halfway up the eiger, the train stops at panorama windows.ock climbers can exit here into an unforgiving world of ice and air. after another short tunnel ride, you emerge at 11,000 feet, the top of europe. spectacular views of majestic peaks stretch as far as you can see. cradled among these giants, you understand the timeless allure of the swiss alps. an elevator carries you to the highest viewing point. from there, you can see aletsch glacier, europe's longest, stretching 11 miles south towards italy. the air is thin. people are in giddy moods. it's cold even on a sunny day. while the jungfraujoch station calls itself the top of europe, it's possible to venture even higher. - [voiceover] upup next, music city roots live from the factory. in thiepisode, classic country by john conlee, modern string band and song from sierra hull, and a featured set by roots' host, jim lauderdale, right after this. - [voiceover] national broadcast of music city roots is made possible by acceptance auto insurance, based in nashville, tennessee. acceptance offe

and i'd arranged to meet up with dom willens to attempt the north wall of the eiger.ime my horizons were not himalayan, even though i'd done two of the peaks. my horizons wa5 climbing in the alps, and that what fuelled my ambition. and the north wall of the eiger, anybody who looks at it and is going off for a day of gentle skiing will think, how one earth could anybody go up that? you were telling me earlier, you've climbed the old man of hoy on the edge of the orkney islands. when you were 80. goodness me. climbing the old man of hoy when i was 80, but we made the first attempt of course back in 1966. with tom patey. very famous television... and ru5ty bailey. magnificent. the greatest television extravaganza of all time. the biggest outdoor broadca5t ever as well. then it was leo holding, one of our brilliant young climbers, he was the youngest person ever to have climbed the old man of hallway and he's a good friend. it was his idea. he said, chris, let's go and do it together. i climbed it when i was11, i'm quite sure you're going to be the oldest at 80. which i

we'd done the north wall of the eiger together.er great mate. 1978 on k2, nick escort, one of my dearest friends. then of course pete boardman and joe tasker. so yes, that loss of life is sad, but in a way it's something that i think you've got to accept if you're an extreme climber. and it still is... it's like going to war in a way. once again, you accept people are going to die around you. you regret them but you carry on. it's the same, where your love of climbing is so great, i never thought of giving up climbing. you remember very clearly, don't you, your first sight of everest. it must be quite a moment. it was a strange thing, i mean, which just made the first ascent of nuptse, the third peak of everest, which had been a desperate climb. an amazing trip in a way. we all got on incredibly badly together. with one or two exceptions. and somehow we actually pulled it off. i'll never forget, as you climbed up this gully, on the south side of nuptse, which is the retaining wall of the western cwm of everest. so suddenly as you c

disney's ceo bob eiger announcing plans to announce a streaming service costing much less than netflixd as we head to break, taking a look at shares of news corp., a top performer today after posting and earnings beat last night. "squawk alley" will be right back [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. >>> it's a down market overall, but wanted to point out the rally going on with media stocks it's been going on all week, but some particular strength in names like news corp., viacom, walt disney. better interpretation of their earnings there perhaps subscriber losses weren't as bad as feared overall deal speculation earlier in the week disney was talking to 21st century fox about buying a big part of its business the whole group is up. coming up, uber just lost another legal battle in the uk one of the ride-sharing app's early investors will be joining us next. >>> european markets closing in about two minutes. let's get to dom chu at headquart

. >> but even better, bob eiger and your friends at disney have made a donation to that hospital of $250,000birthday. >> jimmy: wow. wow, that's very nice. >> and i don't want to take any credit, but they wanted 100,000 but i got them up. i got them up. >> jimmy: you did? >> no, i didn't. it was all them. it was all them. now, i know you're not crazy about all this and all the attention on your birthday. you're not a sappy guy, i'm the same way, it makes you feel weird with all the nice thing people say. so we're going to do the opposite. we gathered your celebrity friends because i know that's more important to you than the unfamous ones. >> jimmy: sure, of course. >> but we got them to read some of your mean tweets. people that have tweeted mean things about jimmy -- >> jimmy: people tweeted mean things about me? this is a double whammy. >> it's a rough time out there. we're going to take you down a notch in a very special edition of "mean tweets jimmy kimmel edition." >> jimmy: oh, boy. >> jimmy kimmel needs a kick to his [ bleep ]. >> i thought i saw jimmy kimmel at home depot. it was ju

