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the pga tour has win to out.issioner jay monahan told cnn this about the -- >> as relates to the families of 9/11, i have 2 families that are close to me that have lost loved ones. so, my heart goes out to them. and i would ask any player that has left or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the pga tour? >> this is what monahan says now about the merger to cnbc. >> we've recognized that, together, we can have a far greater impact on this game then we can working apart. >> analysts say the new deal gives the saudis power they have not had before in the world of sports. >> they are leaping for joy. they are dancing through the streets. because they have won. >> and it's not just golf with the saudis have shelled out massive sums of money for high profile events and stars, with a critics call sports washing. they've invested huge sums of money in formula 1 racing, have lower tennis's biggest names to compete in tournaments there, have paid soccer's bigges

pga on its own terms.e to the bottomless well of funds of the private investment fund the saudis run talking about hundreds of billions of dollars. so they could eventually just bleed all the players away from the pga or at least many of them and compromise the quality of the pga tour. as most golf fans know this doesn't affect the majors you can be a liv player and play in the majors look at brooks koepka. liv golf players like phil mickelson, bryson dechambeau and others can't play on the tour until now. now they come back under one umbrella. i understand the pga players are meeting now in canada, the canadian open going on this weekend. they're meeting there. and a lot of them have to be very upset. some of them declined large money offers into the hundreds of millions of many cases to join liv golf out of morale principal but there was the aspect of the prestige and the historical validity resides with the pga. for whatever reason, tiger woods, rory mcilroy and others were not tempted by the money offe

, and one other pga tour policy board member who knew about this.y, who didn't even know this was coming, who pledged their loyalty to the pga tour for really the last two years since liv was created — they've got to feel pretty jilted at this point, the fact that they stayed around and turned down big sums of money, and now the pga tour has partnered with the very entity that they were speaking out against for all those months. so, yeah, they can't be very happy, i wouldn't think. and some have been saying golf has sold its soul — would you say that saudi arabia's sportswashing is actually working now? i mean, ithink you have to, right? you've seen saudi arabia's investment in golf for the last two years, you've seen how they've invested in formula one and premier league soccer — and now, they'll be pumping who knows how many billions of dollars into the pga tour, which from a pure competition standpoint, you've got to think — again, it's very early on at this point — but long—term, you've got to think the competition on the course will only get be

and refused the money and staying with the pga.nprofit, which of course we know the pga tour is a nonprofit status technically. madison, thank you for teeing that up. this drama swirling around the emergencier as u.s. golf associations 123rd u.s. open returns to los angeles for the first time in 75 years and the first major tournament since the pga tour and liv golf announced their merger but what do the questions and probes of the deal mean for the players, their sponsors and saudi money trying to flow to the u.s.. one of the mode widely read sports journal is in the world. john, go back to when you heard about the merger and a shock to you with someone that's keyed into these types of things as to the rest of the world. >> my best sources and nobody knew about this and that's what the big problem is there's so many questions is they entangle them and think about all the money that flows into the pga tour and that's money from the media companies, money from the sponsors and it's the players that bring in all of this money. none h

the pga tour has said through the whole process, the pga is its players. it is a player-run tour.the biggest announcement the tour has made in many many years if ever, and guys like colin morikawa, big, big name on the pga tour had no idea this was happening. this rumor mill has been churning like crazy for years and years. i've heard so many rumors. this guy will go, that guy will go. never heard a people about this. never heard a peep. the players are really upset. there are a lot of players. rickie fowler comes to mind. $75 million he was offered. there are rumors that hideki was offered $300 million. and jay monahan said please stay loyal to us. please don't go. so there is a player meeting at 4:00 p.m. at the canadian open today and that will be spicy. that's for sure. >> it has to be so frustrating for the players that left millions and millions on the table and watched their colleagues make bank playing for saudi arabia. can jay monahan survived this? will there be call for his resignation? >> there will definitely be calls. i saw, someone said tell me how he gets a pro mot

