murdock filed for divorce from wendy in 2013. the media mogul made an $80 billion bid for time warn wither the parent company of cnn. a month later he withdrew his bid from what could have been the biggest media merger in history. respected by many, feared by many his political and cultural power may soon be his sons' power if james and laughlin work as long as their father they could be at he helm for another 40 years. >> remember the deadly earthquake in nepal. there was another aftershock on thursday. it has killed dozens of people and many people are missing. triggered mudslides. >> it's the after shock that triggered the mudslides that caused the death. not good news for an earthquake stricken country. the ground is destabilize since the earthquake activity that took place in april of this year. we have had multiple aftershocks. add heavy rain with the onset of the southwest monsoon and the destabilize rugged terrain, the rock and mudslides off easily off the mountains and creates scenes like this. over 20 people, 20 fatalit

murdock gave up the job although remains the executive chairman. straight ahead on al jazeera america, for years the rate of suicide among men who served in the u.s. military has been rising, new research shows that the risks are nearly just as high for women veterans. plus the effort to stop hundreds of people from crossing the u.s. mexico border we will show you the lengths one with texas man is going to stop undocumented migrants in their tracks. now the department of veterans affairs is trying to figure out what is happened. a study revealed female veterans take their own lives far more often than civilian women. researchers found female veterans commit suicide at six times the rate of other women. the pattern goes back to the 1950's indicating it is more than the stress of the recent wars. among both sexes young vets from 18 to 29, thes is rate is almost 12 times as high as the civilian p tolation. at a hearing wednesday addressed some of the factors. >> a potentially deadly mix of opennoid use and lack of oversight is contributing to our high

. >>> another big story, a big change at the murdock family media empire. rupert murdock said he's naming his son james at the head of 21st century fox. you may remember james from the hacking scandal a few years ago in london. people here in london certainly remember him. >>> another story we're following as well, the ceo of twitter, dick cos stella has decided to resign. what we now know the stock is off off the back of the news that co-founder jack dorsey will be taking the reigns until a new ceo is found. you can catch the pair at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. be sure to check that one out. amy? >> a hadley thank you very much. live from london, we appreciate it. >>> still ahead on "way too early," a bad night for lebron james as he ends game four with stitches a loss and an embarrassing moment that had social media on fire. >>> plus a cleveland weather man not too happy with the reves. >> not a lot of calls and a lot of hacking going on. frankly in the first quarter golden state could have gotten away with this. hey, lebron you want to get to the basket? no

james murdock will take over as ceo while watson murdock will be the executive co-chairman. underwent first century fox, is "fox news" fox broadcast network, and the 20th century fox studio our parent company here at fox 29. is there also news corp which owns the wall street journal new york post and publisher harper collins. no word on when those changes will happen. >>> the department of transportation says that airline delays are down, on time arrivals for the nation's top airlines are up 80 percent compared to 78 percent last year. but not up too much. department saw a decrease in canceled flights h they found dealt hawaii and alaska airlines to have the best on time record, while low fair carriers like frontier and spirit, had the worst. >>> new survey find is what keeping employees from getting their work done. this guy right here is guilty of it. >> more than half of the companies say workers using cell fence for personal calls or texting is biggest productivity killer. companies naming strangest non-work activities employees have done on the job including taking a sp

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john: thank you, deroy murdock.ext, more sensitivity toward asians, are they the one group entertainers feel safe joking about? >> i wrote i love chinks. doug. you've been staring at that for a while, huh? listen, td ameritrade has former floor traders to help walk you through that complex trade. so you'll be confident enough to do what you want. i'll pull up their number. blammo. let's get those guys on the horn. oooo. looks like it is time to upgrade your phone, douglas. for all the confidence you need. td ameritrade. you got this. . john: political correctness often makes life dreary. one weapon against its suffocating rules is comedy joke is sometimes funny because it breaks the rules. a comic says something funny and we laugh because it makes us uncomfortable. >> if i'm in a gas station late at night, and a young man comes in wearing a hooded sweatshirt, if he's white, i'll think, he's athlete. if he's black, unless he has a big smile on his face, i become mildly racist and this is what i think. i think that's

