despite public protests, companies like pilgrim insist theirs are the safest method of transport. in an e-mail to al jazeera, pilgrim's spokesperson said, an efficient means to transport these products than the region's current dependence on river barges. the spill risk for barges is almost seven times greater than appliance. >> we always say how safe they are. then ruptures or leaks the that go undetected for weeks sometimes guess what, that's not a mistake, it's a disaster and a tragedy. >> among the worst accidents, michigan's kalamazoo river. 840,000 gallons of crude spilled into the water. warned others not to drink their water. and in 2011, disaster hit families in montana. a ruptured pipeline there dumped 63,000 gallons of crude into their drinking supply, the pristine yellow stone river. precautions to be taken for lines near waterways, many states do as well. and inspections are required every three years. but inspectors are calling on federal and state guidelines to do more. >> without proper environmental review, without proper public notice or scrutiny, they are puttin

that's $1 billion more than what pilgrim's pride offered for hillshire. both tyson and pilgrim's bids came last month after they looked to buy pinnacle foods. both offers required hillshire to terminate that deal and hillshire shares in germany are up by 4%. tyson foods coming under a fair bit of pressure up by 1.9%. >>> a new study shows ceos are drawing top dollar when it comes to their annual pay packages. seema moody is here with the details. >> that's right. the average pay for the top 200 highest paid ceos rose 6% last year to 20.7 million dollars. that's according to a study by compensation research firm aquilar. while pay packages may seem a bit excessive, changes in the way ceo pay is determined is improving the odds the top execs are earning the moment due to more independent pay levels and a rise in the portion of pay-base performance. some of the notable names is oracle's larry ellison and. the top energy pay went to the energy ceo who made more than half cheniere's revenue. the company's proxy statement says his large share award was for meet

pilgrim's latest offer was $55 a share.son came in yesterday, trumping that, coming in today with $63 a share. pilgrim saying not enough is the just -- not in our best interest. >> we have 3 deals this morning and it speaks to these equity markets and not the frenzy, but the grind higher -- >> $17 billion of food deals alone to the first months through may. i don't know if you would call that a frenzy -- nine >> after ecb on thursday, john stay on friday, s&p -- jobs day on friday, s&p -- we continue this morning -- valuationorget, uber of $17 billion, $18 billion? $3 billion a year ago. >> this is important, kevin roberts, as you look at the dealmaking. it is almost double digits psychology in the markets. digitld with a single psychology and branding and marketing and what was me and all that. not was me in the markets -- not woe is me in the markets. >> companies are thinking, boy, we need to get some scale, and the brands are important, so let's go out and buy them. we don't have time to waste. >> we don't have time for

>>> good morning, matt is off, eva pilgrim joins us. first up, let's go over to meteorologist karen rogers she is in for david murphy. and you also we've got a good weekend. >> reporter: we're going to have a good weekend. it's going to be partly sunny and little humidity, so we can handle this friday morning. we have a good deal of sunshine coming in. we stay dry most of the day. 69 in poconos. 74234 philadelphia. 69 in millville. awrong the coastline you're in the low 70s right now. as you look at your day ahead you'll see sunshine mixed with clouds partly sunny conditions, a little bit, slightly humid out there, but nothing you wouldn't expect for this time of the year. we have the possibility of a stray storm popping up in one or two spots today. i wouldn't let it cancel your plans it will be widely scattered throughout the area and widely separated. all important weekend call is summing up in a couple of minutes. >> chester police are looking for a gunman who released a hail of bullets at a intersection at west 7th and lloyd street

melissa: pilgrim's pride, go to nicole on floor of the new york stock exchange.ee how investors are reacting to the news. nicole. >> look at stocks first of all, hillshire brand up 5.25 percent. ties soon foods and pilgrim's pried to the downside. down five and 6% respectively. this has been big news and big battle for makers of jimmy dean sausages and like. tyson raised bid. moved forward. pilgrim's pride steps back on this one, says, go ahead you can have them. goes for $63 a share. this is obviously a big deal today. right now you can see pilgrim's pride is down 6.7%. see what happens on pinnacle foods. that is the other part of the equation. we didn't mention it, hillshire was supposed to take over pinnacle foods. that is vlasic pickles. they had been higher at some point. i wonder if someone will be interested in them with another merger acquisition. this is moving faster and furiously. tyson wins this one. melissa: without question. nicole, thank you. the big board turned negative, because i'm sure we were saying how close we're getting to 17,000. right now

