verizon ceo sparking a wave of merger speculation.on would be packed with comcast and the walt disney or cvs. here's a look at u.s. stock futures higher by 26. nasdaq futures higher by 12 by massive happening now. lauren: after gaining significant national attention, georgia special congressional election headed to a run-up. joining to talk about the results, fox news contributor rachel campos duffy. good to see you. bright and early. democrats are $9 million into this race but it still has to go run off election in june. what do you expect then? >> for the runoff comes from a marvelous cast for republicans can find out for other republican candidates and there were quite a few of them. i think as the republicans win. this is a little bit of a tea leaf reading. once the deal is obamacare. they are going to have a lot of trouble come midterm election. there's something to be read here. on the other hand, everything -- the democrats do everything they had, everything in the kitchen sink at $9 million. i would say that, you know, he show

if in fact, verizon were to discriminate against spotify and you are a verizon subscriber, you could and you would -- the fact of the matter is that they are worried about that enough that they have not done it. 10 years ago, the current sir and was at the mobile echo system would be a closed garden. that all of the music, there was a debate about blackberry at one point which did not want to allow outside mapping applications. that whole vision died. the vision that we have now, and it is underpinned by the economics, providing those services it good -- is good business. before we impose a common carrier regulatory scheme on the whole enterprise, there must be some evidence of an actual problem and there is not. jeffrey eisenach: we cannot forget the history of net neutrality. the network was not unregulated. over the course of that history. whether it was the attempt to ,nforce the powell doctrine there has principles, always been the threat of the fcc acting when net neutrality was violated. because of that, we have gotten to a consensus where the companies have always agreed that

jonathan: scott thuman inside the verizon center. the game getting closer to face-off.his is the year that the caps needto the penguins. >> you are right. the turnstile is open for business. are you ready? they are ready. we got more coming havertys furniture helps your home look perfect even when life isn't. pretty! [doorbell] hey. umm...sign here? sure, you got a pen? i do! thanks, sweetie. the anniversary event ends sunday at havertys. life looks good. scott: i'm scott abraham live at the verizon center. the fans filing in rocking the red. they are ready to go! game one eastern conference semi-finals just about an hour away. capitals, penguins, one more time. there is a buzz here. i am hoping this is the year. i sat down with the radio voice of the caps earlier. we talked the playoff hockey and we broke down the series. >> this is not just pittsburgh and washington watching the series. it's the entire hockey world. you the top two teams in the nhl. this is the first time since 2001 that the top two teams in the regular seaso

very different feature than here at the verizon center. >> reporter: yes. you know, the capitals promised this would be their best game of the series so far and they held true to their word. it was another crazy scene outside in toronto. inside the caps staying cool. first period the play of the series. caps up 2-1. here comes -- he can't find his puck but todd wilson does. check out how close this was, biggest save of the series. for todd wilson that led to this next time down the ice. finds the stick of wilson who scores on the deflection. ca u later toronto down one. caps win it 5-4 evening the series at 2-2. wilson's effort tonight all the talk in the locker room. >> there are some fabulous heroes. he played the right way today. he played hard. he went to the net, got rewarded. >> made a mistake there. those are plays that i think we are realizing that we have to make. >> when you are a kid you always have big dreams and lucky enough to fulfill them. >> all of our guys stepped up tonight. it is fun to win in toronto for sure. >> reporter: carol, alex ov

what have they got wrong at verizon? competitor environment has changed a lot in the wireless industry it's driven by , t-mobile, where the unlimited data plan has proven so successful with consumers. verizon has operated on a model of let's own a lot of spectrum, be available everywhere, can you hear me now? they thought that that was the answer. the maturity of the wireless industry right now suggests there are other things bringing consumers. the losses of 307,000 customers in one quarter was substantial. it's less than 1%, less than 0.5% of all their users. nonetheless, quite disconcerting. caroline: i'm fascinated by the roots the telecoms are taking. many have gone for content. many making eyes at this area. we've seen in france, orange, one of the big players there, saying they are going to unveil bank, going down the fintech route. is content going to be king? is that the tried and trusted root? cory: orange has a history of trying some really interesting things. they have been doing that for a long time. we will

game 2 is at the verizon center tomorrow at 8. rocking the red as the caps and wizards make their way through the playoffs. upload your photos at burst dot com slash wjla. demanding answers. coming up-- what police are telling outraged parents after drug-infused drinks end up in a middle school. - sunday trending warmer (all depends on the front) today: mostly sunny. warm, less humid. highs: 83-86 winds: variable 5-8 mph tonight: partly cloudy. isolated thunderstorm. mild. lows: 64-68 winds: s 5 mph saturday: mostly sunny. hot and humid. isolated late day thunderstorm. highs: 90-95 feels: 95-98 winds: sw 5-10 mph heart-stopping accident, caught on camera. latest on the drivers who slammed into a falling tree at highway speeds. at dominion, we're putting our energy to work creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. cleaner air and cleaner water. it's good for a

