter. address any such claims in the appropriate legal than you. >>it's called prop 5 and it will appear on your ballot capital tom wallace. i'll tell you why. supporters say it will benefit local communities in affordable housing. >>while opponents argue >>on election day, californians will have a lot of propositions to look at. one of them is proposition 5. it's a ballot measure seeking to make it easier for local communities to pause. bond measures. our capitol correspondent breaks down prop 5 and has reaction from its supporters and opponents >>it's one of the major statewide measures on your ballot prompt 5, if approved by boaters. it would make it easier for communities to borrow money specifically lowering the voter threshold needed to approve local bonds that help fund infrastructure and affordable housing projects. as it stands today for the state constitution. any time a local governm

bertha coombs is tracking this for us. >> the problem is elevated medical costs for a profit miss forcutives blamed the big shift that has been happening in medicaid membership. that is the government program for the poor. over the last year or so, healthier folks have been coming off the medicaid rolls. those who are still on there tend to be sicker and have more chronic conditions. as a result, the company says its medical loss ratio, the amount of premium dollars spent on medical costs came in 200 basis points above expectations. on the call executives said covid cases were one of the big drivers for the spike this summer as we've seen those elevated cases. that's continuing into the fall. eladvance is lowering guidance for the rest of the year as a result. you can see how the warnings are impacting its two main medicare rivals, centene and molina health. this is something they called out since the beginning of the year, the mismatch between the rates they're getting and the fact that people are sicker now, the ones staying on the rolls. elevance says they plan to talk to states ab

good afternoon, joey coombs. on behalf of the rent board.o, you know, generally san francisco's rent ordinance exempts three categories of units from rent control. and that is single family homes and condominiums, kind of regardless of when they were built, any type of deed restricted affordable housing, any housing, which is subject to a different form of rent, government rent regulations, regardless of when it was built. and then the third category is basically properties built after 1979 under all other kind of, you know, categories. so presumably the second category that addresses supervisor melgar. so even if you eliminate the exemption for properties built after 1979, the exemption for government regulated units would survive. there are two separate exemptions. one doesn't impact the other. forgive me. that wasn't exactly what i was talking about. so i know what you're. you just said, my issue is that the nexus study looks at the costs. if, you know, having calculated that already and, you know, codified it into the deed, we superimpos

sean coombes, which he denies.n coombes, also known as p diddy, has been hit with a new batch of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault against six people, including a 16 year old boy. the lawsuits, filed yesterday accused coombs of raping women sexually assaulting men and molesting the boy. more than 100 alleged victims are now believed to be in the process of taking legal action against coombes in the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month . the arrest last month. the government is unlikely to back plans aimed at stopping children from overusing their mobile phonesin from overusing their mobile phones in schools. labour mp josh mcallister is expected to introduce a private member's bill in parliament tomorrow, aiming at protecting children from harms caused by excessive screen time. he says children who are doom scrolling for hours a day on their smartphones are at risk of widespread harm . and at risk of widespread harm. and finally , there's been some finally, there's been some controversy at the world

the lawsuits, filed yesterday accuses coombs of raping women , accuses coombs of raping women, sexuallyssaulting men and molesting the boy . more than 100 molesting the boy. more than 100 alleged victims are now believed to be in the process of taking legal action against coombs in the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month. it's been reported that the prime minister did in fact meet with taylor swift. the sun are reporting that their meeting lasted for around ten minutes. backstage after her concert at wembley, they reportedly discussed the attack in southport at a taylor swift inspired dance class which took place the previous month. this comes after the reported controversy surrounding the pop star being given an enhanced police escort by the met . and police escort by the met. and finally, it's been reported that thomas tuchel has now agreed to become the new england manager. the former bayern munich manager, who also won the champions league with chelsea back in 2021, will reportedly succeed gareth southgate and become england's first ever german born boss. well, those are y

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the lawsuits, filed yesterday accuses coombs of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting the. more than 100 allegations sorry alleged victims are now believed to be in the process of taking legal action against coombs in the wake of his sex trafficking arrest last month . trafficking arrest last month. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm lewis mckenzie. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> dot com. forward slash alerts . >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> thank you lewis. now, if you want to get in touch with me here @gbnews, you know what to do. simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay, get in touch and i'll read out the best of your messages a little later in the the fat jabs. they've got you going. i martin daubney on gb news business >> welcome to state of the nafion >> welcome to state of the nation daily plunge into the stories shaping our country. i'm jacob rees—mogg and monday to thursday we bring you the insights, the