rupert murdock is stepping down of 21st century fox. the 84-year-old is one of the world's most influential media executive executives. he built fox studios and fox broadcast and fox news channel. questions over how his sons wilt ss ss will fill his shoes. over at twitter, ceo dick costolo is out. twitter has struggled. many investors have called him to step down in the past year. the stock is up. that means investors like it. jack dorsey is the interim board. big moves in the corp regard world. >>> a virginia teenager and his role as a recruiter for isis. a teenager. new developments ahead. >>> a virginia teenager is pleading guilty to terrorism charges. 20-year-old ali amin faces up to 15 years behind bars. he admitted to the judge he helped his friend get to syria and join isis and behind a twitter isis account. let's get more from joe johns. >> reporter: john and christine, ali smin recruited and blogged for isis for eight months. the fbi on thursday said the face behind the enormous online presence was actually a teenager from nort

murdock built and empire. another big shake up alisyn twitter ceo.ers and generate ad revenue. the chairman will be the interim ceo. investors are happy the stock jumped more than 5% before the opening bell. >>> the oil supply glut getting bigger. the world is a wash in oil, folks. supply from opec countries the highest since 2012. that's pushing oil prices down. that could be great news for drivers. gas prices have been rising. this may be the highest gas prices all year. if you have all that supply, that is good for drivers because gas prices will eventually fall. >> i thought gas prices and oil prices had been rising. >> we look at the numbers showing how much energy we are producing, they are likely to go . >>> cnn explains. >>> prepare to keep your eye on the bunny. what bunny? the one that got so frightened by a snowboarder that it hopped into an avalanche. technically it's probably a hare not a rabbit. >> get me out of here. >> the camera was following a snowboarder for a promotional movie being shot in russia for an adventure tourism company.

. >>> rupert murdock is preparing to eventually hand over the reigns of his media empire to his sons. james murdock will take over, and rockland will be executive co-chairman. 121 -- 21st, fox broadcast network and 20th century fox studio, it is our parent company. there is news core which owns wall street journal new york post and publisher harper collins. no word on when the the changes will happen. >>> coming up, eagles get rid of another pro bowl player. we will tell you who won't be returning next season. >>> game four went to the golden state warriors final score this was a blow out 103-82. they have tied the series at two games appease. by wait no team has ever come back from a three-one deficit to win nba finals but win last night warriors were keeping their dream alive step curry had 22 points lebron james had half of the production, he scored only 20 points in game five, and by the way it will be on wednesday. for more sports, here's howard eskin. >>> this is fox 29 sports in one minute. >> good morning i'm howard eskin. one thing that is very clear with chip kelly you bette

>>> a big announcement in the world of business and media today as first reported by cnbc, rupert murdock is handing over control of 21st century fox to his son james, the 84-year-old media titan will remain chairman and controlling shareholder of the company, which controls a major hollywood film studio, the fox network and fox news channel. another son, lachlan murdoch, will become executive co-chairman with his father. >>> the ceo of twitter was the subject of tweets today after the company announced he's stepping down july 1st. dick costolo has been on the hot seat over twitter's sluggish growth since the company went public in late 2013. costolo will stay on in another role while jack dorsey will step in as interim ceo. >>> ornette coleman has died, the legendary saxophonist. he won the politzer prize for music in 2007 and passed away at a hospital here in new york overnight. ornette coleman was 85 years old. >>> a lot of fans of "lord of the rings" mourning a big loss today. sir christopher lee has died. his career on screen spanned more than 60 years over 250 movies, including the

rupert murdock is out. lays out his reasons why the youngens just might be the best thing for the stock in decades. >>> and later, the massive apple block trade that took the stock tumbling behind the big unload and what it could mean for investors. let's of news to get through this hour so stay with us. atte! vectorvest mobile is here and it's free! make faster, smarter, better trading decisions with vectorvest mobile. the most powerful app or managing your portfolio from the palm of your hand. only vectorvest mobile analyzes, ranks and graphs... ...over 16,000 stocks worldwide, everyday,... ...and gives you clear buy, sell, hold recommendations... ...on every stock; anytime, anywhere. vectorvest mobile comes free with your vectorvest trial. get it now! visit vectorvest.com/mobile to get started >>> the twitter conference call just got underway. we understand dick costolo is taking the lead in the call. let's get to it. >> so there is never, ever a perfect time for a transition like this, but given the com

