insider look at disney lands new star wars land galaxy edge. >> morning anchor is among the few to getday. >> the finals begin tomorrow night right here. the counter fitters are already glad you're back how you feeling? ♪ ♪ (both) exhausted. but finally being able to make that volunteer trip happen was... awesome. ♪ ♪ let's do it every year. we'll do it every year. i thought you'd say that - let's do it. ♪ ♪ see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. >>> all right. it is the place you always wanted to visit even before it existed. >> that's how some are describing the most anticipated expansion in disney land history. we're talking about star wars. it opens in anaheim friday. >> if you don't have a reservation. don't worry. >> welcome. where visitors from other planets have a choice. join the resistance or join the dark side. the first order. these guys have an opinion. i'm with them. >> have you seen anything suspicious? >> nothing here. >> just so we're willing to join the first order. >> name star wars fantasy of yours and it's probably

. >> we're about to go to disney land.hey handle it. >> this is a slug challenge. i have never heard of this one before, but he's taking his kids to disney land. they're just misbehaving. honestly, every parent has a line. sean has crossed his. >> slug right here. >> find a slug crawling up the wall and then you do this. [ screaming ] so you have the baby in the mid who will is observing. you have the other brother on the other side cracking up and then you have this child destined for therapy. would you like the slug to -- >> what is his intention here just to tire the child out or just so say i'll torture you until you behave? >> that is cracking him up. the mom is like, okay, okay, okay. we're not quite done yet. >> oh. >> exactly. there will be a lot more screaming once we get to disney land. >> lucky they're going if they're misbehaving. let's go honest. >> if you send me messages on facebook and stuff like that, held the slug in front of him. nothing happened to the child. that child is fine. let's remember, they wer

i grew up in southern california, about four minutes from disney land, which claims to be the happiest place on earth, by trademark. you all have some work to do here, get the trademark. thank you to the foreign minister. thank you to foreign minister mickelson, and minister baggard. and we have lots of city leaders from this special place. i am looking forward to my stay here. thank you for your hospitality, i am touched by your warm welcome. this is the second time i have visited, but i really feel like i am among friends. the finnish people have a tradition of hospitality for americans. the i love the story of eleanor roosevelt and her visit to this city to check on your postwar reconstruction progress. it was short notice and they wanted to have a special place is for her arrival, said they cabin architect design a overnight and mobilize their best construction crew to mobilize and build the place. her plane touched down just as the outer door was being fit in. the cabin still stands today. so as it can see, we have been friends for an awfully long time. in finland, the u.s., you h

the long-anticipated star wars attraction to set to open at disney land.u get the beach house, just don't leave the lights on, okay? to mateo, my favorite chair. to chris, the family recipes. to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. the almonds to walter. the beaches to the bums. and the fog to, who else, karl. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california. . >>> now to a galaxy far, far away. actually just a few hundred miles away at disney land. >> galaxy's edge attraction is opening this week. reggie aqui got a sneak peek inside one of those hot rides. >> victoria, are you tells me we near the millennium falcon. >> that's correct. hondo has temporarily taken possession of the ship while doing maintenance and repairs for chewbacca. while he's got the ship, he's doing missions to bringing a little cash on the side. >> hello my friends. i have an opportunit

it's like people lining up at disney lands but that's one of the most dangerous places on earth. roxanne made it up. she also did the climb in an incredibly short period of time going from the base camp to the summit in just 10 days. >>> deep blue and crystal clear waters, that's what travelers heading to lake tahoe can expect this weekend. scientists say the clarity has increased by 10 1/2 feet due to an unusually weseason st 2 years ago clarity dropped to a record low. scientists blamed that on record rainfall. >>> storm watch this across the country, major flooding devastating parts of arkansas and oklahoma. homeowners filling bag after bag of sand trying to -- the arkansas river is expected to surge to a record peak this holiday weekend. that's bad news. >>> looking back here at the bay area, there's no rain in the -- that's not ocean bridge. but as we are expecting things to turn wet in the next couple of hours, so wet weather starting up yet again. it's windy out there, too, with a system that's coming into the bay area, the winds will be up. temperatures are going to be do

you will get a sneak peek inside a disney land area before it opens to the public. we will have full reports throughout the morning this thursday right here on mornings on 2. >> i want to go. >> i know! >>> 4:48 is the ti let's check ckwith allie rasmus in for sal. >> i will give you a hint on who will be doing the reports. not me. but sal will be. he gets the cool assignment! if you are driving this morning overall they thinks are looking good. no major issues to tell you about. we will start with the commute in the central valley, tracy area, there is slowing on westbound 205 to tracy westbound to 580. no significant problems or reasons for it. maybe the overnight construction and roadwork they are clearing up and slowing things down. once you get to the 580-680 interchange things look good, including the rest of the east bay. here is 880 in oakland north and southbound. not very busy this morning as you can see. the toll plaza is getting busier, especially the cash lanes but the metering lights are not on yet and the carpool lanes, you are breezing right on throu