i think they're doing this out of distress, and the pga i don't know the pga, boarded her here from what, tell brilliant. jimmy done on the board, their help make this deal happen. these are very smart, extremely honest people. i put a lot of faith in jimmy dunn, and hurley. they know what they're doing. i'm warning of the saudis are just kicking sand and everyone 's face. >> all right, you're in luck. they've agreed to stick, when we're gonna come back and go even bigger. identity politics. and corporate america, here we, our pride month. when the 11th hour continues. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel- nothing beats it. new pronamel active shield actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients- it really works. he snores like an angry rhino. you've never heard an angry rhino. gamechanger for my patients- baby i hear one every night... every night. okay. i'll work on that. the queen sleep number c2 smart bed is now only $899. save $200. plus, 48-month financing on all beds. shop n

tool players who stayed loyal to the pga tool. and that's because they turned down a lot of money, some of them to join them if series, for example, tiger woods. so he was offered between $7800000000.00 to join the live series, turned it down where we mcroy he heard from there and david's report, he turned down around half a $1000000.00 as well. and even players who are not some household names like wills, i le tour as he turned down around a $160000000.00 to stay loyal to the pga to whether that was because of the loyalty to us the pga to ethical reasons against and have series now he's facing back surgery and his career is is up in the yeah. so he's missed that opportunity to to have a nice big payday. and so they can't be happy any of the not on our, on the, you know, the problem with best situation is that the pga tour is it is a play le tour. many of them are complaining now, but they weren't consulted. so those who, who are against joined him live toll for whatever reason. and now positive and if tool. and there's a lot of q

from the pga tour. tonight, the merger. the pga and liv golf joining forces, triggering a backlash including outrage from 9/11 families. the race for white house. the former governor chris christie jumping into the race. rachel scott alive something not seen in more than 100 years, a royal on the stand. but prince harry facing tough questions. 79 years ago today, the american heroes who stormed the beaches of normandy, they are "america strong" and they are right here tonight. >> announcer: from "abc news" world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. we do begin the breaking news as we come on the air there is word coming in of a shooting at a high school. a graduation in richmond, virginia, the images, coming at this hour. several people hit. families can be seen running from the graduation ceremony, the injured taken away on stretchers. let's get to abc's chief correspondent pi

that the pga would never ever associate with lift gulf. this is i recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite. and any time i said anything, i said it was the information i had at that moment. and i said, i set it based on someone that's trying to compete for the pga tour and our players . and so i accept those criticisms. but circumstances do change. critics, the live goals, i saw these attempt at sports washing in the face of criticism of its human rights or i called the new agreement between the 2 parties also allows for lift gulf plants to reapply for membership on the pga tour following the 2023 season after pga initially bent every player involved with list that being one of the big talking points throughout this year and a half from the commissioner about how these guys will never play on the pga tour again. so it'll be interesting. pga tour, commissioner j monahan revealed the decision was 7 weeks and the making plays were left completely in the dark. finding out the same time as the media want. i'm kind of finding out i

the pga tour.— the pga tour.at peace has broken out. some - the pga tour. at peace has broken out. some people l the pga tour. at peace has . broken out. some people have accused the saudi government of sports washing, it's notjust because we were looking at in terms of making something look better then it is when turning away from side of the criticism about its human rights practices and other things. do you think sports washing actually works? i5 you think sports washing actually works?- actually works? is a very traditional _ actually works? is a very traditional tactic. - actually works? is a very traditional tactic. it - actually works? is a very i traditional tactic. it doesn't only apply to saudi arabia, it applies to the country him in at the moment, australia, the united states, etc. it's a tactic which attempts to use to cover over sometimes human rights violations, that kind of thing. or expanding practices of the various kinds. it's an irony, people have pointed out that when you try to wash some thi

the pga tour couldn't do it. cash-strapped they are, spending away on purses to try to keep up with the saudis. >> yes, sports is always about money, rarely so blatant. we now have a foreign entity partnering with a u.s. sports. the saudi perspective, part of this soft power game, they also bought christinian owe ronaldo and lionel messi may be heading that way, too, so much of a success they have this influence, they get this blessing from a u.s. entity, at the same time they just said they're going to slash oil production so prices can rise. >> when they did slash oil production prices haven't risen. this is about the crown prince. essentially telling younger saudis i can give you a better future. it has more to how it plays in saudi. he's basically that sale here. the charges are real, particularly on khashoggi, there's no gray, that's black and white. women still have real difficulties in saudi. anyone who wants to initiate their political efforts that's not allowed in saudi arabia. 9/11's a little bit more c