pilgrims pride says if their buyout happens.. it expects cost savings to exceed 300 million dollars annually.... the purchase would also boost earnings per share immediately... of the private company that runs the lock marie is running low on its revenue. there reevaluating the contract with the firm. lottery officials say 2014 net revenues will be $220 million less than what expected. profits are expected to be down. they have a 10 year contract with the state. the company points out they have increased sales at a rate of 12% a year. compared to 3% under state management. >> apple has revealed plans for the new ios operating software for iphones.. i-pads and macs. the announcement came yesterday at the kick-off of apple's worldwide developers conference in san francisco. ios-eight... will have improved group messaging... allow users to respond to texts and facebook notifications directly from the lock screen... and feature a new halth-kit application. osx-yosemite the system for macs has also been updated. both operating systems

matt is off, eva pilgrim is joining us. here's what's happening this morning. >> new details are emerging regard the man shot by philadelphia police. >> investigators are hope this surveillance video helps them catch the suspect who attacked a woman inside her apartment building. >>

in the meantime pilgrim's pride stayed at $55. what happened here?> they go to seal bids and you end up paying more than they should have. what has surprised people not the least of whom are at least $1 billion more than they are able to pay. $300 million. they put a deck out and have been asked a lot of questions on the call. let's assume it is $300 million, to $200 million you are paying for the premium you paid above the huge premium that pilgrim's pride was willing to pay. this is not a great company. it was a cast off company. so they split it up. maybe attracting buyebuyers. it would be amazing to get there within five years. we come in today for 61. i have oscar meyer valued at $41 billion trades north of $23 billion now. heinz traded at less. at lez than what this company has gone to tyson foods for. protein. is this plastics? is this is modern protein? protein consumption is incredible. you should probably put that chart up. are you not though embarrassed to hear the cheap cost. you have to make money. >> you know, i was talking again, let's

more than 20 shia pilgrims are dead after a bombing near the iranian border. they were returning home after a trip to the neighboring country. it is yet another sect terry and attack. the country has been shaken by sectarian bloodshed in recent years. the pakistani taliban said it carried out the attack in revenge for the killing of its leader last year, and to damage pakistan's government. but he was killed by u.s. drones and not local forces. the cia has been carrying out attacks on taliban targets for a decade. the attack could mean the pakistani prime minister rules out new peace talks with the taliban. he came to power promising piece. the u.s. and pakistani forces have since continued their war against the islamic militants. now, the airport attack in karachi has shown that the taliban is anything but defeated. >> we are joined from islamabad by the head of the research and security studies institute. tell us more about the pakistani taliban. what sets them apart from the taliban in afghanistan? what are they trying to achieve? >> the afghan taliban have

and eva pilgrim is live at the aria health system in torresdale where doctor parker works. >> dr. parker part of the if a situations training program in the aria health system. and he was arrested and caught with child porn on his home computer. police say he was a medical resident doing rotations at several area hospitals. 36 year old quentin parker behind bars tonight after police found child pornography on his xu computer. >> he was surprised and upset. become his profession he realized the ramifications of the charges. >> the internal resident downloaded 58 images and videos depicting 9 to 13 year old female children engaged in sex acts. from april 18 to june 3. >> the question was asked, did he know what he was doing was illegal? and he said that he did. >> the police tell "action news" they found i.d.s for several area hospitals in parker's home. and he told the police that he completed or was completing row dayses at area with a torresdale, bucks and hanneman. and they reliease add statement say immediately after receiving the information they placed the individual on admin

rick and sarah are off, i'm eva pilgrim. crash on the northeast extension this morning involving a half-dozen vehicles caused big detours during rush hour. >>> union carpenters are protesting outside of the philadelphia convention center today. >>> the big story on "action news at noon" is the closing of showboat-atlanta. caesar's made the announcement this morning that the casino will be shutting its doors at the end of the summer. the loss of thousands of jobs is just the latest blow to the economy in a.c. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick, live how the side of showboat with more. annie? >> that's right. caesar's finally made the announcement this morning after months of rumors swirling. and last night the union, one of the major unions in town did also hear the news. caesar's announcement says showboat will close in august losing more than 2,000 jobs in atlantic city. >> to me it is crazy. they show the numbers, we're not do so bad like other casinoses. >> many employees are baffled, many upset. >> it doesn't seem t