galaxy's edge opening may 31st at the disneyland resort >>> some hollywood heavy hitters toured disney land'shly anticipated star wars galaxy's edge. >> personal tour to steven spielberg, j.j. abrams, kathleen kennedy and scott troe bridge. give a look at "star 21t, disney is the parent company of abc7. >>> four-year-old nailed the national anthem today. ♪ the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night ♪ >> he is so cute. that is ethan from oakland. he made it through the whole song without stopping or any mistakes. bears say ethan performed first national anthem at berkeley street fair. look at smiles on the team members' faces? >> hope there are many more of those in him in the future. >> i hope so. >>> sports. >> western conference finals are under way at tank. joe pavelski and the sharks gave it to the blues. yeah, st. louis not feel man, that's a cool looking hot tub. we should check on the baby. he's so sweet. maybe too sweet? internet's down. go! your home is only as smart as nt get reliable at&t fiber and get speeds up to 300 megabits per second and directv. bundle for 75 doll

entire franchise of star wars >> reporter: now, though there's only one ride now open at this land, disneyertained by recreating the world of the movies with themed star wars food and blue milk, and lots of little boutiques like this creature stall with stuffed animals. technology is incorporated throughout through the interactive millennium falcon flight to the ability for visitors to program destroyroid around the park as well as a mow gi bill game you can play throughout this space. >> we have been trying and actually succeeding for years at using technologies in a lot of businesses but since we're here at disney land this is a good example, to make the experience better, more compelling to make it not only more memorable, just more fun. >> reporter: this is just one of a range of new attractions based on established franchises opening this year at other parks. lego movie world opened in florida in march, nickelodeon universe is opening in new jersey in the fall, and lion's gate entertainment world is set to launch this summer in china universal studio's wizarding worlds of harry potter

. >> registration opens tomorrow for the galaxy edge inside disney land. the morning registration opens for admission. there is no additional cost behinds a park ticket. disney wants to watch the crowds and more information will be posted on the website tomorrow morning before the registration begins. registration will be required until june 24th. >> a unique way to get your talents recognized. >>> coming up next tonight, the free concert series that is will feature hundreds of local artists over the next six months. >>> coming up, arresting car thieves. the efforts underway to catch the burglars. former first daughter, chelsea clinton in the bay area today and we'll tell you about a stop to hang out with elementary elementary students. you can listen to the bay area podcast, the bay area people. we sat down with janet napolitano to talk about education and the college admissions process. the podcast is available right now. search for bay area people on your podcast player. so i'm looking for someone to make my chicken bigger, tastier...the best. so what d

the more information posted on the disney land website tomorrow morning before the registration startsll be required until june 24th. >> today a pilot program that rewards uber drivers with college tuition is expanding to dozens of cities. if they earned status with the company to enroll in classes for free. drivers earn points. and in addition to free tuition online, other benefits of uber pro include 6.5% cash back on gas at certain stations and up to 25% off car maintenance. >>> last night for the first time in hundreds of years, the museum in paris opened its cars for two overnight guests courtesy of airbnb. they were chosen to say there by winning a worldwide contest where they had to answer the question, why would you be the perfect guest for mona lisa. they got a private tour before being in a pyramid built excuse sivly for them. >> our time is 6:47. remember the 12 boys and soccer coach trapped in thailand in the cave? netflix and the production company behind "crazy rich asians" won the rights to tell their story. sk global want the a culturally correct viewpoint and to make s

. >>> before we go, disney land guests are looking at one of the original attractions that about to open beauty castle has been closed. it's just received a new roof along with a sprinkling of pixie dust. it's due to open on friday and later this month the newest themed area star wars galaxy's edge will make its debut. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >>> final weather check. >> our loop showing more showers across the bay area and the slight chance of a thunderstorm up toward san rafael. danville, san ramon, showers today. cool and breezy. we'll get a break tomorrow. weak system on tuesday and slowly warslow ly warming up and drying out. the end of may, the holiday weekend. >> thanks for joining us on abc 7 mornings. abc 7 news returns at 4:30 p.m. that will be followed by the three hour grand finale of this season's american idol live at 5:00. should be a great show. we'll leave you with a live look outside showing you ocean beach on this sunday morning. as always, you can get the latest weather and news on demand at abc7news.com. make it a great day everybody. look! a door to an

it's like disney land for adults. you're not at work anymore. you're with friends.here's liquor, music, attractive people and there's still violence. work is where you would expect to have violence. of course you're at work. 9:30 tuesday morning should be the most violent place on the planet. [ applause ] >> don't go near the copier, it's a bucket of blood. so how did all of this happen to such a great empire? well, for one thing we wanted more. that was our mission statement, bigger, better, faster, more. started out with 13 colonies and now we're 50 states. what was wrong with 13 colonies? 13 seems like a lot. we were already bigger than england and france but we got greedy. we didn't take a hint from god. god put giant mountain ranges and rivers all over the place. that was to indicate different countries. europe, same size as us basically, a bunch of different countries because they understood every 700 miles people have a different personality. i mean, do you really think hungary and scotland have less in common than utah and new jersey? and the clue that was g