now, how does the pga commissioner explain his own comments from last year? >> as it relates to the families of 9/11, i have two families that are close to me that have lost loved ones. so my heart goes out to them. i would ask, you know, any player that has left or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the pga tour? >> when they see the impact that we're having on this game together, there will be a lot of smiles on peoples faces. >> okay, we will get into all of that in the program. let's begin with the big news, former top trump official, mark meadows, has testified to a grand jury. meadows was not just trump chief of staff, he was also tasked with overseeing presidential records. chances are, he may have a lot to say. let's bring in our panel, cnn senior legal affairs correspondent, paula reid is here, also chris whipple, who's written extensively about the rule of white house chief of staff. we also have karen friedman -- and former chief assistant district attorney of the manhattan d.a.'s offic

pga will either cause it or be the reason that we don't get out. so they've started a petition with more than 2000 signatures urging pga to bury the lines underground. and now we think it's the right thing to do to bring these lines down in a neighborhood like this. this is that is so risky. the pga announced a plan two years ago to put 10,000 miles of its lines underground. the utility aims to have 2300 miles completed by 2026, but montclair didn't make the list. pga is aware that this is a huge issue. that's why they turn our power off so often. cal fire considers the east bay hills a very high fire severity zone. but pga says there are higher risks that need immediate attention. so we look for that and then we do the risk modeling and kind of just see where it eliminates the most risk to reduce 99% of the risk from power lines is to put them underground. joe devries is oakland's chief resilience officer. he says pga is risk modeling doesn't take into account montclair population density or its narrow streets. they're looking at the risk of start

some pga players are staying loyal to the pga, like tiger woods. they can be too happy about this.hat do they tell you? yeah, i wouldn't be happy if i was in their position as well. a lot of these guys were offered, the rumour $300 million, and they didn't go because the commission of the pga tour asked them basically to stay loyal to the tour. he told them we will fight this thing off, we will make our tour better, don't take the money, stay with us, so they did. now there are a lot of golfers who did take the money, phil mickelson, dustinjohnson, cameron smith. now those guys are going to be able to come back and play in the same tournaments as the guys who said no to the money, with the hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets. so that's going to be one of the hardest things for monaghan to navigate in this whole thing, looking best players in the eye who he looked in the eye and telljust one year ago, don't leave, we are doing our own thing. now he is doing the exact opposite. yeah, i want to ask you what has changed, because as you say, joe monaghan, pga tour commissio

. >>> pga tour shocking the world of golf. the commissioner announce ago surprise partnership with saudi-backed liv. >> and a live look at new york city, if you are waking up in the midwest or the northeast it might look like this. this this is smoke from the canadian wildfires. wa air quality plunging. where is it headed? this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. >>> big developments in the special counsel's investigation of former president donald trump. we are learning former white house chief of staff mark meadows has testified before that federal grand jury. meadows could be a key witness on multiple fronts. >> today another witness is expected to appear before a grand jury in miami. remains unclear why the special counsel is using a grand jury in southern florida after months of relying on grand juries in washington, d.c. gathering evidence and testimony in that classified documents case. here to explain it all to us, cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez. what do we know about today's witnesses and what's