pilgrim's pride has turned up the bid. worth $7.7 billion. and the that dwarves tyson's bid for hillshire, which is just $6.8 billion. now, these numbers include debt. and for those of you confused by this web of food companies hoping to cannibalize each other, i'm going to break it down for you. last month, hillshire offered to buy pinnacle foods, the makers of duncan cakes. for this bid. and pilgrim's pride, owned by the largest meat processing company in the world, brazil's jbs, made it's bid for hillshire shortly after tyson foods jumped in, topping pilgrim pride's bid for hillshire foods. they will hold separate talks with both companies, and we're going to continue to keep you posted on how this plays out and i cannot guarantee that this pack of hotdogs is going to be here any time soon. >>> what do barack obama and mayor -- have in common? millionaire businessmen, and buffet has 38,000 twitter followers, and marissa mayer has 492,000 followers, but the author of a new book said that you don't have to be a celebrity or have hundreds of

despite public protests companies like pilgrim insist theirs is the safest means of transport.mail, a pilgrim executive stated . . . >> you always say how much safer they are, and then when ruptures or -- or leaks that go undetected for months sometimes, then they say, oops, we made a mistake. guess what, for the people who lose their drinking water, that's not a mistake. it's a disaster and tragedy. >> reporter: the 2010 spill among the kalamazoo river. officials evacuated dozens of families and warned others not to drink their water. in 2011 disaster hit families in montana. a ruptured pipeline there dumped 63,000 gallons of crude into their drink supply, the pristine yellowstone river. federal regulation require special safety precautions for lines constructed near waterways, many states do as well, and inspections are required every five years, but critics are calling on the federal and state governments to do more. >> there are pipelines being promoted and built off over there country without proper environmental review or public scrutiny, where they are being pushed throu

hill shire shares popped another 9% to 58.65 while shares of pilgrim's pride fell 2% to 25.34 and soid tyson. it closed at 42.08, down 3%. >>> dollar general says it expects gross margins to improve as it focus on more profitable products like accessories. the discount retailer reported lower-than-expected profit but the company reiterated the full-year outlook, it is continuing to open new shore stores. that sent shares up to 56.41. >>> a rough day for casino stocks. las vegas sands, wynn resort, mgm all tim belled after a deutsche bank report that said cow gaming revenue was up less than expected last month. all three companies were down at least 2.5%. sands closed at 7544. win at 20823, in. gm 232538. >>> another high-profile investors betting big on fannie mae and freddie mac, carl icahn. the billionaire investors bought $51 million in common shares of the mortgage companies from mutual fund manager, fair home funds. bill ackman is another activist investor who has a large position in that company. shares of fanny up 4 1/2% to 4.64. freddie rose more than 3% to 4.59. >>> soaring

i'm eva pilgrim.'s head outside to meteorologist chris sowers with the latest on our fabulous weekend forecast. >> reporter: fabulous that's the perfect word, it's nice out here this morning, a little bright, but nice. temperatures are climbing in the 60s and 70s. low humidity levels for a change. 85 is the call from accuweather. combination of sun and clouds, 86 for sunday. the humidity returns next week and we have a couple of days in the 90s. >> 6abc.com has all the details on the wawa american welcome festivities. you'll find a day by day listing of all the events. plus a slide show for the performers all right there on the 6abc.com. that's it for "action news" right now, we'll be back in a half-hour. we'll send you back to "good morning america. [ steve buscemi ] i'm steve buscemi, and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world. i love exploring all its amazing history. like the revolutionary war battlefields in saratoga, or ellis island, where america welcomed some of my own fami

