. -- shire. shire close down more than 5% in trading. baxalta closed up.he imf says her work is needed on studying the data in the yuan . the imf says -- major benchmarks. disney in extended trading's missed analyst estimates. it also cut the force gas for cable tv -- it's forecast for cable tv profit. it is facing challenges like fewer cable subscribers and a strong u.s. dollar. as take a look at disney shares in after-hours trading. it dropped more than 6%. chris stewart us on the phone from los angeles. thank you for staying up to talk to us. it is down more than 6% after hours. >> there are two big things they called out. one is the foreign currency is having impact. the operating income it will be down as much as $500 million. the second thing is slower growth in the cable tv business. >> what about the bits of disney that we perhaps on this side of the atlantic think with the theme parks or the filmmaking? howard those business -- how are those businesses doing? >> they had a big flop in "tomorrowland" but then strong hits of "avengers" and "cinderel

why would shire go down this road two times? what does that tell you about shire? >> david brought it up. was shire the possible target of something? >> why would you go back to the same target that had so many defenses and not raise the offer? >> right now they could say look, why raise the offer? we're bidding against ourselves. we haven't seen any offers for the company. let's put a little pressure on them and then they can talk. this is clearly their first -- this is not the last dollar they would have to do a deal but normally the acquirer's stock goes up as we've often seen but here it went down because i think shire was possibly a target. david, it does make me wonder anyone else out there for baxalta? there's a lot of companies that have big stockpiles of cash that are looking to use that. >> as you know, there's -- you can launch a rumor on anything these days. and it might have some plausibility at least in this rapidly consolidating sector. but karen, on this name, no, this company has literally been public for 30 days. it was a july 1 was when it hit th

shire pharmaceuticals made an offer for the company which was learned last week so today shire is going public with its hostile $30 billion bid in what has been a busy year for health care mergers and acquisitions. >> 2014 was a busy year. 270 billion in announced deals. this year we have already eclipsed that with today's announcement with the unsolicited bid by shire. >> reporter: for ireland-based shire, it's an aboutface. it had agreed to be acquired last year but the deal fell apart after the u.s. changed the rules on american companies acquiring foreign firms to secure tax savings. now shire says its deal would give the combined company a strong profile in rare diseased drugs and benefits on the tax front. anderson's rich peterson says they've seen $100 billion in deals with u.s. firms selling to foreign acquirers. >> some of the foreign companies were one-time u.s. companies where upon they recorporated abroad to take advantage of lower tax rates. >> reporter: they rejected shire's bid saying it would be severely disruptive at such an early stage as a public company. an analysts

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the other deal, $30 billion offer by shire is being ignored. they made an unsolicited bid hoping to great a biotech company that focuses on their diseases. shire says it offers a premium targetand values the company's stock at over $45 a share, but no deal inside. baxalta won't even talk about the proposal. betty: founder of greenlight capital says the month was the worst of the company's portfolio since 2008, losing nearly 6%. on a conference call this morning, he said it was hurt by insurance underwriting and weak results at micron technology. >> projections were affected by lower-than-expected computer demand as well as manufacturing issues that arose in the company began migrating capacity from computer dram to mobile and other components. the results surprised the market and led to lower forecast earnings and stock price. we continue to believe that the industry the a beer is more rational with three players and still expect current offerings to be higher than in the past and peak earnings to be higher in the future. einhorn says the curre

baxalta is not cooperating and investors do not like what this means for shire. shire is a stock that another company wanted to buy and that deal fell apart because the united states changed rules on tax and version, so the question ever since then has been, what is shire going to do? shire's stock plunged when the audi transaction disappear but it has since rebounded. it has since rebounded to above that price but trading down this morning. it shows us that after $340 billion this year, more to come. stephanie: $340 billion and from goldman sachs, they said a few weeks ago they think the possibility for m&a in that space is endless. erik: number three. we will take you out to julie hyman. julie: i am on earnings watch again, media earnings in particular and entertainment to be more specific. disney reports after the bell that the shares have done. well this year. shares have rallied 30% of trading, if not at thing close to a record. interested to hear latest thoughts on is pain availability over the top services. we will also be looking about any kind of forecas

