you would need a 70% approval for the deal to happen by hma shareholders.n tell you we've gotten nasty earnings from hma for its third quarter. first quarter and second quarter weren't good and now it a bad third quarter. it does appear they are going to say yes to community health. i shouldn't say does appear. they are saying yes to community health. glen view says yes, the newly constituted board of hma says yes that was worth about $13.42 in cash and stock as of yesterday, two days ago. the consideration is 10.50 share in cash if you want to rrl aan -- recall. you hear some of the bells behind me. guys, i'm trying to do a report here, okay? thank you. and we're going to get that 70%. this deal is going to happen. jim, what was fascinating here is you had a successful consent, a new board come in. what appears to be the case and i have spoken with glen view as well, which put a release out, is things were really bad and they weren't getting much better. glen view owns 9.9% of community. in fact, there is 60% overlap, 60% of the holders of hma also own sha

you saw the tenet deal for vanguard, and then the community deal for hma.t was in decline at the time throughout this year, and, in fact -- >> at the time you ran the solicitation to replace the entire board of directors? >> absolutely. and so, there will be an operational turnaround and rolling up your sleeves and doing hard work internally in order to position the company for success. the steam is equipped to do that as part of a consolidation. to us, it made sense for us to make sure the process happened once through consolidation, rather than trying to turn the asset independently and move it towards consolidation. >> you're one of the largest holders of community. >> yeah, 9.9% of community. we're not alone. 60% of the hma are also community shareholders. this is about overlap. it's bringing two companies that belong together all along together. and people will benefit further through the appreciation in the community shares. >> let's talk about the broader market, but i want to do that through one of the longest-term holdings and how you see companies

. >> britain is contributing £10 million and hmas "dairyi "dairying -- "daring."the european union is taking action, pledging 3 million euros for relief. in the coming days there'll be three main priorities. >> the first is to restore access to remote areas as quickly as possible. access means transportation and the restoration of telecommunications. the second priority is delivering humanitarian assistance to people as quickly as possible and shelter. >> the world food program sent 40 tonnes of ready to eat food, enough to feed 130,000 for one day. on a smaller scale, back in the u.s., individuals are trying to help any way they can. a filipino grocery chain store taking donations. in new jersey residents from the filipino community are donating food and clothes to family members struggling with the typhoon's aftermath. >> old clothes, kids' clothes. shoes. a lot of cans. and also noodles - easy to eat. >> the relief effort is the beginning of a long road to recovery. >>>. >>> to find out how to help the vict victim s log on to aljazeera.com, and click on the tab

the united states - they sent the aircraft carrier "george washington", hmas "daring" is on route.nd royal transport aircraft had been sent. aid agencies unicef are on the ground. chris de bono said aid needs to be distributed as soon as possible. >> at the moment we are looking at a total of 4 million children affected. the ones that are in urgent need of life-saving aid probably in the hundreds of thousands - 200-300,000 is a guess. we are doing the assessments to work that out. we have four teams at the moment that are conducting assessments. but you are right. the big issue is how to get the aid to those children in need. they desperately need food and shelter, access to clean water and sanitation if we are going to avoid the second wave of natural disasters. they need protection, and we are trying to get it in. we are hopeful - we think the philippine government has done a fantastic job. and the army, of clearing the roads and opening the tacloban airport and re-establishing some bridge links that allow the aid to go in. we are in an odd situation at this moment, which is that