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nd shari rain pushing through the west of scotland and perhaps some of that in the far west of englandmany of us starting on a fine note that the sherry rain dangling across the western side of the uk and his band of moisture works its way further east and gets into northern england and scotland, it will fire off a scattering of heavy and tandoori down forest. southeast of england and probably staying dry through the england. —— heavy and tandoori down forest. warning of thunderstorms in northern england and southern scotla nd northern england and southern scotland and this is the lowest level of winning the met office will issue but it is because of the head and miss nature of the down forest. places will avoid them completely and others can see 30—a0 mm of rain and others can see 30—a0 mm of rain and space of a couple of hours which could cause further issues of flooding and transport disruption and heavy downpours across northern island which will work into other and parts of the western uk and that showers keep on coming and it is another pretty warm and muggy night, 1a-16d another

i think this is a win for shari.re personality driven and it came through in this in terms of making it happen. of course, she has been pushing it for three years >> long term, there's still a question about the size and scale which is to say that -- relative to some of the goliaths we now see it will still be small so the question is, two or three years from now -- i ask this of ed and jeff, do you believe they will acquire other things? are there enough things to acquire of quality that you can get to the size and scale that you may think you need to compete or do you think that shari redstone would ever sell the combined company to somebody else >> who do you want to go to first? >> ed is next to me. >> so i think in the next two or three years you'll see her wanting to take on other assets. there's sony is out there. of course they're not saying they're for sale but of course that's always the state of play. you know, networks like amc, starz is something they have been looking at as well. even if she sort of mak

i reported earlier this week that vice had been making overtures to cbs/viacom and to shari redstonerobably not the greatest time to do that but the deal would make a lot of sense. it's a private company and would bring a lot of millenial eye balls to cbs and viacom which excuse old on the cbs side and young on the viacom side so that's something that could be in their crosshairs despite bob backish saying he's not interested i think that's shari's call in the end. i also think discovery communications is a natural fit with this combination once it gets down the road it's all about shari trying to get out. she needs to get out, so she needs somebody who's attracted by the bulk and the power and the range of a newly designed cbs/viacom >> well, let's see if we get a deal first you're ten steps ahead of them bill, thank you for joining us >> and happy birthday day after birthday to both you guys. >> oh, thank you that's so nice i guess we publicized it very well bill, thanks >>> still ahead, the trade factors. i sat down with the ceo of adidas and got his take on the how the u.s./china

to the homework they have to do right now and sit down at the table and start talking that's right shari we can talk more some point about extending the freedom past 2047 we're out of time though i'd like to thank all of our viewers from around the world for joining us on quadriga today and of course our guests here as well. dr thomas for all of us thanks so much for being with us. i believe. in the sinister world of modern slavery. we meet people who have been enslaved. i am the activists i'm afraid the.

another band of shari rain pushing in from the west. some clear spells in between.zy from the west, it will be muggy with lows of 13-16 west, it will be muggy with lows of 13—16 degrees. monday is looking like another day of widespread showers. but actually across england and wales things will tend to improve. you can see the shares pushing away eastwards. the odd sharp one for east anglia and the southeast but increasing amounts of sunshine. but in scotland there will be sunshine as well but still some showers breaking out. sundre ones and some are persistent rain moving across the northern aisles. 90 degrees to 25 degrees in london. as you move through monday night into tuesday, you bring this area of low pressure into the picture and where you are pressure into the picture and where you a re closest pressure into the picture and where you are closest to the centre of low pressure a cross you are closest to the centre of low pressure across the northern half of the uk, that is where you see the heaviest and most widespread showers during tuesday. some showers deve

does shari redstone want to cash out.kids and grandkids and they want part of the fortune. this is big deal. i know i'm getting the wrap but i want the mao make one point h. here's another story. t-mobile/sprint. the state ag is touting a gop ag joining the group, ken paxton from texas. really controversial guy. it's not in the state ag's lawsuit that he received campaign contributions from the big competitor of those two, at & t. also, he's under indictment. the other part of this story, this is interesting and it's going to be building in the days to come, people close to the state ag's office are predicting more gop ags joining the group, putting more pressure on this deal. now, be prepared. that's going to come, from what we understand, in the coming days and weeks. more gop. right now it's just all democrats and now paxton. they are saying there could be more, likely to be more. that's going to put a lot of pressure. if this is a bipartisan coalition of ags, you got a problem. okay? liz: charlie, thank you very much.