where they were even a few stormtroopers on hand so part of the build-up to the opening of a new disney land wars galaxy edge which will welcome star wars, lovers near and far starting on may 31th. >>alex to back opened up about his stage 4 pancreatic cancer today, the jeopardy host says it he's feeling upbeat and show his cancer is receding back head continue to produce and host the show during his says messages of encouragement and advice from fans are helping him. he also says though this is obviously an emotional component to his disease it really caught him off guard. >>i'm used to dealing with pain, but what i'm not used to dealing with is the surge is that come on suddenly of deep dave sadness and it brings tears to my eyes i'm i've discovered in this whole episode, ladies and gentlemen. that i'm a bit of a wuss. >>jeopardy is currently on hiatus centre-backs as he has all summer to recuperate after that he plans on returning to the show. tonight an entertainment news. >>new looks at a late night host and a big screen rocket man plus the latest ticket tally for avengers endgame here's

might say it's an officious others desperate, but one man did to try to get the attention of disney to land his dream job. >>and you might have noticed gas or the bay area's expensive prices see as they continue to shoot up. just see how we compare to the rest of the country. >>for your money too not your summer road trip is going to be per team per too expensive. that's according to triple a c c gas in california is currently averaging $4.9 a gallon in the state that is of course significantly more than any other state. in the country aaa reporting the national average for a gallon of gas hit $2 and $0.90 the current price is nearly $0.10 more per gallon compared to this time last year. and it's $0.20 higher than one month ago, but drivers in california. we know this especially in the bay area have it the worst gas is up $0.44 a gallon just from last month. here's a look at current prices in oakland. it is for 13 for a gallon of regular up anymore in san jose, san francisco is the most expensive in the nation coming in at $4 and $0.21 a here's a curious for for for your help tonight smokin

today's galaxy edge opens to the public at disney land in california. >> there is a millennium falconlly free. i'm just kidkidding. you may have to sell your kids to get in. >> we don't want to sell our children. >> some day. >> no, no. we love our children. i'm gayle king with anthony mason and t rney general william barr highlights why he opened anigio. barr says there is evidence that makes him believe that senior government officials may have acted improperly to authorize surveillance of president trump's 2016 campaign and said that led to the spying on the campaign. >> critics say barr is being too l loyal to the president. how is barr responding to complaints about his work? >> well, the attorney general, he wouldn't really talk specifics about what he has seen that led him to open that investigation. but he said he is not swayed by criticism and he won't back off doing what he thinks is right. >> the second attorney general in history has served twice. i think the first one was back in 1850. >> right. >> you're an established figure in a way. you had a long career in washington

disney says it's the most immersive land they've ever built. disney ceo bob iger talk to cnn's christine romans today. you can step into this place and actually feel like you are in star wars. >>this is where a planet that to you know about too and you know that on the outer edge of the galaxy. i love this of there's a plaque when you walk into disneyland that says here you leave today and then to the world of yesterday tomorrow and fantasy the was waltz way of saying leave everything behind you're coming into a new place. whether it's yesterday or tomorrow or fantasy is not where you're from that's what this is in many respects as you're leaving your reality and injuring the reality of star wars. >>putting together this attraction didn't come cheap the price tag on the 14 acre spot in disneyland reportedly cost billion in other galaxies age is scheduled to open in florida's disney world sometime this summer. hunt for news at 5 a brazen robbery caught on cam >>and take a look at this a brazen robbery at a beauty store in milwaukee at one woman e

disney invested $1 billion in this 14 acre expansion of disney land, called "star wars" galaxy edge ceoised ticket prices ahead of this launch to as much as $149 for peak days to help moderate demand saying they haven't seen any resistance to higher prices and no indication of a pullback in consumer spending >> if you just look at the economy, and you look at the american consumer through the lens of our parks division, you say everything is just great that's a division that is doing extremely well, continuing to deliver not only a better guest experience but growth to the bottom line, growth in terms of revenue. there say lot of demand right now for these products >> reporter: with iger saying bookings are strong for the key summer season at their parks, we asked if they're seeing any impact of the trade war with china. >> our visitation to our parks from china is relatively modest. other markets in the world, uk and canada, mexico, other parts that are much bigger than china. we have seen some nice growth and i've read the articles about slowdown in chinese visitation to the united st