. >> good morning, it is 8:27 i'm eva pilgrim we're just hours into the septa strike., pickets are popping up. 13 rail lines are shut down. 60,000 weekday rides will feel the impact of this impasse. expect packed subways, buses and trolleys on monday morning. >>> let's go outside to chris sowers, chris. it feels 100 times better than yesterday with the humidity falling off a cliff. 79 degrees today. sunday, father's day, 84. monday, tuesday, wednesday, the heat and humidity returns. >> we'll have a live update on the septa ♪ >>> that is jennifer lopez's -- are you laughing at the video, ron? >> i'm laughing at myself. >> that's jennifer lopez's video for the single "first love." it's on her newest album, "a.k." which hits stores on tuesday. and by the way, this friday, she's performing live on "good morning america." >> going to be a great morning. >> and we have a speak peek of her album art. >> that's coming up in "pop news," with the lovely rachel smith, in for sara this morning. we're always happy to have you. >>> also coming up in "pop news" -- actually, not in "p

here with the song "pilgrim" -- mo!lying down ♪ hush little head you'll get sick ♪ ♪ so sorry-filled i am ♪ old wise river take me to the sea ♪ ♪ breathe free ♪ like pilgrims on the camino i go i go ♪ ♪ ♪ all the time i just want to let go ♪ ♪ and go and get a hold of it ♪ awe the time i just want to ♪ all the time i just want to [ muted ] it up and say ♪ ♪ i'll get a hold of it ♪ all the time i just want to ♪ ♪ oh what a world i was born into ♪ ♪ babies are on the thrones ♪ hush little buddy you'll get sick ♪ ♪ and shiver to your bones ♪ old wild river take me to the sea ♪ ♪ be free ♪ like pilgrims on the camino i go i go ♪ ♪ ♪ all the time i just want to let go ♪ ♪ and get a hold of it ♪ all the time i just want to all the time i just want to ♪ ♪ [ muted ] it up and say i'll get a hold of it ♪ ♪ all the time i just want to ♪ why do you and i live on and on ♪ ♪ i believe it's not a question anymore ♪ ♪ why do you and i live on and on ♪ ♪ i believe it's not a question anymore ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank y

pilgrim's priorities the welfare of our chicken whether under our direct care.tle federal oversight of these facilities so undercover watchdogs are often the only way abuses are uncovered. at another farm in wisconsin, an activist for peta captured this undercover video. the group says they documented pigs so sick, their intestines were hanging outside their bodies. others seemed unable to walk. we tried to get reaction from the farm owner. the company's veterinarian didn't want to appear on camera but said the allegations were untrue, even before he said the video. >> any allegations are false because i know what goes on in the barn. >> reporter: eventually he watched the video twice and said it was taken out of context. later, a third party audit of the farm in question is being conducted. based on the findings, we'll make appropriate corrective actions if needed. in both cases, it was the activists undercover video that brought apparent mistreatment to life but if supporters of ag gag laws are successful, these would be out lawed and the abuses they uncover k

pilgrims pride down 2.2% of the story behind this you had pilgrims pride raising its offer for hillshire to outdo tyson foods, also very interested in hillshire. so now the pilgrims pride bid, 7.7 billion, including the debt. you had tyson's with a 6.8 billion. hillshire said they will consider both of these offers. hillshire's known for jimmy dean sausages and the like. it said it too will continue with its takeover that it had planned of pinnacle foods. that is vlasic pickles. there is so much going on. this is so intertwined but hillshire certainly seems to be the belle of the ball. the stock has been running up recently. over three months it is up almost 45%. this is a story ongoing and one we'll continue to follow on fox biz. back to you, liz and dave. david: nicole, thank you very much. liz: the s&p futures are closing. let's head back to larry shover at cme. >> we can talk about markets being board or complacent and traders wasting for the next catalyst but the bottom line this to could be repeat of 1994 and 2:00 and we had a nice run-up and year prior and sit for a while. there i

summer is here, i'm eva pilgrim, let's head outside to chris sowers for the latest from accuweather.g comfortable out there. >> reporter: nice and comfortable. it depends on where you are to the south we're seeing clouds, scattered showers and to the north, bright sunshine. 77 degrees is the forecasted high for philadelphia, 83 tomorrow. monday and tuesday, nice and quiet, 85, 86. wednesday could get active with showers and thunderstorms, much warmer high of 88. >> "action news" has just learned new information about a reported home invasion and rape in a center city apartment building we'll bring you a full report on "action news" at 9:00 a.m. that's it for "action news" right now. we're back in a half-hour, for now we send you back to "good morning america." >>> think of the crown of the head touching the ceiling and your four corners and pushing down into the floor. stand up. no hands. >> sara and i getting some personalized yoga instruction from bethany lyons from lions power yoga in new york city ahead of the big event for the yoga summer solstice. to kick off the summer with so