. >>> a big announcement in media, rupert murdock is handing over control of 20th century fox to histhe 84-year-old media titan will remain chairman and shareholder which trolls a studio fox network and fox news channel. another son lockland murdoch will become co-founder. >>> the company announced he's stepping down july 1st. dick costolo has been on the hot seat over twitter's sluggish growth since the company went public in 2013. costolo will stay on in another role while jack dorsey will step in as interim ceo. >>> jazz muni six ornett ornette coleman died and his contributions thereupon with the all the-time greats. he won the poll prize for music in 2007 and passed away overnight. ornette coleman was 85 years old. >>> a lot of fans of "lord of the rings" mourning sir crist christopher lee died. including the role so many will remember him for "count dracula" in a slew of thrillers throughout the 1950s and '60s. he played a bond villain opposite roger moore in 1974 as the man with the golden gun and millions of fans loved to hate him as an evil wizard in the "lord of the rings"

columnist michael wolf got a rare access to murdock.media landscape. that's ahead. >>> "the wall street journal" says net neutrality rules go into effect today. yesterday a u.s. appeals court denied a request from the tell qualm industry for a stay. broadband providers are prevented from creating fast lanes for the internet. >>> the guardian says the germanwings co-pilot did an online search of drugs and living will. he researched how to get potassium, cyanide and lethal combinations of medicine. officials say lubitz also worried he was going blind. he visited 41 doctors in five years before he downed that airbus jet killing himself and 149 people. >> the story gets worse. i is really unforgivable. >>> charges will be dropped against a university of virginia student taken down in a bloody arrest. martese johnson will appear before a judge today. video of the violent protest sparked outrage in a college town. wyatt andrews spoke with him in an interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." he's in charlottesville this morning. wyatt, g

murdock will be giving up hisposition as fox ceo, and successor will be his son, james.o word on when all of this might happen. james's older brother will take on the role of co-executive chairman. matter of succession is on the agenda at an upcoming board meeting. in just a few minutes, we will get the reaction to murdoch's news. stay with us for that. scarlet: moving on to brussels to where reporters listened a discussion. >> we will keep working in order to come to an agreement. we are working in order to reach the differences and the differences in the fiscal and in the financing issue. toare working in order wille an agreement which assure that greece will recover with specifications and viable public debts. scarlet: i counted three instances of the word working. he spoke after eu president said that they will decide on the conditions of more bailout funds. mark: the mark -- the american consumer is getting back in the game. shoppers were back in may. the increase was broad-based. eight winners included car dealers, clothing and building materials, and other stores.

going to step down as the head of the twenty-first century towards the end of the year, murdock is widelyected to hand the role. >> they will discuss leadership in suggest session after the net meeting. environmentalist in the u.s. state of west virginia with have secure add victory in their campaign against coal mining by mountain top removal using explosives to blast off the summer of the mountain. they have long argues the practice is harming the environment. now several big banks say they are pulling their money out of the project. >> this is the ground we are standing on. >> another mountain in west virginia that will soon be blown up. just a few hundred meters from the state forest and the appalachian mountains the depressions creating by mining companies searching for coal. >> what we are seeing here will be taking down to near that level. >> but in recent months several banks have announced they will no longer lend money for the detonation of mountain tops. these documents the devastation of an extraction that appealed to mining companies for it's cost effectiveness. why some thou

billionaire mogul rupert murdock is handing over control of 20th century fox to his son 42-year-old jamesill take the reins as ceo soon. for now he is fox's cochief operating officer. and if he gets the expected promotion, business experts predict his brother will score an upgrade, as well. he goes to executive co- chairman. >>> robo calls are the single most common complaint to the ftc and one of the most common complaints that we get here. >> on the consumerwatch, julie watts on how government regulators may turn up the heat. >> reporter: the "do not call" list doesn't seem to stop robo calls but advocates say the phone companies could do it if they wanted to. they will vote on regulations for phone companies to block those unwanted calls altogether. complaints about robo calls have nearly tripled since 2009 from 53,000 a month to 150,000. federal regulate say that makes it cheaper and easier to make tens of millions of calls a day at a penny a call. you can't block them because spoofing hides the number they are calling from. at a hearing this week maine senator susan collins shows how