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the pga tour defends its deal with saudi arabia funded live golf. and later, the mystery illness being linked to marijuana. why it's so hard to diagnose what would you give for a child you loved, to make their wish come true? to help them fight a critical illness, just imagine what you'd do. every single one of us can make the stars align. because when we come together, hope and joy will shine. ♪ ♪ good morning america. back now with deputies saving a toddler who nearly drowned near detroit , one of them slapping the child's back to get water out of the lungs. ems workers later arrived to provide oxygen and the child has now been released from the hospital. two more infant deaths have been linked to a recalled baby pillow. ten deaths are now blamed on the boppy newborn lounger, prompting regulators to once again urge parents to stop using the pillows, which were first recalled in 2021 due to suffocation risk. now to the controversial merger shaking up the sports world. saudi arabia funded liv golf is combining forces with the pga tour. it means the

i think they're doing this out of distress, and the pga i don't know the pga, boarded her here from whatard, their help make this deal happen. these are very smart, extremely honest people. i put a lot of faith in jimmy dunn, and hurley. they know what they're doing. i'm warning of the saudis are just kicking sand and everyone's face. >> all right, you're in luck. they've agreed to stick, when we're gonna come back and go even bigger. identity politics. and corporate america, here we, our pride month. when the 11th hour continues. hour continues with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of

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the union of the pga tour and the saudi backed liv golf was announced weeks ago and shocked the sports. the deal is currently under investigation by the us department ofjustice. and the senate finance committee. let's bring in ben freeman now he's with the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. he explained why the merger raised red flags. we do not know the details of this merger. with the general sense that the saudi investment fund is effectively buying international game of golf. they are buying out, they will be the number one owner of the pga tour, the dp world tour and of course liv. so there is ample reason for the department of justice to investigate this under antitrust laws in the us. the us has a bit of a special relationship with the saudis. can you describe what that is like? the us sells weapons to saudi arabia, has a deep security relationship with saudi arabia and of course gets a lot of oil from saudi arabia and frankly the relationship has contentious as of late biden has not gotten along with the leader there and i think this will be another contentious issue

pga and liv golf will merge and form one unified commercial entity.he announcement comes as an even bigger shock, given pga tour commissioner's previous stance that the pga would never, ever, associate with liv golf. >> i recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite. and anytime i have said anything, i said it with the information i had at that moment, and i said it based on someone that is trying to compete for the pga tour and our players. and so, i accept those criticisms. but circumstances do change. reporter: critics see liv golf at saudi's attempts of sports washing in the face of criticism of its human rights record. the new agreement between the parties also allows for liv golf players to reapply for membership on the pga tour following the 2023 >> you are watching "live from paris" here on france 24. i'm mark owen. these are the headlines. u.s. secretary of state lincoln is in saudi arabia for talks with prince mohammad bin salman. zelenskyy tells macron of the urgent need to deal with the strike down on the dnipro river . macron is

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the pga tour golfer dylan joins me now. interview for golfers to come on tv and explain their position. thank you for your time for being here today. one quote. we cannot compete with a foreign government with unlimited money, says monihan. this was the time. we waited to be in the strongest possible position to get this deal in place. saudis had $7 hundred billion behind them. i don't know how much the pga tour has behind it. what do you think now, dylan? >> it has been almost six days since the news came out last tuesday when liv and pga tour were merging. i don't think many players have much clarity still. i think it's still fresh and new. there is more news coming out saying it was a monetary decision. i know that being a player, we all were kind of shocked when this came out and honestly didn't believe it the morning of. i think there is still so many questions that need to be answered. this is just the beginning. >> bill: a couple of things on my mind here. this is what you do for a living, right? this supports your l

the pga and liv filed competing lawsuits and rory mcilroy became the most vocal loyalist to the pga.oney to go play on a different tour that is trying to buy the professional game of golf. >> reporter: there is a lot still to be decided following this announcement, like, what is the path back to pga events for players currently playing on the liv tour? ahead of the canadian open in toronto, the commissioner met with players there, he admitted it was an intense meeting, heated, but as monahan told cnbc, it is less about how people respond today, it is all about how people respond in ten years and he believes this is what's best for the growth of the game globally. back to you. >> kaylee hartung, thank you. that's going to do it for us today. thank you so much for joining us. we'll see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. until then, reporting from new york, i'm ana cabrera. our coverage continues with jose diaz-balart right now. >>> and good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we're following several breaking stories this morning. nbc