topping last week's bid for hillshire by pilgrim's pride. seven-for-one stock split, it's a lucky one, becomes effective this morning. it's apple's fourth stock split in history. but it's never gotten to 600 before or wherever before it split. it's the first since 2005. and usually the stock goes up. because reverse splits, they always go down. another stock we will be watching is family dollar. some guy that i'm not familiar with, carl icahn. do you know this gentleman? >> lovely man. >> i'm not familiar with anything he has ever done the. he takes 9.4% stake. activist investor nelson peltz is also a major shareholder in family dollar, which does well in this new bifurcated economy. kraft foods raises retail price of coffee by 10% because of a severe drought in approximate brazil. >>> our next guest is no stranger to the set. founder of pershing square capital management. bill, thank you for being here. we have a lot to talk about and to debate. i wrote a column last week about valeant. i don't think you were thrilled about it. other people

matt o'donnell is off, eva pilgrim is joining us, we have a lot of news you did not see last night. a home is in ruins after a driver loses control and rips part of an entire side off the house. >> firefighters in chester county fall victim to vandals who leave a number of cars marred. >>> another atlantic city casino falling victim to the employees. employees may learn today they will soon be out of a job. >> we are following breaking news, we have brand new video in just in of rescuers on i-95 trying to free the trapped driver. the driver is on the way to the hospital, we're working to find out how he is doing. the crash on the southbound side of i-95 near basin road in newport. the southbound lanes are shut down as the crews worked on the driver, and they still shut down as he goes to the hospital. let's go over to matt pellman. >> reporter: the story is more and more complicated. the silver mercedes struck the truck after it was overturned. the driver of the mercedes doesn't see the truck and strikes the struck. that's complicates the situation. all traffic is being forced on th

pilgrim's pride increased its over to $55 a share from $45. with his own acquisition of pinnacle foods. it says its agreement with pinnacle doesn't allow it to terminate on the paves of the bids for hillshire. also take a look. u.s. automakers will release may sales numbers. expected to be up 7.3% compared to a year ago. g.m. is seeing posting an increase of 6.7%. ford is expected to report 0.9. and chrysler is expected to see sales up 14.4%. seattle city council has improved an increase in minimum page to $15 an hour. however, a local business group immediately announced plans to try to prevent that from going into effect. >> a few global market stories. central bank hinting it would not raise rates further as long as inflationary pressures continued to rise. central bank kept cash rates steady for a ninth straight policy meeting. china services sector rose to a six-month high in may. a group of retailers want the supreme court to take up a case involving swipe fee rules. they allow banks to charge debit card fees that are too high. part of d

>> good afternoon it's sunday, june 29 i'm nydia han along with eva pilgrim. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." philadelphia police are looking for both the armed robbers who targeted a 7-eleven and a wawa overnight. >> the national constitution center just announced whole receive this year's prestigious liberty medal. him. >>> cobbs creek golf ought is remembering fallen marines. >> this afternoon it's a beauty. >> a nice day for golf. it's a great day for golf and down in cape may, people are on the beach we're seeing temperatures in the mid 70s with the onshore wind with the sea breeze kicking in. 80 degrees for millville. trenton, 80. philadelphia, 83. poconos 75. reading, 83 degrees a nice comfortable afternoon we're seeing a lot of sunshine that's part of the reason the temperatures are climbing so quickly. we have a few puffy cumulus clouds building from the west. from this point on we'll go sun and clouds. it will be warm, but pleasant, the humidity is still nice and low. 88 degrees is the forecasted high. all this pleasant weather is about to change dr