what will precision add to the brook shire hathaway of 80 company an why is that so special? let's ask because joining me now on the phone is oracle of omaha as he's known chairman and ceo warren buffett. warren are you there? >> i'm here hi liz. >> how many cherry cokes have you had to celebrate this massive deal? >> i have about five a day so i'm not sure where i stand right now. >> i would say you probably celebrate in some way or o another. but our viewers can be questioning day by day whether it is coming to a slow end, and boom you go ahead and make this huge bet so they're very interested in your thinking. what is so special about precision cast parts? >> it's a company making very important parts for very important machines. in the aircraft, so as you mentioned to the campaigns, boeing ge united technologies, role royce and company is extraordinarily good at making very complicated sometimes highly technical parts, and they -- they're the most reliable supplier you can have, and if you're putting an aircraft together you want to have the right parts coming at the righ

billion offer by shire is being ignored. the company made an unsolicited did hoping to create a biotech company focusing on rare diseases. scheier said it represents a premium of 30% and values the company's stock at $45 a share. scheier says the company will not talk about the proposal. raising itsa is earnings forecast after posting second-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates. the company said it added members in government insurance programs. aetna agreed to buy humana $435 billion with plans to expand in medicare. aetna shares are up 28% year to date and is currently the nation's number three health insurer by enrollment. sprint's earnings need estimates as they hope to extend their streak of subscriber games. what they dropped into the number four spot among u.s. wireless carriers. it's total number of users is more than 2 million lower than t-mobile. david einhorn was not sorry to see july and. he said it was the worst month since 2008,any losing nearly 6%. he said the hedge fund firm was hurt i insurance underwr

there was probably enough money in their chasing a possible bid for shire.want to talk about hurdles to a deal. there are some other nuances in there as well. talk to me about the hurdles and how significant they might be. >> the management will probably want to have a go at it for a while so that is one possible hurdle and i think their response has been that you are undervaluing the stock. if you do some math you could argue that but not massively. the counter is what you just listed. cannot say that only months ago you yourself undervalued the stock. that is a little bit difficult to argue the reality that excel to has close to 20% of the country does potentially throw up a major barrier there it shire may have approached them before the deal -- before the ipo of bucks alta -- baxalta. the reality is that 20% holding is either going to be independent or it will help you jon: a deal to watch. still to come on the program, we preview standard charter's earnings and what you should be watching for the rest of the day. stan chart -- can they deliver? that is

francine: shire has made an for batalta.is now offering as much as one year of paid time off to new mothers and fathers. the policy sets the company far apart from the vast jeart of u.s. employers. even in the technology -- juvenile court of u.s. employer - juvenile court of u.s. employers. >> there are three things that will pick up. we'll tell you why it is the miners gaining this morning. the commodity routes stabilizes for another tay. a weak r euro. i'll get to the fx market later. it is helping the dax travel higher by one full percentage point. the cac 40 in paris up a full percentage point. the biggest gainer on that index, on the stoxx 600 throughout the morning, i'll lift the lid on the cac 40. it is socgen. france's second biggest bank up 8%. a profit beat and the best profit since twen and since the financial crisis. it is the earnings in paris that are helping take it higher and draw out substantial gains. the fx market. i talked about that weaker euro. it is more about the stronger dollar. a four-month high for

shire is making an unsolicited to makensolicited offer a biotech company. shire says it represents a .remium of 35% but there is no deal on the horizon just now. shire says becks also --baxalta has declined to engage in substantive discussions over the new proposal. matt: and all cash deal to buy icc health care, representing a ipc's shareice of price yesterday. the man who has been overseeing george soros's fortune will leave to form his own and hedge fund. bessent will have one of the ofgest hedge fund start severed. he will continue to advise the soros family. the fortuneves, will be overseen by someone he put in place. a matt: manufacturing held back by and i in the dollar dampened demand in exports and falling oil prices, which have cut into energy industry investment spending. mark: the stocks plunged in greece, but investors say it could have been worse. athensdropped 45% on the stock exchange. the benchmark fell 16% on monday. limits on on -- buying and selling limited the damage. bank shares were pushed toward the downward trading limit yesterday,