pga will either cause it or be the reason that we don't get out.ey've started a petition with more than 2000 signatures urging pga to bury the lines underground. now we think it's the right thing to do to bring these lines down in a neighborhood like this . this is that is so risk. see, pga announced a plan two years ago to put 10,000 miles of its lines underground. the utility aims to have 2300 miles completed by 2026, but montclair didn't make the list. pga is aware that this is a huge issue. that's why they turn our power off so often. cal fire considers the east bay hills a very high fire severity zone. but pga says there are higher risks that need immediate attention. so we look for that and then we do the risk modeling and kind of just see where it eliminates the most risk to reduce 99% of the risk from power lines is to put them underground. joe devries is oakland's chief resilience officer. he says pga is risk modeling doesn't take into account montclair's population density or its narrow streets. they're looking at the risk of starting a f

but the pga tour would not sell.cash that the pga tour is getting from the public investment fund that is bolstering the tour and giving the saudi government a controlling share. amna: part of the statement from the 9/11 families they put out today after the merger they said, now the pga and monahan appear to have become just more paid saudi shills taking billions of dollars to cleanse the saudi reputation. has the pga commissioner addressed any of these concerns? brendan: he spoke with the media half an hour ago. his message was that the long-term threat of the health of the pga tour and needing this cash to get out of litigation -- there has been a drawn out lawsuit with liv golf. their tax-exempt statuses are being investigated. basically, they had to get out of that situation and this is the only way. the pga tour used a lot of ideas of morality and ethics to keep its best players and stand in stark contrast to what liv golf is. at the end of the day, chose its own financial security over concerns of morality. am

he turned down hundreds of millions of dollars to support the pga tour.ms like he had the rug pulled out from under him. brison dechambeau took the money and joined live. >> i think this is the best thing that could happen for the game of golf, the fans get what they want, players experience something new, i believe in the end the game of golf wins. >> here to make sense of this. old friend who loves golf, host of course record the, pga professional michael breed. what happened between -- they were in court last time i looked. now, there is a merger. >> well, i think what happens was a company got bought that w that wasn't for sale. when you take the pga tour and all of the things they do and amount of money they have, you put them against this public investment fund of saudi arabia, that has 700 billion dollars, they say, you know what, we want to own the golfers, we want to own golf, a lot of people say, think is this merger something like you know with afl and nfl, no. because, golfers are independent contractors, they play wherever they want to play,

but, for other leading pga tour players, it seemed to come as a surprise. major winner collin morikawa saying, "i love finding out morning news on twitter." ian poulter and sergio garcia were among several top liv players who walked away from the dp world tour and became ineligible for the ryder cup, but they could now return. already the chair of saudi—owned newcastle united, another of the kingdom's growing list of sports investments, pif governor yasir al—rumayyan will now chair the new golf entity, with the pif also providing fresh funds, reinforcing the concerns of human rights campaigners that this is sportswashing, something i put to al—rumayyan last year. it's the big thing in golf and we are going to enjoy it. that is why i'm here. thank you very much. can i just ask you very quickly about the suggestions of sportswashing? what do you say to that? i am really not sure about this terminology. for many in the sport, however, today's peace deal will come as a major relief. dan roan, bbc news. we've a box—office clash to look forward to in the men's se

liv has 20% equity in the pga. the pga went and took a portion of the european tour as well.or the players to get along and play together in the u.s. open and the majors are different. the usga different from the pga. so they get to play together. how do you feel if you are that guy? you walked away from 45000 to $700 million to join liv and now all those guys like dustin johnson who got that money get to go back on the tour that they left compete against the guys that walked away from the money and showed loyalty to the league. >> like tiger woods who could have made 750 million for signing a contract and he didn't do it because he wanted to stay loyal to the pga tour that had given his. >> roy mcilroy, too ains article in the "new york times" how they found out. kept can a was in club in florida looked at the television and glimpsed up and there was a headline. jon rahm who is the masters champion he says he was preparing coffee his children under his feet. he said it was a bit of a betrayal. stunning and staggering and disor noting. listen. >> you want to have faith that t