tyson foods offering $63 a share now for hillshire brands topping last week's bid by pilgrim's pride its own. the bid is contingent on hillshire ending its previous deal and family dollar adopting a one-year poison pill with a trigger of 10% two days after carl icahn reported a 9.39% stake in the company making him the company's largest shareholder. icahn tells reuters that the poison pill is a perfect example of attorneys earning fees and we'll end on apple moving a bit higher in the first session after trading at a 7 for u.n. stock split. you can see they are up more than 1.5% on the day. >> a decent move in this market. thank you, bertha, and a reminder we'll have tyson's ceo joining us next hour and meantime on apple's prospects. tim lesko joins us, a portfolio manager and advisers along with david garrity who is principal at gba research. welcome to you both. why the pop on the share split today, tim? >> well, i think from apple you have the standpoint of a stock split. stock splits open up the stock for a wider breadth of shareholders but apple remains a really cheap stock so i

. ♪ sweet land of liberty of thee i sing diedwhere my fathers pridef the pilgrims' mountainside let freedomlonel, major. ♪ [" my country tis of thee"] >> ♪ long may our land be bright with freedom's holy light ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the 1942 film "battle of arthur --joining us is -- author mark harris. ford was really proud of his service. he was the oldest of the five directors i write about. he became a grandfather during the war. he had been old enough to serve in the first world war, though he didn't. i think the war was a proving ground. he really wanted to test his courage. and although he was at least once directly in the line of fire, i am not sure that ford ever believed he was courageous. at one point he said, all i know is that i am not a brave man. i am a coward. that was after he had been at d-day. ford was proud that he had served and when he completed his decommissioning papers, he said he would do it again if called upon. one of the things he did after the war was started place called the farm, which was a combination of rest home-clubhouse-barroom-getaway for the man and his field photo

neither tyson nor pilgrim cared what hillshire said. they insisted on owning hillshire, what the stock market didn't care for. who are you and i and the portfolio managers to question companies who know their industry like pilgrim's pride and tyson. we now believe they believe hillshire was worth far more than we were willing to pay in the stock market. after a brief bidding today we learned tyson is paying an astounding $63 a bid for hillshire. a company with tired old brands with little to no growth frankly a bit of questionable value in a world where natural and organic are ascending. a 70% premium where the stock was before the bidding war. how absurd is this? not long ago in this show i recommended hillshire for a breakup play because my get rich quick showed what hillshire did as part of destruction of old sarah lee, they get a higher value over time. i thought hillshire could over time be worth as much as $40. you know what i actually thought i was stretching it when i did it. i remember saying, gee, i hope i'm internet too aggre

everybodeva pilgrim has the sto. >> you see the charred remains.esponded after 3:00 this morning. once the fire was out. a body was found inside. investigators think that the fire was set intentionally. the police report shows a history of the domestic trouble at the home. there were shots fired in front of the home on the street. the victim has not been identified. if you have any information what happened inside of this house call the prosecutor's office or the pleasantville police. eva pilgrim, "channel~6 action news." >>> they are dealing with an arson investigation of their own. they think that someone intentionally set the apartments on fire. flames spread to the boiler room to a three-story building in that complex on cedar avenue. they are assisting 27 people. helping with displaced pets. >>> an armed and dangerous couple is on the run after a violent robbery in a northeast gun range. it happy holidays on the delaware valley sports centre an geiger road last night. a man and woman stole seven handguns and then shot him. he was taken to hosp

. ♪ >> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., sunday, june 15, nydia is off, i'm eva pilgrim along with aliciatarelli. >>> in the news this morning, septa regional rail trains are up and running after president obama intervened in the strike. >>> police in south jersey are investigating a drive-by shooting that left two people in the hospital. >> hundreds of runners are lacing up getting ready to fight the battle against prostate cancer in the gary pappa 5k run. >> happy father's day to all the dads out there. >> reporter: wasn't yesterday lovely it was chilly sitting in the shade with the breeze. today it will be nice and comfortable once again as we go live on sky 6. we won't see the wind, temperatures will be milder, the humidity levels will be nice and comfortable. that's the view overlooking the ben franklin bridge. you can see the sun starting to climb and temperatures are starting to rise. 60 degrees in philadelphia. trenton, 56. allentown, a cooler 53. poconos dropping into the 40s, you're starting to rebound. it was a chilly start. 53 degrees, wilmington, 55 and dover 58 degrees. for