swain: this next question on twitter is one that we'll answer by video, dave murdock asked: did sarah's frugal ways also prevented her from lavish gowns and fashions, and did the american people see her as frugal? let's watch this video, again back at the polk historic site. and then, we'll talk with you about this because you've done some work on sarah polk's gowns. let's watch. >> how sarah looked was important to her, and i think certainly from the standpoint of how she looked and how she was perceived by the public. but i think she saw it also as a reflection on the presidency itself. she was known for having beautiful dresses and looking incredible in a white house that was equally beautiful. the blue dress is called robe de chambre. it was purchased in paris, france in 1847 by mrs. polk and worn by her late in the administration. it's basically a robe. it would be the undress-dress costume of a first lady. if she was taking visitors before she was properly dressed, this is the dress that she would wear. the white dress is a ball gown also made in paris, france, a high-end fashion

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watching today, shares in the sky are rallying at the top of the ftse 100 amid speculation that the murdockamily is go for a bid. this after james murdoch was promoted. joining to us discuss from fox is ian whitaker. pleasure to have you on "worldwide exchange." two things i find interesting, the high interest in sky, and also the price that the murdoch empire is willing to pay 18 pounds a share. that is a 17% premium to the shares they're trading out right now. that's mind-boggling. >> it is if you look at sky, sky has a fantastic reputation. it's sort of two named bidders here. slightly different interests. you've got vodafone which obviously, the feeling has been left behind in terms of the salvation of the space. buying sky would give it the major backing for the retail market. and have sky, and again, you've got a slightly different ideas of where they're going. in terms of price, there's a price at which anyone is willing to sell. the fact that murdochs are reporting for the price on this that they would say, yes, we would pay 18 pounds per share. the eventual thing is they actually n

. >> we knew at some point the murdock kids would take over. maria: does it differ from what james murdoch has put in place? >> at yankee does. james has so much asked her of spreading companies. events in asia and did a phenomenal job. he did a great job fair. in many ways. he led them from being the leading video surveys to move into new areas like broad and end voice which is way ahead of any potential competition. he was very innovative and he was a great leaders there. he also had something that fox never had which was a strong capital return policy. this is a great plan for investors. james of course this next generation can do so much more comfortable in a digital age as well. maria: given his more comfortable in the digital age and digital age in more apertures using for the company goes. what about acquisitions? tell us where you think the approach of managing the company goes? >> that is what he did. they had to buy their way in. i don't think there can share with acquisitions. when you look at fox history, they are not generally buye

his son james murdock, 42-year-old sun is expected to become the incoming ceo at some point potentially as early as this year and the other son expected to become the executive co-chairman of 21st century fox. what this means for james kerri could mean fat he steps into an advisory role. the matter of succession is on the agenda for this regularly scheduled board meeting. we also expect roger ailes will say in his current role reporting to rupert murdoch. what we're learning more about james murdoch over the last week since the news broke his he is interested in the digital side of news productions of we expect to see personal and protection will interest to continue to flourish. maria: thanks so much, shares of 21st century fox lower in pre-market trade. we knew this was coming and the chase carey will step down this summer. >> as far as changes are concerned we can assume the elder murdoch, rupert murdoch will have plenty of say about what happens. maria: you mentioned a digital part of the story, one of the strengths of james murdoch. >> professional and personal interest in a variet

like a succession plan that while we didn't know the timing has been in place for some time, james murdocke on different properties, so it doesn't seem like it is a dramatic change and rupert is not leaving the building. stuart: precisely. howard kurtz thank you very much. check the big board coming down a little bit. we were up 60, 70, 80 points, now we're 41 good retail sales numbers maybe the economy is doing a little better than we thought. you got to look at netflix. on a tear in the past week down 10 bucks at 660 but it was 692 the all-time high earlier today and yesterday. look at that stock go, down today look at it go. the company the works in the cloud making a lot of money giving an upbeat forecast makes them a winner. nearly 7% of today. as for the price of oil it was up now it is down a buck, $60 per barrel. as to the price of gasoline the national average $2.76 per gallon. let's get back to my take on the great climate give away as i am calling it. joining me the wall street journal's dan henninger. i think what i said there is very much up your street because i am saying it