wiz win 3-0 this series at verizon center.ll stars showing up and that includes former vice president joe biden at the game getting standing ovation. the wizards back on track. in the second quarter john wall alley-oop breaks a 36-36 tie. wizards lead by one at halftime. wall dishing and scoring third quarter. lots of room to knock down the three. wall gives the wiz an 11-point lead and tells the crowd this is my house. his backup brandon jennings making plays. jennings goes behind nice production from the bench. jennings three assists. this game still coming down to the wire. wiz up two with under a minute to play. wall hits a big jumper to put his team up. 20 points and 14 assists. wiz win 103-99 with more on the big win here is carol maloney from the verizon center. >> reporter: home team wins again. wizards keep the trend going tonight. game five they said was one they had to win and they would get it done and they had the fans leaving saying thank you. >> it was a really close game. competitive game for sure. we are not t

okay you heard him - get to the verizon okay you heard him - get to the verizon center tonight!d guess what, we can help, with free tickets. only on good morning washington - we're giving away five pairs of tickets the first one right now! call 703-528-7334 and be the seventh caller to score 2 tickets to tonight's game. and dont' forget to come say hello to the abc seven team tonight. our mascot cup o' joe will be at the verizon center before the game. time now for weather - drizzle/fog/clouds early -- - drizzle/fog/clouds early -- finally some sun late this afternoon (80s) - hot & humid saturday (mid-upper 80s) - trending cooler sunday (70s) today: cloudy, drizzle and fog early. sunshine by mid-late afternoon. highs: 73-78 winds: nw 5 tonight: partly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 56-62 winds: se 5 mph thursday: partly sunny. much warmer and a touch humid. highs: 84-87 winds: s 5-15 mph a parents worst fear caught on camera.. fear caught on camera.. a child dashing into the street - in the middle of traffic. how the toddler survived this terrifying moment - next. your heart will sto

that is the latest out here at verizon center.k hanrahan, wusa9 sports. >> and thanks for not giving us the score because a lot of us are taping the game, frank. >> a little something, you know, from bruce. >>> sun came out today and really spectacular tomorrow but we are getting more concerned about thunderstorms tomorrow night. we will talk about that coming up and then the weekend hot to warm but afternoon storms are possible but you can get stuff done and nats in town friday, saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday -- no, tuesday, wednesday, thursday of next week. >> got it. >> cbs is next. >> first you will be back >> pelley: the trump tax plan. >> we will have a massive tax cut for businesses. >> pelley: wabhat out the middle class? >> we will let you know the specific details at the appropriate moment. >> pelley: and one more time: mr. trump's tax returns? >> the president has no intention. >> pelley: also tonight, the intersenate heads to the white house for a fill-in on the korean nuclear threat. >> we want to bring kim jong un

verizon is looking to dialogue new sources of growth, or at least having them dial into verizon.ntial merger candidates. the potential deal could transform the telecom landscape. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: verizon entertaining a big merger to the energized the company. it got shares jumping on tuesday after the ceo told bloomberg he's open to merger talks with comcast or disney or cbs. is --o talk that merger we are going to talk about that merger. who is the most likely candidate to tie up with verizon >? >> disney has great content. rising has great connectivity. i think they would go hand-in-hand. apple could be interested as well as verizon. alix: do they want to be saddled with yahoo! and aol? how do they shake off that? well and yahoo! brought to verizon is content and customer bases. unique content to maximize the value of your customer base. david: typically, ceos do not just give an interview and say call me up if you want to merge. is this a serious overture? verizon has great cash flow, but they have no growth. they need growth. they need a growth engin

let's get back to david faber and big news out of verizon and corning.ey, david. >> earlier we had the chairman and ceo of verizon and counterpart at corning announcing a deal where ver iiz will buy a billion of fiber over the next four years from corning which is going to add to capacity down to north carolina to meet the demands that verizon is putting on it. why? well, the advent of 5g, from architecture standpoint is the need to put more fiber into the ground. >> we view it as next generation network and that network is going to look very different than what we've built in the past. if you look at 2g and third generation and fourth generation of wireless, it was about capacity and fifth generation is about those things that we're going to see a hundred times faster through but we'll lateen network and ten times the battery life we've seen in the past. that opens up a whole new set of applications for consumers and enterprise, but you can't do it if you don't have fiber deep into the network compared to what we've done in the past. >> that of course,