the pilgrims? >> don't realready have that a? >> religious fanatics. jay so my solution didn't work out so much, but i was in it with the best intentions. >> the pilgrims would give small pokes -- small pox to the redskins. >> andy, am i the only one here on the panel. i stand with dan. >> isn't that your hash tag? >> the name of the team is going to change. i think at some point -- >> i think so as well. >> whether it is next week are on in a couple of years or whatever, the name of the team will change. i said that months ago. i think the washington lobbyists. if you want a name with power and unstop built, you go with the lobbyists. you can't beat them. >> what about the farm team -- the farm baseball team, the las vegas area 51ers? that a is offensive. they are making fun of people who believe in such things. >> area 51 is a real place. >> it is not like sasquatch. >> you can change it to the chem trails. >> it is agreed he president cay lead. a new poll shows president obama's approval rating at a pultry41% tied for the lowest level ever. when it

. >> noicia normally filled with pilgrims and monks. these are the ninnevah plains, next to the city of mosul, other religious minorities, and shia kurds. now control much of this tariff tri. released from school, children ooshes this territory. >> parents watch news from what has become a battle front. all along here in the mountains, there there are caves where early christians came for safety. but mosul is less than 20 miles from here. and even in these thick stone walls a lot of families feel the danger is closing in. dozens of families who fled mosul while they're staying here in rooms normally occupied by monks and pilgrims. nadia is one of them. her husband was shot dead in mosul four years ago, in a wave of violence. >> he came up and shot him with four bullets, one in the head. my son carried his body into a taxi. he died while they were passing the church. >> her youngest daughter is engaged to an iraqi in sweden. nadia plans to go back to mosul so she doesn't lose her job. noshein order to apply for aasylum she would need to

it was talking about pilgrims in all this and it was a process of personalizing the poem but connecting it in a way that would let people use the palm. >> host: why does someone and when you were 16.5 years old? >> guest: i wanted to take the book -- i didn't want to be a coming-out story. i wanted it to be sort of a cultural coming-of-age story to a certain degree in this seemed like a natural pause at 16. there's a very big break in one's life and after that a whole new set of experiences and emotional growth happens. if i turned that page into that phase it would have been another printer pages so there's a practical reason for it. the book is a daunting and an awakening and i think the cover will reflect that. it's taking you right to the cause. enough from that moment forward he can infer what's going to happen to ricky so to speak. plus it sets up for my second part too that it seemed like a natural pause. at first as i think many authors at first i thought i was going to write that's my first trip to cuba and when i moved to connecticut to move back to miami and by the time i was

nydia is off, i'm eva pilgrim along with alicia vitarelli. >> septa rail trains are back up and running after president obama intervenes in the workers' strike. >> police are investigating a drive-by shooting that left two people in the hospital. >> a live look from in front of the art museum as hundreds of runners are lacing up this morning. as you can see things are getting underway for the gary pappa 5k run to help fight the battle against prostate cancer. a lot of folks will be out there this morning. we have beautiful weather for that this morning, chris sowers is outside with the accuweather forecast. it looks a little breezy this morning. >> reporter: it is, we have a little bit of a breeze, if it were cooler, i would say it's chilly. it feels fantastic especially for june standards. the gary pappa runs begins at 8:30. in terms of running weather this is about as nice as you're going to get. 65 degrees, low humidity levels. by 10:00 a.m., we'll see the temperatures in the low 70s. high pressure sitting over top of us, that means today we'll see a lot of bright blue, a lot of clea

were attacks on places like religious shrines, terrible loss of thousand-year-old places of worship, pilgrim processions, religious leaders were blown up. it seemed like there was no sense of going too far, and you could go 'do anything. that's when americans started to wonder how these two people once you took away saddam hussein, that these two people could be at each other's throats. how did it become this way. >> some of the differences that we did not see clearly was simmer somewhere else, and outside interference has been much more serious in iraq. what i mean by that, it's not only the theology, but it's also the collective will as we might say of the people who wanted to see iraq fail as a state. this was the--this was the time when there was the adoption of a moderate stance so that nobody would say that this is under religious leadership who is now becoming extremist, and some how trying to support th , and saying iraqi soil is the the place of political up rising. it's somewhat going back to the time when it was impossible to take any position , and therefore has avoided it. i thi