sher shari redstone is the ceo of viacom and redstone. it shows so many mergers in the past two, three, four years now, and cbs and viacom are two companies, each less than $20 billion market cap, that need to get bigger to compete with the netflix and amazons and the other legacy companies that have already gotten bigger. this is a step forward, and it probably won't be the last acquisition from this company that is going to be called viac viacomcbs, all one word. >> let's get back to our guests and talk more with david and noah noah,if you had a sector that you would lean toward in the current market, what would it be >> look, i think that there are numerous secular growth trends that are continuing, whether it's in health care, and you're looking at combination therapy, whether that's in cancer treatment or new medical devices. whether it's 5g is finally coming and it's going to have profound impact, especially on industrial applications. or you're looking at the continued digital transformation of enterprises these are secular themes,

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shari redstone will have achieved what she has been trying for years to achieve.t is merging two companies together. putting the, remember, what happened was, they were together for years, when sumner had, when sumner redstone was putting together the media empire. he broke them apart in 2006, because different media landscape. they were both bigger companies at the time. neil: yeah. >> they were both major players with, major market caps in media business. so you can sort of, you can extract some capital to make both grow, you know, in that environment. since then, as we know, media has become consolidated. costs have changed. you need to achieve economies of scale. put ideas put them together. resisted by cbs who thought viacom was second rate outfit. les moonves resisted. this we were first to report in march, was clear les was not getting contract extended. fox business beat "the wall street journal" easily on every major aspect of the story, this thing was happening. bob bakish would be the ceo. shari redstone would be, she would get some role in this, will b

to the homework they have to do right now and sit down at the table and start talking that's right shari we can talk more some point about extending the freedoms but past 2047 are out of time though i'd like to thank all of our viewers from around the world for joining us on quadriga today and of course our guests here as well. i'm dr thomas for all of us thanks so much for being with us. yes. many maxine. jackson made. comments. driving machine to sadie's a m g a 45 posts the world's most powerful cylinder engine in a production cost. double. belonging to one official estimates more than 1200000 venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. already at all was returned to vast leyla. to visit friends just i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. witness global news that matters. made for mines. it's raising the fight for some of the colonies out of luck when there's a flood the water comes up to our waist close fast to everyone in the book a lack of water her music equally dangerous the camp you can't see people. so

shari bursts of rain in northern ireland into western scotland through the night.e warm and muggy night... this band of cherry rain drifting in from the west. it may weaken briefly but some more of those hit and miss storms will crop up in northern england and scotland. to the south not as many showers. dry and some parts of the south—east where it will also be warm. there is a met office yellow warning issued across northern england up into scotland through tomorrow for these hit and miss thunderstorms which in some places could dump 30 or 40 mm of rain in just a couple of hours that could cause some localised disruption. showers back into northern ireland as well. more downpours as we head into the new week. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... more homes are evacuated as emergency workers race against time to prevent a catastrophic collapse of the damaged dam in whaley bridge, amid fears of more storms. police in the texas city of el paso are investigating a shooting at a shopping complex — there are reports of a number of dead and injured. three people are

after shari started the new week, things will remain somewhat changeable with summer bags of rain acrossre sta rts and also turn warmers high pressure starts to extend its influence. a good deal warmer in some spots, 26 01’ good deal warmer in some spots, 26 or 27 good deal warmer in some spots, 26 or27 in good deal warmer in some spots, 26 or 27 in london by friday or saturday but we are talking about the high teens to the low 20s for scotla nd the high teens to the low 20s for scotland and northern ireland. quite a cool start to tuesday as temperatures dip down to single figures, we will have a weather front keeping things milder across northern england first thing, showery rain here, also the south—west of scotland but generally a light breeze, more in the way of sunshine, a bit more cloud than northern ireland and wales with the odd shower possible here. this is a warm front pushing across the uk and into the small hours of wednesday, thicker cloud across northern ireland in southern and western scotland. clear skies on wednesday. the lows into single figures. wednesday daytime, anot

the zone will tend to be more shari. into the south most fading and clear skies. be mild into the night. cambridge between ten and 15 celsius. through tomorrow, concerned through the social belt and sudden scotland because we have heavy rain continuing through much of the day. the north of this spelling —— sunshine across the north... and extra sunny spells and heavy in places. we have the sunshine, 21-23dc but places. we have the sunshine, 21—23dc but very cool with the persistent rain. this is bbc news. the headlines. the disgraced american financier jeffrey epstein has been found dead in his prison cell after an apparent suicide while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. national grid says it will "learn lessons" after nearly a million people across england and wales were affected by yesterday's power cut. what we saw yesterday was an exceptionally rare event, one we have not seen since 2008 and we will look hard at what happened to make sure we minimise disruption in future. wet and windy conditions cause disruption to travellers, with the west coast mai

