. >>> still ah >>> kirk kerkorian who built some of the biggest hotels in las vegas has died. the billionaire investor was 98 years old. mr. kerkorian was an eighth grade dropout. he became the largest shareholde mgm resorts internationa he founded the 1990s. three times during his he also famously tried to take over but failed to take over chrysler. > the is some big money in video games and it's all on display at e-3. that industry's biggest trade show. this year the big topic of discussi julia boorstin has more. >> big game names are in focus like "star wars" battle front. expected to sel well across the platforms but both microsoft xbox and sony's playstatio microsoft's xbox has halo 5, guardians and sony's ps 4 for blockbuster franchises including call of duty black ops 3. microsoft announcing it wil holidays. help it catch up to the playstation 4 which sold twice as many consoles. >> i thi it will be a big deal. i thk we're on the edge of people whot over sony talking up ps 4, announcing the individual service, rather than bundled subscriptionn peo are playing games they

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more than kirk kerkorian. eighth grade dropout and bought a plot of land and caesar's palace was built there, he bought the original mgm grand which was destroyed by fire and then the current mgm. mgm resorts and our family of 62,000 employees are honoring a great man, a great business leader and innovator, one of our country's greatest generation. he combined steadfast integrity to become one of the most reputable business leaders of our time. and he was a coach and taught me the importance in looking forward. the company was on the brink of default and remained the company's largest shareholder. kerkorian is an american story, a hollywood story. born in fresno, a boxer, dropped out of eighth grade, married three times, the last leading to a bitter public spat with public lawsuits. something difficult for the intensely private man. as much as he gave away -- and he gave away a lot -- he never wanted his building put on any building and never quite got out of the movie business. kerkorian was funding a movie s

kirk kerkorian was 98 years old. >> ifill: and the chicago blackhawks celebrated today after winning the stanley cup last night. the blackhawks beat the tampa bay lightning 2-0 in game 6 of the national hockey league finals. it's chicago's third title in 6 years. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour: general john allen on building a coalition to defeat islamic state militants; what phasing out trans fats means for food producers and consumers; economic incentives to stop food from going to waste; saving cuba's architecture from turning to ruins; and, one student's fight to beat the odds and become the first in her family to graduate high school. >> woodruff: the islamistate group suffered a major defeat in the last 24 hours, losing a vital supply line to its self- proclaimed capital raqqa. the isis loss happened inside syria near the turkish border in a town called tal abyad. kurdish fighters, and members of the free syrian army took control of the area after days of fighting. they were helped by three u.s. coalition airstrikes on islamic state targets. the development comes on th

casino mogul kirk kerkorian has died. half the gambling strips hotel room when he acquired maras and mandalay. he also has stakes in airlines and hollywood studios. virgin branson's atlantic posted its first annual profit since 2011 following a two-year revival plan underpinned by a tie up with delta airlines. what is the outlook for this year? the launch of new dreamliner's in asia? ceo, craig kreeger joining us. first profit in four years. are you on track for continued growth? >> we are on track for continued improvement. the profit last year came at the same time we were improving customer service course, really bringing the dreamliner into our fleet. we are excited about bringing back to asia. the started in shanghai yesterday and will be in hong kong . -- month. angie: any plans to return to asia, reestablishing roots? >> as our overall performance improves, our opportunity to move into new markets will be there. angie: what about this delta up?re -- tie >> we have added routes between britain and the united states.

alix: kirk kerkorian has died. he died last night in beverly hills. he was 98 years old. scarlet: a justice department investigation into money laundering has uncovered potential violations at citigroup. they say the probe is serious enough to merit a fine. prosecutors are looking at e-mails from low-level employees at the unit. the investigation isn't expected to be finished until next year. citibank says it is cooperating fully with the government. breaking news on palestine. let's head over to olivia sterns. olivia: mahmoud abbas, president of the palestinian authority is said to dissolve the government and the next what he four hours. this is all according to an aide. his is apparently due to saying that he is unable to operate the unity government in the gaza strip. you will recall back in june of 2007, there is a's let in the palestinian authority when the andwas kicked out of gaza then in june of 20 14, there was a reconciliation that created the current unity government, but now, the president of the palestinian authority says he is going to dissolve the unity the

billing your kirk kerkorian, the investor, died at the age of 98. if we can get more details, but that is the headline for now. bloomberg technology conference code and the corner office is in san francisco now. they are bringing together entrepreneurs and business leaders to talk about the impact of coding and software. emily chang is there. i know you spoke with airbnb's cofounder last night, what did you talk about? conversationtimate with a cofounder of airbnb, nathan blecharcyzk. he focused on china who says -- and says that china is the biggest growing market. one of the things he talks about is how fast airbnb is growing. i stopped paying attention to the numbers. it surpassed all expectations. my expectation is that this company would be a side project, frankly. materialized into something so huge and transformative it is hard to understand what the numbers mean. so no indication on when they will go public, but there is an eeo said that airbnb will be public. nathan told us last night they have not started the process, but that is one we ha