>> we are doing our entire show from disney's new "star wars" land. >> this is inconceivable. >> anderyl streep's only interview from her big premier. her wine nights the nicole and reese. >> i don't know. >> we like our wine. >> plus, the secrets reese let slip about "legally blonde 3." yes, a script. >> and her new show with jennifer aniston. >>> plus, the "voice" without adam levinele how manyosing by . and what john legend think about going up against gwen. >> i think blake is pretty happy about it. >>> this is "entertainment tonight." >> welcome, everybody, inside "star wars" galaxy's edge. it is the most highly anticipated addition to disneyland. >> right there behind me, that is the millennium falcon right there. it is the first full size 100% falcon ever built. sit bananas. that is just the beginning. it is going blow your mind. >> i can't wait to ride the rides. that's what's going blow my mind. first let's make a light speed jump to new york. everybody was mad about meryl at the premier of "big little lies" but only lauren zima got miss streep and the whole lady gang. >> me

the parks having their biggest expansion ahead of us with the opening of stars wars land first in disney landn in orlando later this summer it seems to be a great time to be a disney investor >> alexia, thanks for joining us >> thanks for having me. >>> up next, a restaant ipurtrle play we're talking fast food, fake meat and a brewing battle in the coffee space >>> welcome become to the "closing bell. the restaurant space heating up. this afternoon we have a trio of food stories on the table. first up, mike santoli is looking at how fast food chains stack up to popular casual restaurant names >> stark performance differential over the last year with the advantage going to fast food chains, quick service restaurants. mcdonald's up 22%. qsr, that'f burger king and oths and chipolte and then suffering relatively is we have brinker, cheesecake factory, blooming brands they've not necessarily held as fast seems consumer preference oriented, technology oriented, essentially sitting down to a casual dining meal i will mention an exception to this role is darden restaurants, the parent of olive garde

and "star wars" coming to disney land on friday. ager acre addition to disneyland. if it seems like a galaxy far, far away,ea fnot, they will have their own are on august 29th. have a great memorial day holid holiday. >>> the harriet tubman $20 bill was supposed to roll out next year. tubman was a former slave and abolitionist. her image was set to replace the image of andrew jackson, a slave holder. this week steve mnuchin told congress the bill would not hit circulation until t leas 2028. he said the administration is focused on security features. doning controversy has in to diminish precious moment in front of aha rriet tubman mural ma that is tugging at our heart strings. >> the little girl delivered the high five seen across the country. >>eory smith with th story behind that memorable image. >> reporter: at the tender age of 3, lovie hope duncan is too young to understand dorchester unty's history and its most famous daughter. >> harriet -- >> tubman. walk orter: an afternoon with her grandmothers brought her face to face wit

>>nexus 6 the force is strong and anna time star wars land is about to open to the public a preview of what disney calls its most immersive land ever and kron four is now streaming live local news 24 hours a day if you haven't tried kron on yet, here's what you're missing. >>first 35 years. county oakland, san francisco and los part. >>the wait is almost over disneyland is opening its new star wars galaxy's edge amusement park tomorrow disease as it is the most immersive land it is ever built it will only have one attraction when it opens millennium falcon smuggler's ron as an interactive ride which is piloted by the guest themselves putting together this attraction did not come cheap, the price said on the 14 acre spot and disneyland reportedly cost billion. another galaxy's edge is scheduled to open in florida's disney world sometime this summer. all right, let's take a look outside show you this and the tail british on this uh overcast day at least close to the water. >>all right lawrence what can we expect as we into the weekend here well we're getting close now friday just a day away and we'l

only have one ride at launch. >> when you can give people an immersive experience, which is what disney landing that is as rich as this, it heightens the whole experience for people in ways that i don't think were ever imagined when we didn't have the resources or the technology. and so, i think more than anything, people are going to just be awe-struck by how rich the experience is here >> reporter: disney worked for five years to create 14 acres that captures the look and feel of the star wars movies with star wars themed food and blue milk as well as an assortment of stores and an outdoor marketplace. the main attraction here is the millennium falcon ride which i checked out yesterday. it uses technology to put park visitors in control with the same ride launching when star wars lands opens in orlando in august this is just one of a range of new lands and attractions based on established franchises that are opening at other parks with lego movie world opened in florida in march, nickelodeon universe in new jersey in the fall and lions gate in the fall in china all of these different compa

. >> we're looking forward to the grand opening of star wars galaxy's edge in our disney land resort new land is unbelievable and it will only grow once people have a chance to experience it for themselves as we said, it's the largest land we have ever built, sheer audacity of the creative and technology is more impressive than the size. >> iger showing how disney will leverage marvel's success in theaters to drive its new streaming service. announcing that avengers end game will stream exclusively on disney plus just a month after that service launches. now as for hulu, iger is saying they have talked about potentially buying out nbc universal's one third stake, they would want to keep that nbc universal programming on hulu as part of that analysts are starting to weigh in this morning. they're largely bullish on disney's ability to leverage its newly acquired fox assets. praising disney's strategy that has them, quote, escaping the bearish and increasingly realistic hell of traditional cord cutting becky, over to you. >> let's talk more about this. we are joined by tom rogers, exec

