down enbridge so they have this time theft charge.s are ratcheted up. they were incentivized by enbridge paying for the police come a $.6 million, and some of the prosecutors were disappointed enbridge wouldn't pay for the prosecution. having said that, it is shame what is going on in the north, ashamed to minnesota. you know what it shows is the planet is facing climate chaos. here they are testifying and defending a canadian pipeline company that imports 75% of the tar sands into the u.s. and is trying to put a pipeline across the straits of mackinac. late stage addiction behavior is bad and we need to sober up. we need to protect the water in the human rights of people and the animals and not the canadian pipeline corporations. i plan to speak up and help support other folks and we are hoping what the judge ruled here will help the others because we tried everything to stop this company. none of us want to be arrested, but i will tell you right now i am not a criminal and enbridge is. juan: the protesters at the u.n. general assemb

enbridge has really bad track record going back to the 80's.were outraged the permit had even been accepted and delivered. going there was really fighting for the people who have been fighting for seven years alongside them in solidarity with them and fighting for the right to clean water, clean air -- which the fossil fuel industry has destroyed, basically. we are destroying our planet. we are destroying our way of life. we are destroying the water up here in minnesota where the headwaters of the mississippi river are. it is the land of 1000 lakes and we are destroying those lakes. enbridge went under 200 bodies of water and we went up there to say, no, basically, no to destroying the land, destroying the water, destroying the air, destroying the way of life of everybody. amy: i am wondering how you feel the trial is going and why you refused to take a plea deal on the felony charge? you are facing also a $10,000 fine. >> right. i could not sign the papers saying i was guilty because i am not the guilty party here. enbridge is destroying the l

shares of enbridge and dominion are lower after announcing a $14 billion deal. down 2%, and dominion is down to levels we haven't seen in decades. pi what gives here? >> it was the size of the deal that took the street by surprise. the announcement that it's buying three of dominion's nat gas utilities was unexpected. the deal will make enbridge the largest natural gas provider in north america and is doubling down on nat gas, betting big that the bridge fuel will have a place for decades to come at a time when other companies are pivoting more towards renewables. that includes dominion, which is shedding some non-core assets. and enbridge announced a roughly $3 billion deal equity offer to help finance the transaction. investors are not loving the news here with shares of enbrain down 5%. jpmorgan noting the market has a lot to digest, including how this changes the company's big mix. wells fargo says it stretches the balance sheet too far. moody's also changing the outlook from stable to negative. >> how will this affect users and customers, will this raise pr

we have been at enbridge delivering gas to consumers for 175 years.ver that time, and we continue to grow that business each and every year, which allowed us to increase the dividend every year for the last three decades. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> great, thank you. >> greg ebel, ceo of enbridge. >>> up next, from wall street to washington. we'll look at the issues that matter most to your money, including a preview of the second gop presidential debate that is scheduled for later this month. "squawk box" will be right back. an online food delivery service. business was steady, until... gogo-foodco. go check it out. whaatt?! overnight, users tripled. which meant hiring 20 new employees - and buying 20 new laptops. so she used her american express business card, which gives her more membership rewards points on her business purchases. somebody ordered some laptops? cynthia suarez. cfo. mvp. built for cynthia's business. built for your business. amex business. people are excited about what ai will do for them. we're excited about what

they will pay the $9.4 billion in cash as well as assume $4.6 billion in debt making enb enbridge's gas on the news. u.s. commerce secretary gina raimondo stressing the dialogue between u.s. and china following her high-profile trip to the kun tu last week. raimondo says u.s. companies need equal opportunities in china. >> u.s. business leaders are practical and pragmatic. they've been doing business in china for decades. they do business all over the world in some difficult places, but they to need a level playing field. they can't operate and think that there's going to be a raid on their business and they're not going to be told exactly what they did wrong. >> and elon musk reportedly taking on a billion loan from spacex while acquiring his social media platform x. spacex approved the loan last october with backing from spacex stock which musk has a 42% stake of and a nearly 79% voting power in. the journal asks that he pay the loan a month later, but it's unclear what he used the funds for, frank. >> interesting story. silvana, thank you very much. >>> turning our attention to the g

this on the back of deal news this morning between enbridge and dominion. and last month tapestry and capri striking a deal. let's bring in peter orszag, the ceo-elect at lazard, a role he'll start october 1st, and he formerly served as the director of the office of management and budget in the obama administration. peter, it's good to have you. are we kboipg to see an m&a cutback? >> great to be with you. i think we're at one of these turning appoints that m&a has bought them out, but we need to be clear what that means. there's an increase in overall activity and discussions. it then takes a little bit of time for that to manifest itself in new announcements. and that's what the morgan stanley report was suggesting may occur in the fourth quarter. but it's also really important to remember that in terms of completions, that is deals that are actually closing, that really reflects what was happening, you know, nine months ago, or a year ago. and we are seeing, excuse me, we are seeing deals take longer to close, mostly for regulatory reasons. >> i was just

three indigenous water protectors who were arrested while protesting at the construction site of enbridge's line 3 pipeline in 2021. the three women -- winona laduke, tania aubid, dawn goodwin -- were arrested on the banks of the mississippi river on ceded anishinaabe land as they sang, danced, and prayed near construction crews. in a landmark opinion delivered monday, aitkin county judge leslie metzen wrote the women were exercising their rights to free speech and to freely express their spiritual beliefs. the judge dismissed the charges against them in the interests of justice she said, including "to criminalize their behavior would be the crime." five u.s. citizens released from prison in iran monday following a rare prisoner swap agreement between the united states and tehran have landed in the u.s.. they were freed after the u.s. unfroze $6 billion of iran's oil revenue and released five iranians imprisoned in the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken spoke to the five americans after their release. >> i can tell you it was for them, for me an emotional conversation. it is easy in the

then can you tell a to the mother of a simply to enbridge columbia? i'm in so justin to de told parliament that the raised has concerns personally and directly to the indian prime minister under moody. during the recent g 20 summit. the demonstration is being held in libya's eastern city of done a one week off. the devastating tons killed thousands of people protest as, according on the public prosecutor to speed up the investigation as to how 2 times above the city collapsed and the heavy rains. officials being claims, but not properly maintaining them under on, in the us have carried as a prisoner swamp. as part of a council on media to deal 5 american citizens held in town for several years. and now on their way back to the us, us 5 iranians are also free of us a great strong federal charges against them. let's get more on this and speak to jamal updates. president of a national event in american counseling joins us from washington, dc. good to have you with us this dale 2 years in the making so much could have derailed it. so you're surprised to s