joining us is isaac larian, mga entertainment ceo and founder.at shows the problem for toys "r" us as it went well below the cost of debt service. why do you think this can be turned around still? issac: -- morning.od i cannot hear you well. david: i'm sorry, can you hear better if i speak up? isaac yes,l: please -- isaac: yes, please. has dipped "r" us well below its service the debt, why do you think this can be turned around? isaac: the amount of debt put on it that stopped it from investing, bringing interaction with children to the stores, i think it can be turned around for sure. and with new management and entrepreneurship. david: as i understand, you are trying to put together a group to buy it. i understand you need $1 billion and you have $200 million. how much more have you gathered besides what you put in? isaac: i have not put all the two hundred million dollars. i personally put $100 million and have other investors who have put more. i am very confident we can raise the money to do this at the right price. and that is our goal. sep

mga entertainment makes the popular bratz dolls. in five bratz dolls sales comes from toys "r" us. the company is shuting down or selling all of its 735 stores. >>> a humorous facebook post during the latest snowstorm is going viral. >> everyone crashed in red scribble was written. the accompanying message, today's traffic report. stay home. the department listed its status as overwhelmed. the national weather service reprted nearly 5 inches of snow fell yesterday morning and the facebook post has been shared nearly 14,000 times. i bet, alexis has a map like that. >> yes. >> i heard you say you're getting slammed over there. there's so many accidents. it's all because of this drenching rain we've been talking about for days. let's jump into it. hi again everybody. this is san jose and 87. you can see it's nothing but wet this morning. let's draw up my accuweather highlights. we've got heavy rain this morning. then showers and thunderstorms from mid-morning to mid afternoon. more rounds of showers on a lighter scale friday, saturday

we reported that toys "r" us plans to liquidate and the ceo of mga entertainment says investment groupmpany will make a bid for toys "r" us canada on thursday and plans to do it due diligence on u.s. stores using ubs as an advisor. nga entertainment owns various toy brands including rats, -- bratz, lol surprise and others. mark: theresa may has announced the u.k. would expel 23 russian diplomat's in retribution to the poison gas attacks on a spy and his daughter. >> the responses demonstrated disdain for the gravity of these events. they have provided no credible explanations that they could suggest they lost control of the agent and no explanation as to how this agent came to use in the united kingdom and no explanation as to why russia has an undeclared chemical weapons program in contravention of international law. mark: let's get the view from moscow with our russian government and economy team leader. what is the response in moscow to theresa may's measures? >> we have not seen the official retaliation announcement which will come probably in the next several hours. the response i

he currently owns mga entertainment.ng to usa today he is hoping to raise another $800 million to make a one million- dollar be it for all or most doors. executives have not commented about the potential be it and have said expect all of the closed -- stores to be close by the end of june. >>> what is a potential trade war mean for california business? >>> we will dig deeper on this topic to learn what could happen as tariffs are imposed on imports coming into the us from china. so much more coming up. >> the closing bell just a couple minutes away. when we came on air the dow was down 500 points. stocks continue to plunge. this after the trump administration announcing trade sanctions with china. >> thank you for sticking with us. updated numbers right now on ktvu.com . >> doctors who snap. >> where were you when you found out that your husband had choked himself? >> the dark side of medicine no one talks about. >> i was suicidal as a direct result of this profession. >> plus, clean eat to go restart your diet. >> clean

mga entertainment, they are trying to -- they have cemented a bid with other toy makers to buy canadauld lead to some u.s. stores being run through canada. that is a long shot. are going after the scraps of the company to get as much return as they can. >> is it just toys "r" us shares? there are still people who shop at toys "r" us. where is that going to go? >> toy sales have been flat depending on the year. ast predict toys are us had u.s. market share of 15%. a lot of that will go to amazon, target or walmart. industry,t to the toy toys "r" us is where toys became hits. they allow for innovation. walmart and target, they are mostly licensed products. companies trying something new, toyscould try it out at "r" us. maybe less toy innovation. scarlet: that is ok. everyone is playing on their screens. julie: don't say that. let's look at another company facing bankruptcy as well. i heart media filed for chapter 11 protection which will allow them to keep operating as it tries to reform. this company has $20 billion in debt. let's bring in him a. differentvery businesses, there is a co

. >> the ceo of mga entertainment say he and others have pledged $200 million to buy 400 locations.unding campaign will raise the rest of the money. they're known for making bratz dolls. one in five bratz dolls sales comes from toys "r" us. >>> if you have hacking skills, you could get paid. netflix announced a program to pay people who find bugs. you can earn up to $15,000 depending on the kind of vulnerability you find. netflix has been doing this within their company for years. this is the first time they're opening it up to the public. >>> we're going to take a live look at the new york stock exchange. looks like we're still down 215 points as we get the day started. >>> happening today, if you like the crazy starbucks drinks, get ready for another one. the new crystal ball frappuccino is available starting now. >> a starbucks in portland, oregon, shared this photo of the new drink on instagram. it's a peach flavored frap topped with whipped cream and colored bits of candy that predict your future. maybe. if you get a blue candy, adventure is in your destiny, green, good luck. p

providing the excellent information for us, and so we hope to continue to have the discussion with mga and we hope that you will come back and provide us with more of your information and we applaud your service. >>> more on the government discuss on opioid addiction and treatment. we will have speeches from west virginia, maine, connecticut, wyoming and new hampshire. >>> lib erty conis taking place in washington, d.c., this weekend. it is a series of speakers, panels and workshops about public policy, hosted by a libertarian student organization called students for liberty. our live coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2 with the conversation between the political commentator dave ruben and chiefgillespie. and tonight, make sure that you listen to if a employee has to pay union dues even if they are benefiting from the union. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight on c-span. >>> monday on c-span's landmark cases, we will explore the civil rights cases of 1883, and the supreme court decision that struck down the civil rights act of 1875, a federal law that granted all

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