it says it is not prepared to engage with shire.quote, significant and real risk to value for holders. at that point the halt was $38.12. we will get you a quote on that as soon as we can see on the board. so baxalta unconditionally rejecting shire's bid for it at $30 billion. bill and kelly, back to you. >> yeah, looks like it's trading lower, $37.90 and change. it's strange. the traders look like they're waiting for something to happen. >> absolutely. >> rather than it trading. it is trading right now, baxalta. >>> meantime disney shares at an all time high. the company's earnings report comes up after the bell. >> julia borsen joins us with a preview of what to expect. >> hi. they're going to continue to continue to expand all disney's platforms. they'll grow revenue 6% to $13.23 billion while earnings are expected to grow 11% to $1.42. the company's head winds include tough comparisons to a strong year ago quarter through espn in particular plus foreign exchange rates which should impact the studio as well as the theme parks. bu

. >> item 13 is contract contracts with cotton, shires and associates with arup north america limited and geostabilization international for the telegraph hill rock slope improvement project for stabilization and inn constitution of the northwest face of telegraph hill and not not to exceed the amount listed. >> okay. >> this is a project stabilized telegraph hill. it's an emergency project. there are three contractors involved in this project. two of the contractors are engineering consultant. initially we declare emergencies in july 2014 for the project for all three contracts, but it had to go through a negotiation process. for the construction contract we solicited nine contractors to look at the project. four of them provided a proposal. we negotiated with the contractor that had the lowest cost and also had 2lbe components to their construction contract. one of the construction consulting engineering contract as a result of an agreement with block 60 lot five and the property that stipulated we were to retain them for engineering support during construction. we notified the boar

shire making an offer to buy x axalta. for $30 billion in shares. 36% represent a premium of and valleys the stock at $45 per share. there is no deal on the horizon right now. alta has failed to engage in substantive discussions. the company agreed today to buy ipc health care -- the all caps deal is worth $1.6 billion. it were presents a premium of 30% percent -- 37% over the close yesterday. ability toand its staff hospitals and other medical facilities with doctors. cvs health narratives forecast at the retail sales grew slower in the second quarter. the new forecast overshadows the second part of profit report. excluding one-time items, earnings came in two cents above the average of analyst estimates. betty: david einhorn not so sorry to see july over. 's investmentpital for polio dropped 5.9% in july. its losses were broad-based. -- portfolio dropped 5.9%. >> the market environment has become acutely unfair for investment strategy. while we could have done better in a couple spots, we don't expect to do well when inv

shire's initial proposal to the u.s.rugmaker's board was rebuffed. >>> day two of the greek stock market reopening after five weeks of closure. down 1% after yesterday's record 16% plunge. >>> freezing out day traders in an effort to support stock prices the government enforcing a ban on short selling. shanghai composite gained 3 1/2% overnight after a 15% decline in july. >>> puerto rico triggering the biggest municipal default in u.s. history. the island commonwealth missing it is first payment for a $58 million payment, handing over only $628,000. it implied a sweeping default of much of it is $72 billion debt burden. >>> from greece to china to puerto rico, there is a lot of risk for investor measure. global head of managing investments and managing director of citi private bank is with me. he manages $60 billion. david, great to see you back. >> thanks so much for having me. deirdre: with all this volatility, how many extra phone calls are you fielding? >> we're getting a bunch of extra phone calls. we got more when

brooke shire hathaway agreed to buy u.s. mettal parts maker. they made the announcement on monday. the parts maker will be bought for 37 billion including death. precision produces parts for aircraft makers and power plants and sales last year came to about $10 billion. buffet is known for investing in businesses with long-term growth potential. now the new york stock exchange surged over 240 points on monday following news of buffet's largest acquisition and higher crude oil prices. the dow jones industrial average closed the day at 17,615. that's up 1.39% from friday's close. investors became optimistic the deal would lead to further consolidation across industries. market watchers say bargain hunting fueled the sentiment. the key index declined for seven consecutive trading days through friday last week. >>> a chinese minister has pledged all out support for indonesia's upcoming high-speed rail way. they are come petting with the bid for japan and bullet train technology. china's national development and reform commission minister met with indonesia president. shoo supported a r