the pga desperately bag. its top golfers not to flee to the live tour which seem like it was just printing money and throwing it at everyone many golfers remain loyal to the pga, which is why you can guess many were shocked when the pda backtracked and decided to partner up with live. but pga tour commissioner jay monahan doesn't seem too concerned at this moment. i said previously that we were going down half they were going down. there's. >> and today that tension goes away. the litigation is dropped. we're announcing to the world that on behalf of this game, we're coming together and it's less about how people respond today. it's all about how people respond in 10 years when they see the impact we're having on this game together will be a lot of smiles on people's faces and will be a lot more people playing this game all over the world. and if you're a young player that wants to get to the highest level, the game today, you'll be more inspired than you've ever been before. >> and i'm not sure the pga playe

paid enough for the pga to merge with liv golf. >> it's hard to believe. i woke up this morning and it was posted all over the internet that this was happening. and it's almost like an april fool's day. >> reporter: everyone in golf had the same reaction as former pga tour player todd fisher. the two rival sides put an end to their feud on the course and in the courtroom. >> i don't think the lawsuits were going anywhere, and it's just costing more and more money. and it's going to -- if at the end of the day when nothing happens, then something's got to give. i think it's totally benefiting the liv golfers, that's for sure. >> reporter: all those players that made the jump for huge paydays were all banned from the pga tour. but now the door is open for a potential return. >> my son told me today that even the liv golfers were kind of taunting the pga guys because, hey, we left, we got our money, and now we get to kind of come back. >> reporter: it's a tough pill to swallow for players like rory mcilroy, who defended the pga tour and criticized their appea

we thought that the pga was built upon integrity. we thought that the pga had morals.st trashed -- trashed the kingdom's name and then they turn around and do this deal. it feels like a gut punch. >> brett, why do you think they made this about face? is it just in your mind about one simple thing -- money? >> it certainly seems that way. one thing that i wanted to say, if the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united states government want to settle or stabilize relations like you had talked about on the lead-in. tony blinken is in saudi arabia right now. it is a mistake to ignore the 9/11 community. we are not going anywhere. this kingdom of saudi arabia should have prioritized our interests over the interests of golfers. golf is a game. the golfing community did not lose 3,000 americans on 9/11. so the 9/11 community is demanding a meeting with the chairman of the pif. if they want to normalize relations and if they want to advance and improve relations and use golf to, you know, move that country's relationship forward, they should be talking to us, and they should be

no real stalk from what we're learning for pga golfers.ast weekend. players advisory committee met, jay monihan was there, this doesn't come up. colin, said they found out on twitter t comes as a shock. it liked like for a lot of people it wasn't adding up for liv golf. they would not compete in terms of the fan base when it came to drawing in the ratings and drawing in the attention that the pga tour. a lot of guys jumped ship, got major pay days it was not bringing in the ratings. you saw legal action taking place. you had antitrust suit from liv against the pga tour claiming they were trying to monopolize all the vendors and broadcast partners. pga tour, saying breach breach f contract against liv giving guys, nine figure pay days. we'll have newly formed golf entry includes pga tour ceo jay monihan remaining on board and board of directors, including the saudi investment fund, a lot of ire came with the formation of the league. neil: what is having about that, say what you will of donald trump but a year ago he was trying advise pga pl

they, the pga tour has caved to them. and the pga tour is saying what could they have done? the masters the u.s. open and the pga championship and if they had looked to the golfers and said, no, you cannot play here, and something that we have talked about, and i have written about, and if they had taken the stand, and justing sexism and said, no, no masters or u.s. open, i think that liv golf would have caved, and that is what they could have done, but they didn't, and now they have a fiasco on their hands that is very difficult for them to try to explain to journalists like me and you, and we will be asking questions for many weeks and months going forward. >> if nothing else, it is an important opportunity for everyone to remind them to look at the cas assessment of how high it went of approving and the murder and planning of jamal khashoggi and maybe a good day of reminding everyone of where that came from. sara. >>> from shutting down drag shows and gender affirming care, and legislation introduced thousands of lgbtq bills, and now the largest number of rights have inci