disney will create land based on the characters at theme parks in california and paris. latest in is this flash. we will take a look at what is next with a sense of heightening today, futures in focus coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: live from new york, this is bloomberg markets. it is time now for futures and focus. we have a guest joining me now from the cme. i imagine you are not anticipating what you came into today with the president threatening escalating tariffs through october. where are you seeing the most reaction? grains, futures all reacting. tariffsthe trade war and with the trump effect, you never know what will come out of his mouth. risk.ways have that no one expected anything to happen with them threatening tariffs with mexico. that will affect the whole nafta new program moving forward. the bigger concern as far as the grain markets go is pretty much the weather. it is affecting everything, this is adding pressure to all of the grains. even oil is being affected by summing -- some of the weather. we had flooding. the refinery rate was up about

in a huge celebration, disney is about to fling open the gates to star wars land, galaxy's edge. bon cutting ceremony will include, you just saw him a second ago, han solo, harrison ford, chewbacca. not the original. and of course, disney ceo bob iger. it's a $1 billion, 14 acre theme park that opens to the public in less than 24 hours. deirdre bolton, she snuck in the gates. tell us about it and more importantly for our viewers, what it could mean to disney and the stock. reporter: well, as you well know, when disney invests it goes big and in these theme parks, that is no exception. you mentioned some of the stats. 14 acres, $1 billion. you also talked about cars land, a few other projects. attendance was up 23% the year that opened. as we know by revenue, this is the biggest part, the parks business is the biggest part of disney's empire. i want to introduce you to one of the pieces of merchandise. if you watched the last jedi you know very well what this character is. if you squeeze, there you go, he even talks. i don't know if my mic picked that up. what i will tell you is th

disney likely to have a hit on its hand with the billion-dollar new stallworth land attraction in disneylandure attractions. disney will create land space on the characters in both california and paris. month,looking at a down off by 6% for the s&p 500. it's global. mark: i am markham to and bloomberg's first word news. pentagon says that it's viewing report as the white house -- move the uss john mccain out of you before the president recent trip to japan. patrick shanahan told reporters, he is waiting to get all the facts before passing judgment. president trump told reporters he was "not a big fan of senator mccain," but he was not involved in the matter. a watchdog says iran is confined with the terms of that landmark nuclear deal reached

disney invested more than $1 billion in the land and 4 billion dollars across parts in 2018. should expect that kind of investment to continue. bedisneyland would never complete as long as there is imagination in the world. disneyple that with walt , and i suspect this is a new high watermark, but not the in. >> disney bought lucasfilms for owns $4 billion. the gross receipts has totaled was billion dollars. disney hopes the parks will drive further sales of merchandise. the star wars franchise has had less traction in key markets like asia and china. even though, reservations for california sold out within two hours. bloomberg intelligence expects the force to be strong with disney when it reports third-quarter earnings in august. next, battle of the charts. next inrters facing up a galaxy rather close by. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ you are back with bloomberg markets. battle of the charts. editor our cross assets and a reporter pitting their best charts against one another. viewers can access their charts by running that function at the bottom of your screen. >>, have a blatant

and the force is strong with disney as it unveils its new star wars land. all that ahead.his is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: it's time for our top calls, a look at the movers on the back of analyst recommendations. from 190.n tesla they call the company and niche model carmaker. tesla down by 2/3 of 1%. upgradinguggenheim, the target from the former street low of 39. analysts praising the company's smooth transition from a video distributor to a conductivity company. shares down .8%. finally, bank of america seeing china tariff risks to apple already priced into the stock. analysts studied iphones, services, and new products is outside come and said the chinese retaliation is low since iphones armada. at the little changed at the moment. lisa: those are your top calls. we are going to dig into that last call and bring in the analyst the hind i just behind it. --the analyst behind it. joins us now from washington. it appears they are moving the market. what makes you so confident that all the risk is priced into apple shares? >> good afternoon, thanks for having me. what we're see

disney's ceo bob iger julia boorstin joins us to look ahead. >> sara, i am here inside star wars galaxy edge this is the largest themed land in any of disney'sks and i'm about to sit down with disney's ceo ahead of the opening ceremony for this space tonight to talk about the company's $1 billion investment in this 14-acre land to understand what this will mean for disney's movie studio, as well as its upcoming streaming service with a "star wars" themed live action series that's going to be feature inside disney plus when it launches in november that first on cnbc interview when we talk about all this and more will be coming up in "closing bell. >> julia, looking forward to it. any time iger is on the record with us. >>> up next, we're all over the market sell-off. not as bad as it was still the market looks to close cidly dedelower. we'll wrap up the action with our "closing bell" a-team. small things. big things. too hard to do alone things. day after day, you need to get it all done. and here to listen and help you through it all is bank of america. with the expertise and know-how you need to reach that blissful state of done-ness. so le