the crew at verizon center pulled an all-nighter after the caps double-overtime game on saturday. they had to switch the floor... and get the phone booth ready for the wizards to open their playoff series against the hawks. and the wizards made good use of that court in game one of their playoff series with the atlanta hawks. john wall made the most of the post-season spotlight. he notched a playoff career high-- with 32 points, to go along with 14 assists. bradley beal also added another 22 points. that scoring helped the wizards pull away in the fourth quarter in route to a 114-107 victory. the wizards and the caps will continue to share custody of the phone booth, as long as they both continue their plyoff runs. here's a look at the caps and wizards playoff schedule for the week. the caps are in toronto tonight at 7. both teams are in action for a huge wednesday night. the wiz are at verizon, and the caps still in toronto. game five...if necessary for the capitals.. will be friday night at the phone booth. and game three for the wizards in atlanta on saturday at 5:30. and we wa

is better on verizon?l we have the largest 4g lte network in america. yeah that's a pretty good reason. and the most reliable. uh-huh. and, with unlimited, you get full hd video. oh wow, yeah, that's, uh, two, maybe even three reasons right there. it's exactly three. okay. sure, whatever you say. (vo) if you really, really want the best, switch to verizon unlimited and get the galaxy s8 for just $15 a month. i saw you take those phones, you know. no, you didn't. hey ron! they're finally taking down that schwab billboard. oh, not so fast, carl. ♪ oh no. schwab, again? index investing for that low? that's three times less than fidelity... ...and four times less than vanguard. what's next, no minimums? ...no minimums. schwab has lowered the cost of investing again. introducing the lowest cost index funds in the industry with no minimums. i bet they're calling about the schwab news. schwab. a modern approach to wealth management. that had built his house once thout of straw.tle pig one day a big bad wolf huffe

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. >> verizon is trading higher in premarket. the ceo told bloomberg that he would take a phone call from a content provider for a possible merger, and that is to reset the course. this is an odd way to go about matchmaking. if anybody wants to call me, you know my number. is that a case of blood in the water, getting something going? >> i think verizon is looking at their stock price and other media companies, at&t, time warner are doing really well, and i think verizon realizes that maybe shareholders want to see them do something. some of the speculation out there around verizon, like charter a couple months ago, shareholders did not like that, but maybe comcast or disney or cbs, maybe he is throwing it out -- maybe names he was throwing out there, yesterday to see how investors receive it. >> fox news has announced the departure of bill o'reilly, bringing an end to the host's two-decade run at the network. what does it mean? >> in itself, the show is an important show, the highest rated show, generates the most revenue, but o

walton aup with john little bit ago at verizon.nt is it to get off to the good start, drop the hammer tonight? john: i think is important tonight and also for the series. you don't want to give toronto any optimism they have a shot to win the series. they already feel a l and to overtime in their building. they want to squash that tonight and set it up for a good start aim three. head coach barry trotz said this was a little wake-up call for the team. is that a blessing in disguise, thursday? john: we called it a cheap lesson on radio. justin williams comes in with a couple goals, veteran leadership shining through, and find a way to get the win in the playoff series where the first one can set the tone for a lot of things. both teams will adjust. by the time you get later in the series, there is not a whole lot you can do once you get to about game three, game for. scott: the fan base is hungry for playoff hockey. how important is it for the caps to win tonight, hold serve in game two, and head up north? john: toronto will be abso

that is taking a toll on verizon.rtunity to bash verizon on twitter. i knows he does this frequently. this is funny. he tweeted a direct quote on pot day. pro-tip. stop gauging your customers and do more afor them. how verhighzon is he? the funny thing is verizon customer service jumped on and saying how can we help you? he started the chatter. >> stirring it up. reminiscent of mark cuban. he will be on "new day" today. there is the transition. thank you for joining us. i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. "new day" starts now. >> the plan will get better and ber better. >> if they pull it, they are in trouble. >> will the president's first 100 days end in victory or government shutdown? >> we will keep the government open. don't you agree. i think we will get both. >> freed egyptian-american prisoner comes home. >> in case we are in doubt, we are behind president el sisi. >> a terror attack rocks paris. >> a french national. known to authorities. >> wasn't a spontaneous or rapid attack. very deliberately targeted. >

karl maloney will be back inside the verizon center. all that starts right here saturday night on nbc 4. >> all right. looks like tomorrow is a good thing they're going be inside. you won't be able to play hockey outside tomorrow. that will be called water polo. >> temperatures near records in all likelihood in all three local airports tomorrow. be ready for a real hint of summertime around here. up. last three days of april and april is going to go down as the warmest april on record in washington. weather records go back to 1870. warmest april in 140 plus years. not even by a little bit. we're talking about more than a degree and a half warmer than the old record. that is a crushing blow to the climate. outside, on your friday, yes, indeed, plenty of sunshine out there now. very light breeze out of the northeast. 77 degrees now in reagan national. spend most of the afternoon hours with temperatures up in the low, 80s across the area and pure sunshine start to finish. highs today. arlington, washington, 83. 79 in winchester. just a gre