the pga doing exactly pga players that they shouldn't do which is accept money from liv golf. >> exactlyp talking about this. >> and bob costas will be on later to talk about it. >> i'm sure he has views. very candid views. >>> here's one of donald trump's most trusted allies. now he's a critical witness in the investigation into his former boss. the information mark meadows may have shared with the federal grand jury. former deputy white house press secretary who worked with trump and with meadows will join us live to discuss coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ get 2.9% apr for 36 months plus $1,500 purchase allowance on a 2023 xt5 and xt6 when you finance through cadillac financial. was also the first time your profits left you speechless. at the counter or on the go, save 20% with the lowest transaction fees and keep more of what you make. start saving today at godaddy.com ♪ you got a minute? how about all weekend? let's go. ahora! i'm a miami hotel. i'm looking for someone who loves art deco elegance, good times, and unexpected flavors. someone who likes it hot but knows how to keep their cool

but pga says there are higher risks that need immediate attention.ok for that and then we do the risk modeling and kind of just see where it eliminates the most risk to reduce 99% of the risk from power lines is to put them underground. joe devries is oakland's chief resilience officer. he says pga is risk modeling doesn't take into account montclair's population density or its narrow streets. they're looking at the risk of starting a fire. we have to look at the risk of if a fire happens , what next? how do we get people out? how do we get emergency responders in? and so for us, we have to look at the whole thing, not just what started it. right now, the main components in pga e's risk model are potential fire fuel and whether it keeps all of us up at night when we have warm winds and the weather is really hot, we are worried every single day. pga says it's updating how it determines where lines should be buried next to include emergency crews getting in and residents getting out. we'll be looking continue to look at the risk modeling and see where

pga tour commissioner jay monahan had warned pga players against signing with the rival.rom a year ago to what he said yesterday to cnbc. >> i would ask any player that has left or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the pga tour? we are announcing to the world on behalf of this game, we're coming together. it's less about how people respond today, and it's all about how people respond in ten years. >> it seems like it was all about the money. first he was concerned about saudi arabia's history. he compared it to human right s abuses. donald trump is saying it's a huge victory. he had been kept out of pga tour golf at his resolves after january 6. who are the winners here? >> the saudis and money and everybody who bet cynically on the liv golf tour. we have seen this movie before. what we saw, for instance, after the murder of -- a dismemberment of an american journalist, "washington post" journalist. what happened is the saudis have tried to demonstrate that their money can bring them in from the cold. they ha

saudis had way more money than the pga tour. the pga tour i guess came to the conclusion that they couldn't continue to fight the fight. they didn't have the resources. >> reporter: and now one of america's most iconic sports entities teams up with a tour backed by a well fund chaired by bin salma known as mbment is, the crown prince of saudi arabia, who approved the operation which led to the murder and dismemberment of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi in 2018 which bin salman has denied. >> basically the headline is never mind. everything that we talked about, outrage of the pga tour, how they spoke about the 9/11 families and their concern about the murder of jamal khashoggi, that is all out the window. the pga tour has wimped out, let's just say it what it is. >> reporter: a year ago jay monahan told cbs this about the saudi golf tour -- >> as it relates to the families of 9/11, i have two families that are close to me that lost loved ones. and so my heart goes out to them. and i would ask, you know, any player th

in a letter to pga leadership, asking for details on that deal.so plans to introduce legislation revoking the saudi special tax exemption status in the u.s. citing the record of human rights violations and disregard for the rules of law as reasons for his concerns and he's not alone. brian kilmeade, and jim gray, brian is hosting the 8:00 hour all week. great to have you here. jim, can i start with you here, first? what do you make of this deal? what should people make of this deal, especially those who want the good old days of pga to come back, turn on the channel and watch all the top golfers in one spot. >> that's what we are going to do right now, we are here in los angeles at the u.s. open here at l.a. country club and it's underway. ricky fowler is leading, so nobody knows, it's up in the air. announcement was made with very few details. and i want to go back to what paul, the former commissioner of the nfl said the day he took over from pete rosell, he told the membership and the ownership, and two places we can't have the business. can't