they're lined up to get some of the exclusive merchandise of star wars land where disney is making thator them. they should be going into the park pretty soon. those who do have be able to go star wars galaxy's edge around 8:00 this morning. once again for those of you planning to come down here to anaheim to check out the new expansion to the disneyland park, you need to have a reservation. they sold out online in about two hours a couple months ago. you can still get one by staying at a disneyland hotel, there are three of them. rooms are available but very pricey, cheapest rates at $412. live in anaheim, abc 7 news. >> reggie, of course, you are just coming back and we loved watching your reports on social and here on the air. what was the most surprising thing about your time there? >> the most surprising thing, i was surprised that i loved it more than i thought i was going to. everyone knows i'm a huge disney fan. >> sure. >> i'm not necessarily a "star wars" fan boy. i like it but am not into the back stories. wouldt aeal totely.>>ou fl iovl. what rob is saying is true, you can g

disney. the year that cars land opened, attendance was up 23% and the revenue is the strongest part of the disney down with ceo bob eicher and spoke with him about how much attention to detail they have to pay for all the enthusiastic star wars fans. here is what they told me. >> are imagineers care about details in everything they do. part of the legacy was walt disney, who love to details, too. >> reporter: $1 billion on 14 acres, a serious investment on the part of disney. we also spoke about streaming media, with disney plus slated to come online later this year to take on apple, netflix, amazon and others, head on. >> we spend more time focused on what we are making and how we are delivering it to the consumer and less on what our competition is doing. >> at disneyland, foxbusiness. >>> congresswoman jackie spear today presented the congressional gold medal to one of the true heroes of world war ii. the ceremony took place at the south san francisco home of 98- year-old bernard stephens. he was a jewish teenager when he escaped the horrors of germany in 1939. he returned to germany four year

disney's new star wars land opens to the public tomorrow. r own deirdre bolton got a sneak-peek. she spoke to bob iger, disney's chief. we'll bring you that in our next hour. >>> our next guest is michael buffer. i can't believe, wait for it, listen to this, he made $400 million from a very well-known phrase. the catch is, that phrase is trademarked. so we can't say it but he made $400 million by trademarking that phrase. that man did that. ashley: incredible. stuart: he is a guest on the show. coming up. wait for it. ♪ welcome to seattle. where people are into coffee, tech, and retirement planning. the perfect retirement for me is doing the things that i want to do, not the things i have to do. unlike seattle, less than half of americans participate in their employer retirement plans. so what keeps people more engaged in their retirement? i want to have the ability to easily transact online, great selection of funds, great advice, everything in one place. helping people in their working years and beyond. that's financial wellness. talk to yo

disney is the parent company ofbc 7 news. so i expect to eat all the things including the blue milk. >> the land milk? is that what that is? >> i will find out. look. i'm a huge disney fan. >> yeah. >> i don't know all the ins and outs of "star wars." >> when you come back you will hopefully know it out. >> once you drink the banchi milk. please, i'm not going to ask you to bring me a lightsaber, to bring one home and i can try it out. >> you want to write me a check? >> especially if you get a real one so they do have a build your own lightsaber area. truth be told if disney didn't own "star wars," would you still be a "star wars" fan? >> okay. no, i grew up with "star wars," totally. >> i think it will bring a lot of people into the be nea y are never more than seven minutes away. it's about 52 degrees right now. it's cloudy out there but we will turn that may grey to warm sunshine, dry pattern takes control. >> that means we got warmer weather with a spread next week. remember the temperature spreads between the coast and inland neighborhoods. that's on the way. here's a look at the cloud cast. what you are seeing is by

disney will create lands based on the characters at the theme parks in california and paris.our bloomberg business flash. david: thank you. we turn now to our weekly businessweek feature, where we look at stories in the latest issue. while way overtook -- huawei overtook apple this year is the world's largest smartphone ceo toldd yet the bloomberg why he considers apple his teacher. and apple is as big as this. we became a peach, a bit bigger than an apple. a littlebecome a plum, smaller than an apple. we could become bigger or smaller. we are not a public company. we are not only pursuing growth or profit. it is good enough for us to just survive. there have been caused by some in china for beijing to retaliate against apple. chinat an action that should be looking at taking? happen, first not of all. if it happens, i will be the first to protest. apple is the world's leading company. there was no apple, there would be no mobile internet. we would not see the beauty of this world. apple is my teacher. it is advancing in front of us. as a student, why should i oppose my teach

now the disney/lucasfilm relationship is are soing to a whole new level and a whole new land thanks to creator george lucas and disney ceo and chairman bob iger. >> they realized, let's just buy them. >> reporter: at 14 acres, "star wars" galaxy's edge is the largest expansion in disneyland history. visitors will arrive on a brand new system called the tube. announced in 2015, construction began a near later. now in a few more days galaxy's edge will open to the public. many disneyland cast members have already toured this remote outpost. but you won't find too much about it on social media. disney is keeping most things secret. what we can tell you, the public will be able to buy an alcoholic drink for the firstat an old ca. and they'll be able to walk inside the "millennium falcon" where r2 and chewy played this game of holo chess. >> be careful, r2. >> you may come across the di acha dianoga who took up residence in the trash compactor. disney says there will be surprises around every corner. "star wars" galaxy's edge opens to the public in just three days. from the outer rim world