this morning's shire, a very aggressive pharmaceutical company launched a hostile takeover.t the company's rare diseases medicines and the $45.23, and an amazing 36% premium into the spratts on fear and it has to fend off the bid. even of a a higher price because shire's very fair favorable tax status and can boost it if the deal closes and baxalta, and you still have an 18% gain if you own baxter and baxalta in the spin-off and congratulations to those who did. the cramer fave which knocked our socks off today with the decision to split it off into not one, not two, but three different companies always makes a ton of sense on their own. the remarkable ceo with the stand alone financial communications and data services company and a customized multi-channel communications management outfit and a printing services business, with the stock up 2.8% with the stroke of a pen. before this new configuration was announced r.l. donnelly did seem like a confusing mosaic of businesses. donnelly's got a hammer lock on the aspect of public company and dissemination and the multichannel m

they love the pipeline, shire does and all the tax ramifications.it going to be something they accept? it's so early. you wonder if baxalta will push back and look for more. >> car sales have been strong, we know that on the pace of 17 million for the big boys here. what's up with toyota? weaker sales. >> i think it's a comments from audi and bmw and comments from toyota, regarding guidance that is in china, what production is going to be pulling back, not seeing the demand they expected to see. overall things are good, for toyota motors, it's pulling back, i view it as an opportunity. but you have to be concerned about the chinese auto market. >> stef, aig, big beat. dividend boost, buy back? stock down 5%. >> that's because the earnings quality wasn't that good. they beat on market gains and derivatives. i think the underlying p and c business had higher expenses and i don't think the buyback was as much as people wanted. people want to see the capital deemployed story play out. >>> coming up netflix hits an all-time high, is it too late to get in

shire says it wants to create a global supplier of medicines treating rare diseases. the company went public for the offer this tuesday after baxalta rejected the approach. the number of jobless people in spain felt by an -- fell by an unexpected number in july. it pushes the unemployment rate to the lowest in years. it means unemployment is at pre-crisis levels. >> austerity politics. the politics are not increasing expenditure. if we compare ourselves with other countries, members of europe, we see how they don't >8e;ccccccccccccccccccccccccccch [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica this is democracy now! president obama: today we are cleano announce america's power plant, two years in the making, and the most important step the net estates has ever taken. amy: president obama unveils a plan to slash carbon emissions from u.s. power plants but does

the action cam was at the lang ken shire elementary on namaans road as first through fifth graders were greeted by teachers and administrators. welcome back. >>> officers depot helped to get students in philadelphia trod head back to school. today in plymouth meeting employees with the company's foundation handed out back packs full of supplies to children. the national backpack program is in its 15th year and has donated more than 3 million back packs all around the world. >> ♪ >>> at the jersey shore, it's a story of a man on a mission. and today that mission was accomplished. he pledged to take a dip in the ocean day for a year. nora muchanic was there for the final swim and the waves he caused throughout seaside park. >> reporter: it's day number 365 and doug mcday is diving into the water in seaside park completing his pledge to dip in the atlantic ocean every day for a year. >> it's a bittersweet. it's nice to have accomplished this and made it through the 365 but it's a little sad at the same time. >> reporter: he's taken a dip every day through illness, bitter cold and three nor

this happened at the base after highrise building on west will shire avenue, busy commercial strip.ers quickly extinguished a fire in the building. five people were j the explosion also reportedly caused power outages, including briefly nearby staple center where shanae's twaine was performing. the cause is under investigation. >> also, three people are injured after a gas line explosion in new york city. this happened during construction at a high school in the bronx last night. police say crews were working on a gas line when the explosion occurred. those injuries are said to be not life threatening. >> lightning is being blamed for spark ago massive fire at texas oil refinery. take a look here at some video we have. it happened in galveston, texas, residents forced to flee, forced for house because of the blaze. authority say the same wet their caused the fire helped fight it. heavy rains helped keep the flames from damaging nearby homes. >> a group of florida treasure hunters gets very lucky when they make a big discovery underwater worth millions. it all started in the 1700s wh