that is shari redstone's company.has been in charge of these companies for ages. it is a little different from that aspect. the viacom ceo will become the new ceo of the combined company, and shari redstone will take the chairman position. for her, it is a big coup. she has been wanting to do this for a number of years, since they separated these companies in 2006. taylor: wonderful recap of that. racing to the camera just in time to get it. we appreciate it. on the brink of a shakeout. we look at the pressures facing the asset management issue. russell management ceo joins us next in today's follow the lead. this is bloomberg. ♪ viviana: i'm viviana hurtado in the hewlett-packard enterprise program. coming up later today, carly fiorina, 2016 republican presidential candidate. this is bloomberg daybreak. here is your bloomberg business flash. one of the world's biggest manufacturers of smart phones and other devices reported second-quarter net income that beat estimates. vanguard admits it made a mistake. the firm put

shari red stone will chair the board of directors of the company whose goal did to be a major providerm content to all media platforms. >>> united airlines today tightened its policy on alcohol use by pilots. earlier this month, two united pilots were arrested in scotland on suspicion of being drunk before a flight to the u.s. from now on, no booze for pilots for at least 12 hours before they report to work. now, that's tougher than the faa rule of eight hours. >>> still ahead, when a young marine couldn't make his graduation, a few good men and women took action. we'll show you next. >>> we end tonight with a salute to a proud young marine. after surviving boot camp, 17-year-old micah wooten of newberry, south carolina, was looking forward to graduation. but when the day came, he had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. he got through it just fine, but that wasn't good enough for the staff at beaufort memorial. >> when they told me that he was going to miss his graduation, i said, well, we just can't let that happen. >> so beaufort's laurie harvey got the nurses and doc

and it's another shari showery set up, showered is heaviest across northern island, northern england,eratures just run 16—17d. heavy dumpers for england and wales, highest temperature is about 22. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the government says it's ready for a no—deal brexit, after claims there could be food, medicine and fuel shortages. ministers say the leaked details don't reflect current plans. this is an all document that since it was published and circulated, the government have taken significant additional steps to ensure that we are at prepared to leave a october the 31st, deal or no deal. organisers say 1.7 million braved monsoon rains for hong kong's latest pro—democracy march. police warn it's unlikely a 6—year—old boy, who fell into a river in kent, will be found alive. the hiv tests on glasgow's streets, to counter the worst rise in infections for decades. and, early wickets for england, but a thrilling final day in the lord's ashes test, ends, in a draw. we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers are henry mance from the ft and the

what we do know is that shari redstone, his daughter, thought it would be better for the company to getr. first, she fought for control of viacom. as ends up installing bob the ceo. then she tries to get les moon ves, ceo of cbs, to merge them. he resists but he ends up having to leave the job because of sexual harassment. then, we have an agreement to do it. now without a lot of fighting and handwriting along the way. handwringing along the way. emily: thank you very much. coming up, stopping the spread of online extremism. we will speak to one guest who has a plan about what to companies need to do. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." a topic we're continuing to follow, the rise of online hate speech and extremism. a site was suspended after incorrect media reports claimed the perpetrator over terror attack in norway had posted on the site before. beeng the website has off-line voluntarily for the last week. to discuss in washington we have the executive director of the institute for constitutional advocacy at georgetown law and ben brody. obviously there has b

shari redstone, she's wanted to bring these two companies back together for quite some time.he seems to think that scale is strength. if you them. and joining these two companies together will bring her a lot more scale. they will have paramount studios, and they will with refocussing, redoubling their efforts on streaming. that will be a big part of the multimedia platform. >> so hard to imagine that it was 13 years ago that netflix was sending us dvds in the mail. >> willem still has a dvd player. that's his mode of preference, right. >> true story. >>> axios has a look at this morning's one big thing. >> and the ongoing protests in hong kong boil over as demonstrators and police come to violent clashes. the latest on the situation there after president trump faces criticism on his tepid response. >>> and michael bennet joins the table to weigh in on that, and max rose joins the conversation. "morning joe," everyone, just moments away. versation. "morning joe," everyone, just moments away e also a cancer fighting, hiv controlling, joint replacing, and depression relieving c