if you measure by revenue it is the biggest part of disney, that is to say the parks, attractions. when "cars" landat saw a 23% increase in park attendance that year. this is a huge investment by disney. 14-acres, one billion dollars. so when i sat down with the ceo of disney, bob iger, we spoke about that, of course. the business of the theme parks. we also spoke about the future of media. here is what he told me. as far as hitting on obviously the changing landscape with technology, how much more consolidation do you see coming, not necessarily for disney but among your peers? what does media look like five years from now? >> i think there will be channel consolidation. i don't know about combinations of companies. we've probably -- reporter: i'm assuming you're finished after 71 billion? >> we're a little spent right now i guess i should say. we have a lot to digest though. i think you will see probably more consolidation, more importantly i think you will see consolidation in terms of types of products that are brought out, particularly channels. there will be fewer channels in five years, to u

. >>> opening today, galaxy's edge, the largest disney theme park expansion ever. it's a new land, the planet batu, with a new story, breathing new life into the star wars franchise just as the sky walker saga ends with the film the rise of sky walker, that comes out in december. it's all new material for a franchise that will feed disney's entree into the streaming wars. disney plus debuts in november at 6.99 a month. it's a crowded market. i talked to the disney ceo bob iger about where he sees disney plus fitting in. >> i've heard you say it's going to be about choice, hulu, espn plus, disney plus, what is this going to look like for consumers who want choice from disney content. >> we believe all three will offers consumers different kinds of programming. i think that you're going to see a lot of change in media due to technological disruption, and that will create change in consumer behavior. >> so where are we at this point in the streaming game? what inning are we in in the streaming evolution because i'm not sure if this is the second inning or we're half way through this

especially after just yesterday disney announced three new "star wars" movies and delayed its "avatar" films and also, the theme parks, remember they have those big "star wars" landsaheim opening just later this month >> ben, let's talk about the stock, because it is up pretty significantly. people have really changed their opinion on disney and maybe on espn, too. what do you need to hear in order to think, okay, this stock has more room to run >> well, it has not been an exciting time to hold disney for a while, especially dealing with this fx/fox deal but finally, we are so excited, because with all this, you have "star wars," you have julio growing their users at 50%, 20 million users. there's so many different things going on with disney right now, and we're just really excited to see what's going to come with all of it. i could talk for an hour of everything they have excited "star wars," "avengers," "avatar," every single thing that we have coming for the next few years with disney is huge. >> sure. but how much of that is already baked into the stock and what would be a metric that would make you say, okay, this is it, this is something the street hasn't f

making for walt disney imagineering and over 40 years of dreaming for fans to walk into an immersive "star wars" experience. >> reporter: we got our first look at the massive 14-acre landire outpost village on the planet of batu. it's here you're welcome to interact with smugglers, aliens, and droids that call the planet home. disney imagineers say they collaborated with lucasfilm to tell a unique story, including iconic details, like "millennium falcon." part of creating your own story at star wars: galaxy's edge is choosing whether you're going to be part of the first order or the resistance. just be careful who you do that in front of. >> wait, you. the resistance is active here. have you seen anything suspicious? >> i -- i haven't. i haven't. >> very well, move along. >> reporter: galaxy's edge offers plenty to eat, drink, see, and purchase. just remember, until june 23rd, you'll need a reservation to spend your four hours at the immersive land. >> we want you to believe that you're not on earth anymore, that you are truly on this planet batu, that you are in the "star wars" galaxy, that you are actually meeting these characters. >> our thanks to greg lee. disney w

disney parks app. when you go into the land, it transforms into a "star wars" data pad you can interact with charactersdifferent little exhibits and things you can find what's inside cargo. there's so much to see and we have to talk about the millennium falcon, smugglers run. it's an interactive vr ride. you can take on different positions within the ride. it's an incredible experience. there's also amazing food including the blue milk. this is what is happening here in anaheim back to you. may the force be with you. >> and with you. stephanie, what is the expectation for what the lines and wait times will be like for some of these rides and attractions? >> well, you know what i don't have an exact figure i'm betting two to three hours, and they have so many things you can do while you're in the queue, you don't feel like you're in line they have different activities utilizing the app. the line itself will be an experience >> stephanie stanton live at gala galaxy's edge, appreciate that update >>> let's find out what you will be talking about today time for the other top trending stories. frank holland