among some of the individual names to the down side, just over the course of this past week, intuit shires to the down side and a couple of flash memory slash semiconductor names. sandisk, micron, both down 15. 14% as well. again, technology a big focus for a lot of traders out there, melissa. back over to you guys. >> speaking of tech losers, apple is down almost 9% on the week and is officially in a bear market off 20% from its recent highs. the last time that it happened appeared to be a great opportunity. in the words of carl i kaub it turned out to be a, quote, no-brainer. so will it again? mike kuo's at the smartboard with a clever way to get long. mike. >> you might think that selling puts is probably the craziest thing you could do after the market has seen the kind of volatility and rout we've just seen. 40 million options trading today and probably a lot of those people were buying puts. but we're going to examine today how you might want to sell one. why? because stocks are down and options premiums are up. one of the things you want to do obviously identify a stock that you wan

killingseen for shire it earlier in the year, but they have fallen off a little bit.take to get juice back here? >> apart from its core business, it owns this tremendous investment portfolio. in are notas escaped doing very well, ibm is down, american express is down, so warren buffett likes book value. looking at the values of holdings coming can see that is under pressure. this is because some of the holdings. they are so diversified, people look at them as an index on their own, but if you break it down to big holdings, it is not great. railroad stocks have had a hard time this year. that is partially because of the oil slump. business is another problematic area. alix: talk about the railroad business and what we can expect? >> it is mixed. a lot of delays in 2013, 2014. on the other hand, oil prices are lower, so it will be interesting. alix: what can we expect to hear about the money they will have to cut out, $6 billion to upgrade cars. will that be a cash burn for them? >> i don't know at what point that will be, or how much of that will impact their costs. al

greg: we are not shire about that. rosanna: i heard you have an open jingle. how does that go? you are going to sing it. i see him in the mirror. we share an office together. greg: ernie, i know you look at yourself in the mirror. >> don't we all. star of the day who will it be. rosanna: no, not the wards. >> star of the day who will it be, today you will see the talent rare to compare who will be the star of the day. come on, greg. greg: ernie, this sounds awesome, who picks the winner? >> this is how it works, we have three performers on every show and audience applause meter and celebrity judges. tony orlando is coming, neil, judge from the people's court. wplj radio, simone from fox 5 and patricia starr. we have a lot of people part of this. so they'll be judged by the celebrity judges and the audience approval and people can vote online and they are continuing every week until they advance to the finals. family fun. >> star of the day judge. i will sit in judgment tomorrow. rosanna: our band might be available. are you paying? >> that's the question. stipend. greg: we love

cocktail and it was in response to immediate danger >>> david living stone smith is from knew hamp shire and author of "less than human" and joins us via skype. dr smith, thank you for being with us. why do we hate? what causes one person to believe another life matters less than their own? >> there are two things. i'm at the university of new england in main i live in newhampshire. >> my apologies. >> why do we hate? well for all sorts of reasons. thinking that one person's life matters less than that of another is something that goes beyond hating them. particularly when we think of other human being as less than human creatures. >> i was struck that all of this begins with how we refer to a certain group. you point out that during the holocaust nazis call the jews rats and houthis call their enemies cockroaches. >> they didn't merely call them that. what is important, is when we dehumanize others we think of them as less than human, subhuman creatures that deserve to be exterminated or harmed in some other way. >> people are going to wonder what about african-americans, and i date bac

it is a warm front at the moment and then we will see that sun shire before that later in the day. 79egrees before the clouds and showers. eighty-two is our high today with thunderstorms popping up later on. we have in the seen thunder or lightening this morning. fifty-eight tomorrow with some sunshine returning, and thursday, may end up being the best weather day of the week, bright sunshine 84 degrees and le humidity. friday we will get more humid and high of 88. saturday's high 90. we could get ready for another heat wave starting on saturday if we get to 90's on sunday and machine of next week. that is your seven day. >> we have a surprise for you, sue. >> what? >> spring it up. >> tang. >> there it is. >> it is a available at wal-mart. 72-ounces for $10. >> um, tangy. >> just like the old days. >> you can buy a year's worth of tang. >> wal-mart you get everything in large sizes. >> tangy. >> time for traffic at 6:47. >> i bet you they have that on qvc you could get a good ship. owe, yah. >> i wish i liked it. >> we have an subsequent here on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound,