andide bombers attacked killed 23 or 24 shia pilgrims. grouplly is a demonstrating an amazing breach. there was a declaration by the spokesman earlier, calling for an all-out war against the pakistani state starting june 10. there was an earlier deadline by a group in pakistan, saying fighters should come back to north waziristan. and in new haven. in order to fight off what they expected to be an imminent agostini military incursion. >> where does this leave the pakistani government? >> in a very, very difficult position. they put a lot of stock into the peace talks. those have obviously been entirely fruitless. i do not think anybody realistically expects they are going to go back to talking. the civilian government under severe pressure to launch a more robust strike, and perhaps a large-scale offensive into enemy strongholds in northwest pakistan. we have seen already some preparation on the ground in those areas. we mentioned air strikes in a neighboring part of the agency, not where most of the enemy groups are based, but where ther

matt is off, eva pilgrim is joining us. here's what's happening this morning. >> new details are emerging regard the man shot by philadelphia police. >> investigators are hope this surveillance video helps them catch the suspect who attacked a woman inside her apartment building. >> gm is stop selling chevy distance over potential defects. let's go over to karen rogers who is in for david murphy and matt pellman is watching the roads. >> reporter: good morning, you might have heard the thunder in the overnight hours. the coast is clear, it's pushed off the coastline. the trouble with these storms is that they were so slow moving, we did get a good amount of rain. we had advisories for flood concerns in the overnight hours, but not now, though, we're looking pretty good. we have a fair amount of clouds left behind from the storms. if you're heading out early you'll be dealing with that. 73 degrees, 70 in allentown. 69 in millville. but even along the coastline you're in the low 70s right now. if you're heading out the door e

that a couple days after we saw pilgrim's pride.r hillshire it says its board has authorized talks with both companies but isn't withdrawing or qualifying its recommendation on its own bid to acquire pinnacle foods. it is in auction mode. 55 bucks a share from pinnacle, 75% from jbs, largest meat company in the world. >> pill xwrim's. >> jbs owns 75%. 55 is 14 times the expected ebitda from this company in 2014. that's 14 years worth ebitda willing to pay for now. they say there's going to be at least $300 million in cost synergies that takes the multiple down to as low as nine times and that's how you're willing to pay 55. by the way, the market at this point thinki ing that tyson is going to raise higher than that. a $58 stock price right now. the bidding for this is -- >> insane. should go buy bob evans farms if you need links that bad. have you gone to the brands these guys have? this is not necessarily a whole foods kind of -- >> right. talking about the ingredient sflis. >> i'm talking about, for instance, state fair, that's o

and i believe it could be a takeover target for the pilgrim's pride, which is one of hillshire brandshat rivaled the jimmy dean sausage but ended up with nothing. it's big because we get the federal reserve statement about how the economy's doing. and if anything needs to be done, we'll learn about it during janet yellen's press conference after the meeting. those are always tense. of course, i become adamant we should now pay much less attention to the fed. i'm at odds with many people now, but why do i feel that way? because we've been worried endlessly. we've been worried endlessly about what would happen when the federal reserve stopped that bond buying program. however, the bond market's so strong, i think the fed should not only stop their buying but they should start -- >> sell, sell, sell -- >> selling their bonds as rates are low enough that anyone, including the federal reserve should be ringing the bond register. i like the fed's economists, i think they do a good job. but if you want boots on the ground look about how the u.s. and global economy are doing, then you need to

. >> i'm nydia han along with eva pilgrim. coming up next on "action news," armed robbers hit a wawa and a scherch in philadelphia overnight. -- scherch in philadelphia overnight. >> several fallen marines in the area are being remembered with a special event. >> a new device that quickly measures body fat in an effort to give people a better picture of their overall health. >> those stories >> good afternoon it's sunday, june 29 i'm nydia han along

matt o'donnell is off, eva pilgrim is joining us, here's what's happening. >> new details are emergingis morning regarding the man shot by philadelphia police. >>> investigator are hoping this surveillance video helps to catch a criminal who attacked a woman in her participate building. >> generally motors have ordered deals to stop selling chevy cruise distance over a potential defect. >> let's go outside to karen rogers to find out when we get