kirk kerkorian has passed away. he was a key figure in the shaping of lock -- shaping of las vegas. auto industry interest as well because he once owned almost 10% of gm and attempted a hostile takeover of chrysler. he died yesterday in los angeles. he was 98 years old. those are your latest top headlines. mark: as mentioned earlier today , the technology conference in san francisco, yahoo! ceo marissa mayer set down with stephanie maeda to discuss yahoo!'s partnership with the national football league. is an exclusive opportunity. i was worried whether they would try to do their own split with different providers, and they picked us as their exclusive provider, which i was happy about. the nfl opportunity is historic. stephanie: so you had to agree to pay them, so you are making a decision as well. at our: when we look legacy in sports and the opportunity we have for our users, the opportunity we have an extensive network and a lot of server capacity, there is a lot we can bring to the table. week --his comment last when i first got to yahoo!, employees and reporters ticket great f

billionaire investor kirk kerkorian has died at the age of 98.the founder and largest shareholder of mgm resorts international. at one point, he owned more than half of the hotel rooms on the list biggest or. -- las vegas strip. he bought stakes in major hollywood studios as well. in 2007, he unsuccessfully tried to buy the automaker chrysler. picking storm bill is up strength as it approaches the texas gulf coast. the storm winds are now clocked at 60 miles per hour. it is expected to come ashore stop at corpus christi and bring up to eight inches of rain. texas is still recovering from the wettest month on record. that was in may. and the two biggest makers of videogame consoles are squaring off at the e3 convention in los angeles to microsoft has preview the next game and it's halo franchise. and sony showed clips from the new games and final fantasy. as well as several other serious. those are your top stories at the moment. week inl opens this switzerland. it is the biggest contemporary art fair in the world. if you can't get a ticket, you m

. >>> and billionaire kirk kerkorian, an eighth grade dropout who bought and sold some of the biggesthas died. kerkorian also tried unsuccessfully to sake over chrysler. he was 98 years old. quite a colorful person as well. >> sue, thank you. >>> jackie deangelis is at the 9 x now. >> gold appears to be stuck $1180 an ounce. scott, what it's the catalyst that could take gold higher from here? >> only catalyst i see if the fed were to come out and say we're not raising rates this year. i think that's highly unlikely. if we're going to trade it, i think we want to be sure. if you're worried about greece, you're buying the dollar and a strong dollar is real trouble for gold. >>> let's talk about the ten-year note. also trading in correlation with the ten-year as well. explain that to us. >> think about it, if yields go up along the whole interest rate curve, gold's competitive yield becomes less attractive because of course, it's yield is zero. if you have other safe instruments yielding 240, why would you want to buy gold? that's one of the reasons the gold has been hit harder. if you b

not kirk kerkorian. he would not take a comp for anything. everything he paid for. one of the last times he went to a fight he also would not sit at ringside. he wanted to be up away from everybody. in 2008, he was worth $16 billion. i don't know how much he was worth when he died, but he's given huge amounts of his wealth away. his job for tony mandicate and others to give the rest of his money away. it's a sad day for me and the people who knew kirk kerkorian. but he lived a full life. his two daughters. he has taken care of everybody that was always around him. he paid his help well. i just wish i had the ability to articulate what a wonderful human being kirk kerkorian was. i will always remember him and i will always -- when i talk about people who know something about business, i have to interject the name kirk kerkorian. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: mr. president i ask unanimous consent that now that the senator from california have 15 minutes and i have ten minutes and the vote delayed until completion of the 15 minutes and th

kirk kerkorian, a self-made billionaire helped shape las vegas.las vegas before it burnt down and he's still, i believe, the largest shareholder at 19%. he gave away so much money over the years, carl and yet a very very private man, insisted that nothing be ever named after him. reportedly dead at the age of 98. >> jane, thank you so much. >>> "squawk on the street" will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ at chase, we celebrate small businesses every day through programs like mission main street grants. last years' grant recipients are achieving amazing things. carving a name for myself and creating local jobs. creating more programs for these little bookworms. bringing a taste of louisiana to the world. at chase, we're proud to support our grant recipients and small businesses like yours. so you can take the next big step. >>> the lone star state has established its own gold and silver. hi kate. >> reporter: carl, thanks so much. i'm standing here in rainy austin in front of the texas capital where lawmakers recently passed an historic bill. the idea is to st