shire is of a little bit, they have been gaining speed throughout the day, and then ad was the target of a potential acquisition. alix: thank you. pimm: let's take a look at some of the top stories crossing the bloomberg. u.s. officials are confirming a cyber attacker has been killed in a military strike in syria. convicted computer hacker is from britain and had been a high-value target within the islamic state group to the u.s. -- had himd been on number three of the kill list of leaders. his death sends an unmistakable message. six british teenagers are accused of being part of the hacking team that has hacked corporate websites. prosecutors say the teams used paysites to flood the network with bogus data. the so-called flash crash has lost his bid for next vision delay. this is the first time he appeared in court since he was released on bail two weeks ago. those are your top stories. let's turn to politics now on the controversy that trails candidate hillary clinton. her e-mail server, and questions about the clinton foundation, and former president bill clinton. john.joining us

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only a small percentage of the stock perk shire bought is at play.cut his stake in the world's largest gold in the second quarter. the move came before gold prices tumbled in july. the weakest monthly performance in more than two years. george soros is eyeing the cable sector, taking a new stake in time warner cable in the quarter. he added nearly 2..5 million shares of facebook, worth $223 million. soros sold 4.3 million shares of aliba alibaba. david einhorn raced his stake in gm by nearly half in the second quarter and i he now own he is about $500 and $700 million of those shares respectively. they have struggled this year. down 9% this year through july. dan loeb said they bought a new 6.5 million stake in t-mobile u.s. during the quarter. and increases on yum brands, a target of his activist campaigns. they've cut their stake in allied financial by nearly two-thirds. >> all right, landon. you are extremely tan this morning. >> i think it's your monitor. i wasn't out in the sun, unfortunately. i wish i was. but thank you. >> i think she's trying

saturday, the daredevil/mogul, sharing his latest death-defying day off with the wingwalking team in ham shire, england. the wife took this photo, which musk posted to instagram, went for a nice wing walk, what could possibly go wrong? i enjoy a little stomach rush, a little crazy roller coaster. sitting on the outside of the plane is one of the last things i'll ever do. >> are you sure? >> even jumping from it is more fun than sitting on it. >> ron. >> got to be some connection between his desire for thrills and his business success. >> you're always looking for something. >> it's out of boredom. >> you're very successful. >> she is. >>> and as we said yesterday, rob marciano has the weekend off. we once again welcome julie durda back from our miami station. >> we're expecting severe storms yet again for a place that does not need anymore. reports of 80 more storm reports were reported last night into this morning, nebraska, taons of the nation, mainly, central portions. great plains. now, we're going to talk about the red fire warnings when we come back and a change for the northeast, new yo

lawrence joins used to teach at new hatch shire estates elementary in silver spring. today, he was citizensed to four years in prison. he previously pled guilty to abusing more than a dozen students, many of them first and second graders. >>> tomorrow park marks ten years since hurricane katrina hit landfall in the gulf coast. after the levee broke, many of us watched as the water rose around new orleans, including around a hospital. >> writes lawrence is live the story of a man who helped save patients that day and who now calls d.c. home. zplis. >> reporter: yeah, this guy is a lawyer, you know, whencality trina was bearing down on new orleans, joe west got his two older kids safely to his mom's house, but his wife at the time was a doctor, didn't want to leave her patients and so the rest of the family hunkered down at methodist hospital. katrina turn third hospital into an island. >> tore off portions of the roof, windows broken out, first floor completely flooded. you can see the vehicles, there was the national guard truck and police cars. underwater? >> complet

. >>> a york shire terrier has love at first sight. check it out. >> hello. i love you. >> oh, my gosh. >> i love you even more. >> so cute. >> i can't help myself. >> i like our interpretations. i see it as loving kisses. >> the music. >> it could be the music. check out the trend online at abc7ny. send us your trend ideas using hetrend. >>> still to come, a local nun is battling a rare disease. now you can play a part in checking things off her bucket list. the one person she wants to meet. we will tell you about it. >> and a check of the delay at the hudson river crossings. 40 minutes outbound at the holland. 25 minutes both ways at the lincoln and right now no d >>> quell, it's lee -- well, it's a plea through social media that's reaching the masses but it will reach the person who it's really meant for? that's the question. an 88-year-old nun is battling a rare disease and can't talk or walk. >> but on the bucket list she wants to meet the pope when he makes his journey to new york city. her plea has been posted on facebook and twitter more than 100 time