we do know these things go in st cycles right now consumers seem to be doing well >> and starbucks sharies are up and it has not been a great market lately. >> starbucks had the 7% comp in the u.s. a 6% comp in china while everybody is talking about the trade war, they are basically saying what trade war, we're not feeling it here or there but it is not just starbucks it is chipotle, shake shack, mcdonald's, dunkin, all reporting strong earnings. restaurant sales $863 billion this year, that is a new all-time high. and even if we go into a recession, it will be a long time before you see restaurant spending slow down because the unemployment rate is so low. so it will take a while before people change their spending habits >> and it is hard to make generalizations about american consumption, but one thing you know, folks will cut back on dining out last when it comes to economic impact. they will find a way to kind of enjoy that dinner out. it just are depends on price point. you can go capital grill when times are good or mcdonald's for the value meal when times are bad. but that is the o

shari redstone who now runs the company for her ailing father sumner redstone, believes the best way cost savings is to put them together and maybe the best thing to do is sell them after she does that. again, keep an eye out. i hear they are trying feverishly to get this announcement out before the closing bell. maybe they can't do it today. maybe they can. i know they want to. in that announcement, we will get not just the final details on price which we kind of know but also the management structure. exactly how long does joe ianniello who ran cbs from the business side while les moonves ran it from the sort of operational and talent side, how long he's going to stay with the combined entity. back to you. neil: thank you, my friend. charlie gasparino on that. also waiting to hear from the president of the united states. he will be in pennsylvania, pittsburgh. it's an energy conference, to talk about alternatives. he will have with him the secretary of energy, rick perry, the administrator, epa administrator andrew wheeler, also executives from royal dutch shell and a host of other

shari redstone wants to cash out of her empire. she wants to leave a legacy for her kids, her grandkids. the problem for a lot of media companies, there are not a lot of buyers. tech is not stepping up to the plate providing cash. neil: they're hanging on to their cash. >> or they're making their own content. that is where we are this week could be a beg week. neil: threw a lot at you. handles it flawlessly. by the way markets betting we'll see a rate cut not only next month but six weeks after that. the probability doubled an or tripled depending on the time period because of this, after this. let me ask you something. can the past help you write the future? can you feel calm in the eye of a storm? can you do more with less? can you raise the bar while reducing your footprint? for our 100 years we've been answering the questions of today to meet the energy needs of tomorrow. southern company neil: all right. we hit session lows on dow right now. it is on pace for its biggest loss since january 3rd. the nasdaq, for its biggest loss

shari redstone, who controls it through national amusements, likes bob bakish.ng forward, do they build, do they buy discovery -- liz: are they bought. >> you should ask him on. or are they bought. but being bought by a tech these days, they don't, they're not showing a lot of appetite. liz: they want to wait until the price goes down. charlie, thank you. charlie gasparino. >>> pennies from heaven. closing bell ringing in eight minutes. our $4 billion "countdown" closer is looking skyward for a name in the cloud space you may not have heard of, but you might want to think about adding to your portfolio. he says you should. find out what it is, next on "the claman countdown." can i get some help. watch his head. ♪ i'm so happy. ♪ whatever they went through, they went through together. welcome guys. life well planned. see what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you. ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing the all-new chevy silverado. with fifty industry-firsts. it's the strongest, most advanced silverado ever. my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood suga

what's the end game for cbs, viacom and shari redstone who controls them through the national amusementshe end game. as your previous guest just said, they are going to be sold. liz: porter said in the commercial break they will, if they combine cbs and viacom, five minutes before verizon and at & t -- >> microsoft as well. by the way, apple has $30 billion like, mr. cook has $30 billion in a safe somewhere in cash, probably. that's how much cash these tech companies have. they're looking for content. there's some talk about them growing through acquisitions, maybe buying discovery. there's a lot of discussion which i tend to agree with that they sell the whole thing, she nests her trust fund for her kids and grandkids. liz: that's a lot of popcorn. charlie, thank you. charlie gasparino. we are coming right back. yeah, we are at highs for the nasdaq as well. nice move here, folks. as the ten-year yield continues to fall. ree with your golf clubs. now you can, with shipsticks.com! no more lugging your clubs through the airport or risk having your clubs lost or damaged by the airlines. sen