. >> perhaps the best comparison to disney's big bet on star wars, universal studio, zarding world of harry potter land bolstered nbc universal's park division and i6 opened in 20 with two rides and the costs reporte$500 million to create and universal is adding another harry potter-themed ride this summer to the three it already has at the orlando park. they're all looking to get a agreeing piece of the theme park businey with the indus projected to hit $20 billion in revenue in the u.s. alone this year. for "nightly business report," , m julia boorstin in anahe california. >> before we go, here's a look at the final numbers fro wall street. the dow rose 43 points and the nasdaq was up 20 and the s&p 500 added five. that is nightly business report for tonight. i'm sue herera, thanks for joining us. >> i'm bill griffet have a good evening. we'll see you tomorrow. >> this is "bbc world news america." >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and judy andeter blum-kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> wow, that is unbelievable. ♪ >> i'm

by revenues, measure by that one metric, this is the most important part of the disney empire and as we know, when cars landndance up 23% in that year alone. we are enjoying ourselves but for disney this is a very significant part of the business. connell: give us an idea of how the economy is going out there as well. thank you. great interview. reporter: thank you. connell: so great, we want to spend our next few minutes talking about another comment bob iger made to deirdre. this specifically was about china and how he can deal as a company with the trade tensions between the u.s. and china. here he is again. >> so far, we have seen nothing. if you are asking me whether long term, i have some concerns about what might happen with trade, sure. i'm not losing sleep over it but sure, it's something that as i look ahead and think about the things that i should be worried about or at least focused on, that would be one of them. connell: mike murphy joins us now. i would think it is, you are ceo of a big company like bob iger is, but even a small company, we talk about uncertainty but it's tough to gauge this o

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a variety of other forms including on disney plus, vice versa >> reporter: disney recently raised prices ahead of this new landng but iger said no negative impact from the higher prices back to you. >> i bet especially now with the storm troopers behind you. thanks very much julia boorstin >>> coming up, a lot of talk about rare earth but what are these metals and minerals? do they really give china a powerful edge in the trade war we'll talk about that with one expert next. >>> look at crude, down more than 3% now. it's been on a slump lately. it's back to the lowest level since mid march. we're just over $57 a barrel we're back in two. [leaf blower] you should be mad at leaf blowers. [beep] you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler. so you can take on the markets with confidence. don't get mad. get e*trade and start trading today. >>> welcome back to "the exchange." china reportedly considering cutting its supp

. >>> opening today in anaheim, california, galaxies edge, the largest disney theme park expansion ever. it's a new landatu, with a new story, the rise of the resistance, and breathes new life into the star wars franchise just as the sky walker saga comes to an end with the film "the rise of sky walk." that's in december. i sat down with the disney ceo, bob iger ahead of the expansion this week. we talked star wars, streaming wars and trade wars. >> are you concerned at all about a faltering into the economic recovery because of the trade war, maybe chinese consumers coming less, or even a trade war hurting the u.s. economy. >> i certainly hope a trade agreement is reached. that is better for our business. if it gets worse, it's possible it will be harmful to us. i think our countries eventually will figure out a way to coexist as the number one and number two economies in the world. i think there's a necessity to that happening. >> he says disney takes a long view and they have to look really far out here. iger told me disney has not seen the signs that a trade war is hurting them right now. >> i was j

>>and the wait is over it's a a the land first and then the world disney world disneyland it opens today weekend. >>a billion dollar project 14 acres in size. it puts you completely immersive experience has looked cool the whole think 14 acres this is enormous biggest expansion the park has ever done since it opened and there's lots of things you can do besides just go on the right to complete the interactive games while you're waiting in line to lie on the millennium falcon which is one of their rides. park officials say it's going to be really important to them to make you feel like you're inside the world of star what you can tell by the way a of reservations at least for the i asked for so my brother is you the leeway goes with the reservation and you have to stay at one of the dozen prominent tells which they've jacked up to like 5, 6, 100 bucks and i know they're always >>well maybe if i get a video see how a 56 right now, it's still ahead. it came to the rafters but we've got game 2 coming up still in tehran. well in their houhe, we'll see what they did wrong and what they might b

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yesterday and fantasy and that's what this is. >> reporter: galaxy's edge is the biggest single land expansion in a disneyquare feet of rockwork, spires that soar 130 feet high. even droid tracks made from rubbings of r2-d2's feet and nothing is overlooked. every detail intricately designed by imagineers but the crown jewel of galaxy's edge is this bucket of bolts known as the millennium falcon, smuggler's run, the land's biggest attraction. >> if you get into the cockpit of the millennium falcon and sit in the pilot's seat and go on a mission, i think all of a sudden you're going to realize, wow, i'm in a "star wars" movie, i'm flying the millennium falcon. i think to see it is to believe it. i'd only say to everyone you have to come see it. >> reporter: this is the first time a full size 100% complete millennium falcon has ever been built. so i hopped in the pilot seat to take it for a spin. >> go up. >> aaagh! >> i am, i am. i am. we made it. that was so stressful. we survived, high-five. >> reporter: so here's what i learned. i should probably never get in any sort of cockpit again. i was having a ver