what about the pga players who turned down hundreds of millions of dollars to be loyal to the pga. >> ainsley: 750 million for tiger. >> brian: i would have played on that elm too. we will find out about that. oh, i like that song. do you want to make it louder ♪ on the couch right now ♪ with someone new ♪ i'm going to need some whiskey glasses ♪ if i'm going to make it through ♪ phil: excuse me? hillary: that wasn't me. narrator: said hillary, who's only taken 347 steps today. hillary: i cycled here. narrator: speaking of cycles, mary's period is due to start in three days. mary: how do they know so much about us? narrator: your all sharing health data without realizing it. that's how i know about kevin's rash. who's next? wait... what's that in your hand? no, no, stop! oh you're no fun. [lock clicks shut] lowe's knows your home should feel like an extension of you. it's why we carry samsung's bespoke refrigerator because every appliance should have a personal touch. and now, buy more save more up to an additional $1,000. oh booking.com, ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere. ♪ ♪ a beac

he said a year ago, to the pga golfers, what are you doing?is very cynical trumpist comment. he said you might as well take the money, because morality, out the window. it's basically the entire trumpist philosophy about not just saudi arabia, but all of foreign policy. tied up in his opinion that liv might as well control golf. heck, saudi arabia might as well control all of sports. because all that matters is getting paid. and anybody who isn't getting paid is by definition, a sucker. today trump looks prescient, instead of looking like this guy minding this toxic decaying asset known as liv golf. i have to tell you, when i think about the conservative minded people who are on the pga tour, one really does wonder, given that this actually does give some political wind towards donald trump as the person who saw this coming. >> it's interesting that, you know, you've got people on the right who were very incensed about what dana hice or bush's doing -- it makes bud light commercials. but they don't mind this. the saudis have a lot of public in

did not go to protect the integrity of the pga and now they're going to be under one umbrella.ow it's the same thing. and so hearing the interviews that the commissioner previously gave and him changing his tune, people were not so happy about. more to come. lionel, thank you. okay. coming up, celebrate prince on what would have been his 65th birthday. what did he exactly do 30 years ago today that cemented him as one of the most innovative artists of our time? we're opening up the abc news vault next. you're watching world news now. crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a gold mine. well, she doesn't know that. if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more, she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy, even a term policy. find out if you're sitting on a gold mine. call coventry direct today at 800 941 zero 100 or visit coventry .com i phil swift here for the flex seal family of flood protection products to show you their sealing power. we built this entire house and sealed every gap crack and hole. once dry and sealed.

and some players stayed loyal to the pga, - players stayed loyal to the pga, they can't be too happyimagine so, and especially with a lot of them — jay monahan just spoke to the media a while ago, and evidently not any of the players knew this was coming today, it was basicallyjay the players knew this was coming today, it was basically jay monahan, jimmy dunn, a very influential member of the pga policy board, and one other member who knew about this. so if you look at a player like tiger woods, like rory mcelroy who didn't even know this was coming, who pledged their loyalty to the pga tour for the last two years since liv was created, they've got a feel prettyjolted at this point, the fact that they stayed around and turn down big sums of money. and now the pga tour has partnered with the very entered to you they were speaking out against all these months, they can't be very happy, i would think —— the very entity they were speaking out against. some would think -- the very entity they were speaking out against. some say uolf has were speaking out against. some say golf has sold —

terry estrada also called the pga commissioner jay monahan disgusting.cked many in the sports world comes after a year of public and legal bitter fighting between the two. and it was a shock to many, including their own players. it's also a reversal from how monahan framed the idea of working with the saudis just a year ago. >> i think you'd have to be living under a rock to not know that there are significant implications. and as it relates to the families of 9/11, i have two families that are close to me that lost loved ones. and so my heart goes out to them. and i would ask any player that has left or any player that would ever consider leaving, have you ever had to apologize for being a member of the pga tour? >> that was then. one year and one partnership later, this is how monahan is now framing working with saudi arabia. >> i recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite. and anytime i've said anything i said it with the information i had at that moment and i said it based on someone that's trying to compete for the pga tour and our playe