shire pharma has plunged during the course of the session in london as it became apparent that it isllion in an all-stock offer for baxalta in switzerland. it initially plunged 10%, it's recovered some ground during the course of that. the bigger news by far for most europeans is the earnings that are coming through and they're notably more mixed today. if not on the earnings, perhaps on the commentary. credit agricole, a french bank saying it can't restructure and simplify the trading portion from the savings bank voting portion, it's kind of or contain. but people had hoped that might unlock shareholder value. it's not. they're down. other stocks with a negative bias, it's true to say that the italian, spanish and portuguese banks have let us down during the course of the session. spain is lower, italy lower. it may not be insignificant in that in catalan today, barcelona that region the spain, that actually last night, the catalan premiere declared an early regional election for september 27th. he's not saying this is going to be a referendum on independence from the rest of spain

. >> item 13 is contract contracts with cotton, shires and associates with arup north america limited and geostabilization international for the telegraph hill rock slope improvement project for stabilization and inn constitution of the northwest face of telegraph hill and not not to exceed the amount listed. >> okay. >> this is a project stabilized telegraph hill. it's an emergency project. there are three contractors involved in this project. two of the contractors are engineering consultant. initially we declare emergencies in july 2014 for the project for all three contracts, but it had to go through a negotiation process. for the construction contract we solicited nine contractors to look at the project. four of them provided a proposal. we negotiated with the contractor that had the lowest cost and also had 2lbe components to their construction contract. one of the construction consulting engineering contract as a result of an agreement with block 60 lot five and the property that stipulated we were to retain them for engineering support during construction. we notified the boar

amanda shires. >> i thought he was good looking.are i asked him if he wanted to go swimming. that was one of my lines. >> hey, buddy, you want to go swimming. >> jason politely declined. >> ten or so years later he was a single man i was a single lady and i let him take me on a date. >> but amanda quickly challenged his drinking. >> how did you put that to him? >> i just basically said, if you want help then we're going to get help. if you don't, you keep running away from it i don't want to be with somebody that's going to be a coward. >> the next week he was in rehab and sent notes to amanda every day. imagine who you think i would be if i never took another drink, he wrote. i sure hope you're still mine when you get this letter. if not, call me up, i'm sure i'll be waiting for you somewhere. >> they were charming letters. >> i write a good letter, anthony. i write a good letter. >> songs poured out of him now, too. ♪ >> songs about downfall and redemption that would make up his break through album "southeastern." >> was it scary

there's a look at she had meadow right now -- sheep meadow and the hex shire ball fields. it's invigorating out there. i will come to you with my microphone if anything happens right now. we are good. our temperature right now at 82, partly sunny skies, westerly wind, 17 to 25 miles an hour. temperatures tonight go down to about 67. we will have these patchy clouds early and then the skies should clear out as we go through the overnight. a planner for tomorrow, lots of sunshine early, some patchy cumulus clouds pretty cotton ball clouds building during the afternoon. more nor and west but get some of them as we go through the evening hours they should dissolve. here overnight you've got the cool 50s north and west, even 53 in monticello, 63 belmar and 66 in islip and notice how the fair weather clouds build during the afternoon, upper 70s to low to mid-80s for your highs tomorrow, about 78 to 84- degree day. here's erika right now, couple hundred miles from leeward islands. the cluster of thunderstorms are scattered about and a storm shows strength when the center. this is

. >> item 13 is contract contracts with cotton, shires and associates with arup north america limited and geostabilization international for the telegraph hill rock slope improvement project for stabilization and inn constitution of the northwest face of telegraph hill and not not to exceed the amount listed. >> okay. >> this is a project stabilized telegraph hill. it's an emergency project. there are three contractors involved in this project. two of the contractors are engineering consultant. initially we declare emergencies in july 2014 for the project for all three contracts, but it had to go through a negotiation process. for the construction contract we solicited nine contractors to look at the project. four of them provided a proposal. we negotiated with the contractor that had the lowest cost and also had 2lbe components to their construction contract. one of the construction consulting engineering contract as a result of an agreement with block 60 lot five and the property that stipulated we were to retain them for engineering support during construction. we notified the boar