bob bakish obviously, both boards believe he deserves -- and shari redstone believes he should be thehat? did a decent, more than decent, very good turnaround. viacom. he's well liked within the company, considered a good people person. he's got the attributes, the boards think he should be the ceo. again, ianniello is, they would like to keep him. i understand that's what's holding them up. they are developing some package to keep him here beyond the transitionary period, maybe into 2020. but that's where we are right now. i keep hearing wrap. i know that. liz: i do want to show the ten-year yield. folks, we have now retraced nearly half the losses on the ten-year yield from earlier. we were at one point, 1.62%. we are now at 1.72%. >> i just wonder why following the ten-year, every day is like another story on the ten-year yield these days. you know, i would just say this to the average investor out there. this is, again, take a long-term view of this. the trump economy, for all the trade stuff, is better than anybody ever thought it would be at this point. obviously if there's a tr

final chapter in cbs/viacom merger negotiations is here as shari redstone, the woman who pushed hards with the entertainment giant that her father sumner had founded, looks to put a ring on it. to charlie gasparino with the up-to-date details. >> i know they're trying to get it done by today. like after the bell. there is no try, there's only do. no, there's try. there's a lot of is to dot, ts to cross. it's a big legal thing. you got to get everybody to sign off. liz: you're not the only one who can do imitations. >> at least people know dr. evil. liz: you don't know who yoda is? go on. >> in any event, they are trying to get it done by the end of the day today, after the closing bell. this is "the claman countdown." isn't that perfect story for your name? liz: yes. >> "the claman countdown." anyway, if they don't do it today, look for it before the bell tomorrow. there's a good possibility. again, there's a lot of little things they have to cross the ts on, dot the is, among them the sort of exactly what is joe ianniello going to do. again, everybody knows joe is the ceo of cbs. he

shari redstone will be chairman of the board. joe ianniello, who was kind of the holdup, if charlie's reporting really comes through here, he is good to go as chairman and ceo of cbs, existing cbs shareholders will own 61% of the company. viacom shareholders, the rest. much more on this with charlie later in the show. as i said, some details still coming through. interestingly enough, both stocks are higher. >>> the stock rocket was cooling its jets on the launch pad right as the market opened and 15 minutes later, it shot up into the stratosphere. remaining there right now. okay, we've got 57 minutes left of trade. will it hold? looks like it for the moment. high of the session, a gain for the dow of about 529 points. right now it's up 403. today's rally is due to the u.s. decision or announcement to delay china tariffs on some products that were to kick in september 1st, including laptops, smartphones, video game consoles, hence the nasdaq showing this particularly outsized gain at this hour and that gain is 160 points, or two

first thing, shari rain, a few showers in the south—west of scotland but generally a lighter breeze for ireland and most of the afternoon, the odd shopper shower possible. this is a warm front trying to push its way across the uk and through tuesday evening into the small hours of wednesday, we'll see some thick cloud were pushing showers across northern ireland and into southern and scotland. when we get clearer skies on wednesday, our lows are down into single figures. wednesday daytime, another autumn feature trying to get into our forecast, this area of low pressure squeezing isobars picking up pressure squeezing isobars picking up the wins but this time unlike monday when it was a cool north—westerly, we've got a pretty warm south—westerly. there will be some pretty miserable weather for northern ireland in western scotland come the end of the day as this front rise with shells for northern england but temperatures start to lift for the south—east. then watch how that hotspot spreads through thursday, friday, the warmer colours making their way north across the uk. a warmer feel ac

shari rx still breezy across the north—west. shari r x of rain. not much more than a band of cloud.eratures. —— showery outbreaks. 14 and 19 degrees further north. and friday, we still do have a weather front across the north—west. still producing some of this rain. the cloud breaking up to allow sunny spells to develop through the course of the afternoon. temperatures by then, 26 in london. up to 20 in aberdeen. keep those shorts to hand. i was laughing because steph went, look at the temperatures! good numbers. keep your shorts to hand. we should all do that. shorts at the ready. let's take a look at today's papers. several papers look at a letter from borisjohnson to the eu, where he sets out his demands for a new brexit deal. the times reports that the prime minister said the "anti—democratic" backstop must be scrapped. it also leads with a new study that shows having children really does make you happier, but only once they've left home. the guardian reports that the eu is unconvinced by mrjohnson's claims that the backstop could be replaced. the pictures is of the devastating

so i think shari, i think she's going to be more of a buyer than a seller i wouldn't rule that out 24om now. >> you think she's more a buyer? >> at this point there's a bunch of smaller networks, smaller studios out there for sale i think sony is the only other sort of target that's of any real size that, oh, wow, that could be a thing there have been reports from discovery last year. that would add, but that would add in the sense of the fight for these licensing deals. again, that era, i feel, is coming to an end. >> so much about this situation has been telegraphed in the press. what happens if the deal gets announced, with roughly what's expected and both stocks plummet? >> yeah, well, that will tell you that a sense of your prospect in my company aren't necessarily better as separate companies. >> you think this deal would be ironclad you don't think either could walk away? >> i think they could still walk away she can't interject herself in this process based on agreement she had with a settlement agreement with the old cbs board. but she wants it so it's going to happen. >> i g

