john fallon said nikkei has a long and distinguished track record of quality, impartiality and reliabilityin its journalism and global viewpoint. fallon added that pearson's board and he are confident that ft will continue to flourish under nikkei's ownership. the financial times is one of the world's leading economic newspaper. its circulation was 137,000 last year with 70% of that from online subscriptions. >> just general surprise and big news. yeah, pretty surprising. i'm hoping that through the new ownership the quality of the reporting from a business perspective is going to improve. >> nikkei issued its first paper in 1876. the japanese firm seeks to bolster its global economic reporting through the acquisition. it also intends to use the ft group's customer base to strengthen its digital operations. nikkei's chairman tsuneo kita said he's excited about pairing up with the "financial times." he said both firms share economic values. well the newspaper industry is suffering from shrinking circulation and advertising revenue. ramin mellegard joins us from the business desk. what's beh

pierson's chief executive john fallon said the company will now be 100% focused on the global education strategy. media executives in the u.s. have also been busy shaking up operations. the chief executive officer of i.t. firm amazon.com bought "the washington post" in 2013 for $250 million. an american businessman paid $70 million for ""the boston globe"" and its related assets. the newspaper had been under "the new york times." high-profile acquisitions are certainly making headlines here. >>> gene otani from our business desk joins us with news about another japanese company which is about to mark a significant step in its international growth strategy. >> well, this deal is not as high profile, but the dollar amount is quite big james. yasuda life insurance company. the move comes as the japanese company is declining. the contrast is expected to see growth in the years ahead. the meiji yasuda plan to get the transaction worth $5 billion. >> translator: the acquisition will help to expand our group operation and profit base. we want to improve customer benefits and strengthen our dom

john clark. we're right back. >>> "the tonight show" starring jimmy fallon is next. >> let's check in with him to see what he has for us. >> jacqueline in philadelphia we have amy schumer. and alan jackson. it's a great show. do not change that channel. >> hey, amy. >> i think you have a fan in amy. >> oh, yeah. big time. >> and that's my girl. >> nice weather tonight, huh? >> it really is a tremendous change from what we saw today and it was just smoking wet, and tomorrow it is going to be nice and dry and comfortable, sunny. another great day friday and then we start a heat wave on saturday and some thunderstorms saturday and especially monday. got some big changes coming over the next few days. >> i'm going to rush home to get home to see the tonight show. who knows what amy schumer might do next. >> she might talk about you. >> have a great night. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- amy schumer, ian mckellen musical guest, alan jackson,

john clark, we're right back. >>> what we're all waiting for "the tonight show with jimmy fallon". >> let's check in with jimmy and see what's in store. >> danny devito is here. music from george ezra. it's a great show, do not change the channel. >> we're going to learn that soon, aren't we? >> we all know flip cup, i think. the heat is the main thing we're concerned about as we go through the next several days. stay hydrated try to stay in the air conditioning it's going to be humid too, by thursday some areas could see 100 degrees. it's going to stay hot as we go through the weekend. look at the next 7 days, we don't have any temperatures below 90 degrees for our high this is going to be a prolonged heat wave today is the first day of the heat wave hitting 934 degrees, it's going to stay hot. the only relief we're going to see is thursday with any thunderstorms, it's still going to be hot and humid before that. try to stay cool if you have to work outside. stay in the shade, stay hydrated hydrated. >> before weather to cool off in the water. >> exactly. >>> for sheena and all of us here thanks for watching "the

fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- dwayne johnson, meghan trainor, musical guest, meghan trainor, featuring johnegend. and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 268, antigua. >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, hey. that makes me feel really good. thank you so much. i love you guys. welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." here you guys are. we made it. [ cheers and applause ] this is it. this is the show that's on every night. here's what people are talking about. obviously today feels a little bittersweet, now that somebody is missing from television that we'd all grown so close to and had so much love for. and i think i speak for everyone when i say we're really going to miss you -- bachelorette number two. [ laughter and applause ] i thought britt had a chance and she just couldn't do it when she got down there. [ laughter ] >> steve: so close. >> jimmy: let's get to some news here you guys. this week, presidential candidate bernie sanders -- [ applause ] bernie sanders, yeah. he introd

fallon is back this week with all 10 fingers. >> thanks guys. we're back with all new shows. paul rudd is here for a game. john blazer. echo >>> all right, jason i know you couldn't make it out to the park and you're a huge taylor swift fan. we have a guitar pick from her dad who he was passing them out to photographers. >> that is awesome. i'm still trying to make that concert. >> your family trying to help you out. >> now sports for a moment. baseball and clocks usually do not mix. in fact they he have never mixed throughout the history of the sport. one of the beauties in baseball is that time never runs out on you. tonight in cincinnati, time was an issue. home run derby with a format and turns out baseball fans love buzzer beating home runs. manny my shadowachado, all smiles before the competition. he came to play. 19 home runs. 455-foot homer there. they didn't have time outs in the derby. teammate adam jones hooks him up to some machado sauce there. apparently it worked. 12 home runs in the first round for manny machado. while he was knocked out by the dodgers, peterson finished with 14 home runs in the final r

john olver. late show with david letterman. and "the tonight show" starring jimmy fallon. >> for outstanding limited series the nominees are -- american crime. american horror story freak show. olive kitteridge. the honorable woman. and wolf hall. >> well, uzo, let's complete this morning's emmy nominations announcement. you have the final two categories for us. >> yes, i do. >> off you go. >> the nominations in the outstanding comedy series category are -- louie. modern family. parks and recreation. silicon valley. transparent. unbreakable kimmie schmidt. and veep. the nominations in the drama series category are -- better call saul. "downton abbey." game of thrones. homeland. house of cards. mad men. and orange is the new black. uzo, cat, thank you so much for appearing with us this morning. wait, wait. i have -- hold on, hold on. i have some more good news. uzo, you have been nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a drama. congratulations. and, cat, you have been nominated for outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program. >> yeah! >> congratul

show would-do jimmy campbell lives last week tonight with john oliver late show with david letterman and the tonight show starring jimmy fallon nominees are american crime american-born story frictional pilot carriage the hon. woman and will fall--wolf hall. >>: the nomination in the outstanding comedy series category are: the nomination and the drama series category are: thank you so much for appearing with us this morning you been nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series congratulations you've innominate paulsen the house for reality of god competition-- reality competition. >>: there is a complete list of all of the economic on our website. >>mark: there's some good choices is nice to be nominated . >>james: the phase where you have a lottery ticket but have not announced a one in a magenta and impossible at this point a lot of the outside where we have some clouds of and it is clear and the we an e-mail from one of the view was and what a creep beautiful sunny blue skies all morning long temperature still in the low 60 for most bay area locations. >>james: livermore conference 6465% jose 60. . >>robi

jimmy fallon, or as donald trump calls me, "not a war hero." [ laughter ] pretty much calls everyone that right now. i'm sure you've heard about this. donald trump got in some trouble for saying that johnn is not a war hero and said, quote, "i like people that weren't captured." not good. in fact, trump's people are telling him to lay low for a a while until this all combs over. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: hey! >> jimmy: it feels like everyone is focused on trump right now. in fact, rick perry said donald trump is unfit to be president and called for him to immediately withdraw from the race. and then he said, "and that's coming from me." [ laughter ] i mean, that's right. perry actually said trump is a a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense who is unfit to be president. then perry took his glasses off and was like, "well, i think these things are magic. [ laughter ] demagoguery? [ light laughter ] is that a word?" and did you see this? hillary clinton recently questioned uber's employment policies because she believes their employees should have benefits. not to be confused with bill who believes his friends should have benefits. [ laughter and applause ] very interesting. i