the happiest place on our is preparing for life after eiger.e next contender for the next disney ceo. that story next. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: this is "bloomberg markets." i am julie hyman. vonnie: i vonnie quinn and now it's time for our stock of the hour. teaming up for a licensing deal for multiple sclerosis drug. analyst call it a win-win for both sides. shares were up as much as 5% this morning and they are now as up 2% as far as i can tell. joining us with maurice taylor riggs. analyst from ever core saying it was a win-win deal. makes strategic and financial sense for them to partner up. it is down 2% like you said probably because of the terms of the deal is maybe what this comes down to. biogen gets exclusive worldwide license to commercialize. they will pay a royalty in the midteens. mes will be reimbursed for 50% of the development costs, but buyers are saying they give out too much up front and they could've taken market share instead of takin teaming up with biogen. it's good for biogen. they had what was a minor overhang in te

. -- eiger. this is the first robotic ball. i wasn't holding the microphone. it is pretty cool. control with that, with the ipad. that is kind of the future of this, which is electronics controlling physical toys. but, the yin and the yang, you are looking right here -- almost got it in a place i didn't want it, that is a yo-yo. that is the world yo-yo champion. that is jake elliot, crowned in tokyo. keep doing your thing, jake. can i, yo-yos are big again. >> yo-yos are coming back in a really strong way. a great alternative to videogames. watching tv. reporter: you just do incredible things. there is a big contest here tomorrow. brian over here, also, what are you doing, brian? look at this. that is pretty cool. holy crow, these guys, this is old school, i kind of like, trish. of course i was never very good at it. what was that called? >> that trick is boing-boing. reporter: everything from the sub prime to the ridiculous here at the toy show. trish: i have to check this out. robots, i don't know. not yet. they're still little. we'll be right back. wow. jardiance can cause se

eiger very definitely pointed to the parks and to the studio as let's talk about what you are going todone for us lately? both of those look pretty good. is brian still with us? brian, in the parks, were you surprised by the opening of the shanghai park? is it showing a profit? brian: yes, that was definitely positive. i am no parks analyst, but you can look past that hurricane and say, oh yeah, these were decent numbers, but you can also say it is kind of negative that will spend another $1 billion this year on expanding the parks with the star wars features. it is good for the long-term business, but for the financial modeling, it is negative. it is mixed in that sense. david: michael, they may be able to replace the growth of espn with something else, but that is a tall order. will we know if this parks in movie strategy is successful before bob iger leaves? michael: yes. i think he is smart enough and is so good at what he does and he is a friend of yours, so not just blowing smoke paring david: former boss. and the results that he has attained go way beyond anyone's expectations o

ceo bob eiger made the comments adding that disney's movie library, as it gets bigger, the price willfan, they'll launch a new trilogy completely separate from the skywalker story lines. >> my house spends a lot on disney movies, too. mike lupica, final thoughts? >> this cnn thing, this is a shakedown. this is what authoritarian governments do, try to marj lies the press. this falls into this. >> the head of the antitrust division said this was a fine merger, it's vertical, there were no issues. no u he's got the job and he's agreeing with trump and it's basically trump doesn't like jeff zucker at cnn and he thinks he's king and he's declared the merger shouldn't go through. >> mike lupica and margaret carlson, thank you both. >>> from star trek to the simpson's, a lot of attempts to humanize the almighty. >> bruce, i'm god. >> not what you expected, huh? i picked a look you could understand. >> oh, don't gravel. one thing i can't stand is people gofling. >> excuse me. i'd like to ask a question. what does god need with a starship. >> sometimes even i'd rather be watching football. >>

also ahead this hour, is disney close to appointing a successor to bob eiger? we look at a front runner later on. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: this is daybreak asia. republicanse continue their push, their drive to get a vote on a tax reform bill by thursday as president trump and he will be more personally involved in the final push. get it look like he will the votes? whack's it is coming down to the wire and everyone -- >> it's coming down to the wire and everyone is starting to put their chips on the table, if i may use a few cliches. now, there are a few questions about whether the treatment of smaller businesses such as partnerships are treated fairly by comparison to corporations. they are demanding changes. one senator said he might vote no tomorrow when the funding committee meets to vote to move things along to the floor. if he votes no, it will be held up for a time. there are deficit concerns being raised by traditional deficit hawks in the senate including corker, flake, and a few others. the could force changes to legislation when it comes to the