add,ther thing i wanted to shary in, you brought up 1975-19 79 as when the u.s. made a mistake in iran, i would push that further and go to 1953. >> and say that if the us we have to be a will to look at the iranian perspective on this the economy of the u.s.-iran relations, and if we are talking about u.s. hegemony, we have to also be cognizant of the fact that if we believe and sovereignty, than any nationstate would try to fight that hegemony and naturally do so. >> i just want to comment, i hope nobody lost my remark, which zarif -- speaking on behalf of the special forces, i spent 10 years working on processing the subject of the relationship between the leadership and iran's social-political arena and how the two are linked. . this is it no way an analysis that focuses exclusively on the leadership. i do want to return the discussion to the questions which got us back to 1600 pennsylvania avenue of all places, two related questions which i am sure none of us have answered. what strategy could help trump save face? what can be done in that regard? we have co

there is talk of growing the property, buying nickelodeon, by i hear they're looking to sell, shari redstonehas everything in one, is looking for a nest egg for her grandkids, children, grandkids, you name it. you know, they're looking to sell out. so, but that, i'll tell you, buying this company now, given what tech is doing, think about big tech right now creating content, going into content. they're creating content. they're not buying content. very interesting. neil: real quickly, markets today versus yesterday? >> they're all over the place. like china's, headline, it's a headline. these headlines are over the place. neil: isn't it interesting china's exports are increasing in the environment? >> isn't it interesting the trade deficit not really moved. all the stuff the president is doing with trade, everything, it hasn't moved the dial. neil: unless he get as deal, for nothing. >> here's the thing if he doesn't get a deal, we're stuck here. by the way -- neil: bad place to be stuck? >> you have not made much money in the market over the last 18 months. neil: i forgot. you're a hater. >

. >> right it's a control company shari redstone can do what she wants. pleasure. >> for the audience, explain how you think the deal will work itself out given the size of cbs relative to viacom and given sort of the management that we keep hearing about with bob backish running it, how that works. take over, take under situation? >> they're already -- i think the big issue today is the exchange ratio, which we're not going to have any window into it but i think importantly you have to look at what are the benefits of this. first of all, of course there's cost savings it's more leverage with cable operators and direct broadcast satellite operators in terms of making sure that the networks don't get retiered as julia was saying, between cbs all access and showtime, they have already got 8 million subscribers. viacom comes into this with their pluto service, which is ad-supported, so there's a lot that's going to happen here. and the fact that both of them have shown increases in domestic ad sales shows that the advertising market is still going to be robu

future is interesting they are not that big there is a lot of bigger players people think -- talk sharidkids, you know the trust for the family, and sell this thing to you know a tech player the question is will tech being bite? they haven't been on anything have they, developing their content so it is interesting about what is going to go forward here in era of core cutting name cbs sounds like a lot to old time journalists like us kids don't care anymore, right don't watch tv -- forces they are dealing with. >> no loyalty gasparino. >> we are fossils. >> is this on that note -- charlie gasparino thank you for calling m see you later in the day president trump just tweeting this, through massive devaluation of their currency and pumping vast sums of money into their system the tens of billions of dollars u.s. is receiving a gift from china, prices not up, no inflation. farmers getting more than china would be spending fake news won't report exclamation point jon hilsenrath i want your reaction to that. reporter: a lot to pull apart in that one on devaluation it is case chinese yuan has

the weather front coming in from the west, reina shari is a move across scotland, northern ireland andsouthwards get into northern england, parts of wales by the end of the afternoon. behind it, brighter skies but again, 15 the highest temperature. sunshine across the south—east we are looking at 24. the saturday, the weather front draped across wales, northern england, making a slowjourney towards the south—east but it will not get there until later on in the day. we hang on to the sunshine in the south—east. the other thing is, the south—east. the other thing is, the wind changes direction to a north—westerly which is a cooler direction so it will feel fresher. we're to the outer hebrides later and it will be fresh there as well. you might remember yesterday we spoke to the young people representing the uk at the world skills event taking place in russia. iliken it i liken it to the olympics but for trades. young people under 25 doing apprenticeships, vocational training, so all the apprenticeships, vocational training, so allthe kind apprenticeships, vocational training, so all the