they won in game 2 at the verizon center last night 109 to 101. that puts them up 2 nothing in the series. game three is saturday in atlanta. and the capitals- also celebrating a win, beating toronto 5 to 4. that ties the series at 2-2. the caps and leafs will be back at the verizon center tomorrow. at 5:xx time for a check on the forecast. toss to eileen - unseasonably warm today & tomorrow - thunderstorm chances both days (not severe) - cool & unsettled weekend - rain likely sunday today: partly sunny and much warmer. isolated shower or thunderstorm. highs: 81-85 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. stray shower. mild. lows: 60-65 winds: ssw 5 mph friday: partly sunny and warm. isolated shower or thunderstorm. highs: 81-86 winds: sw to wnw 5-15 mph coming up - a clothing why retailer "zara" is pulling an item off it's shelves.. plus - the king of cable dethroned. the new response from bill o'reilly after losing his spot at fox news. iowa. the twister knocked down trees and some buildings there in carroll county. and in kansas, the same system

the lights are on at the verizon center. we have the street hockey in playoff form at this point this morning. take a look who has joined us. shelby and alexis, two members of the red rockers. game one of round two. >> we are so excited to be playing the penquins. we are going to win. john: i would not want it any other way. take a look at this. shelby and alexis, tell me what is going on. pretty important scavenger hunt for tickets. a today we will be having scavenger hunt in which you can find pucks around the d.c., virginia maryland area. if you find a puck. john: i've a feeling you may know where some spots are. >> i personally don't. you'll get hints throughout the day. tune into social media to find out where they may be. john: our street hockey in playoff form. we are ready to go. up, the cup of joe will capitals mesko. come join us for street hockey as penquins we get ready for the capitals-tonight. -- as we get ready for the capitals-penquins tonight. larry: crews in new orleans working under the cover of darkness t

the reason why chris brown showed the verizon center is being rescheduled. news starts now. >>> we begin with new details about that blackhawk helicopter that crashed on a maryland golf course today. thanks for joining us, i'm tony perkins >> i'm shawn was on a training flight when it went down, one crew member tonight is dead. two others in the hospital. >> fox 5 marina marraco is >> marina marraco is live at the crash site in leonardtown with the latest. marina? >> reporter: that's right, guys, you can see the first look here on the grounds of that uh60 blackhawk chopper. this is we're able to get down closer to the scene tomorrow at day break. the investigation will resume here now this army chopper was carrying three crew members aboard while partaking in a routine training flight when the helicopter came down here at the breton golf course just before 2:00 this afternoon. one of the crew members died as a result. two others air lifted to baltimore shock trauma where tonight one remains in critical condition. the other in serious condition. today, we spo

lauren: verizon for indications topping a list of stocks. the company to report its fourth straight decline in quarterly revenue reports before the bell today. investors listening for rice's plan for futures. the ceo says it's okay to make it a plane with media giants including walt disney, comcast and cbs. charlie gasparino reported that could lead to mergers. extended trading after the credit card companies latest results. the latest results from american express fell from a year ago her by the end of the company's relationship with costco. qualcomm arrested at 2.5%. earnings from the chipmaker which is in a legal battle with apple topping next to haitians. nicole: coming up, growing doubts for the timeline without tax reform. >> would like to get it done as soon as possible. we are going to take our time together friday we clearly could get it done at the end of summer. if you need to go longer we'll do that. nicole: are. nicole: our investors is impatience at tax reform plans? i next guest says the failure of the health care bill and tax

verizon had a competitive run where your earnings have been constra constrained.s going to be similar to what analysts estimate for 2018. when do the benefits of what you're talking about start to accrue for your investor base? >> we see this starting to accrue in '18, david. that's why we're out there with the trials now. obviously it will take some time to deploy this, but we will be commercial next year, and we'll be moving hard over the three-year part of this deal. one thing we're looking for and if you compare the u.s. position versus other parts of the world, is the administration helping with infrastructure placement, whether they do an infrastructure bill, but even what chairman pi of the fcc is doing this week as an example is important to us. it's working with the communities to make sure that the conduits are available, that the facilitates the small cell placement that puts a shot clock on the amount of time before permits are approved, in the municipalities. municipalities. those sorts of things will help us move it forward and deliver to the bottom

s8 is better on verizon? well we have the largest 4g lte network in america. yeah that's a pretty good reason. and the most reliable. uh-huh. and, with unlimited, you get full hd video. oh wow, yeah, that's, uh, two, maybe even three reasons right there. it's exactly three. okay. sure, whatever you say. (vo) if you really, really want the best, switch to verizon unlimited and get the galaxy s8 for just $15 a month. i saw you take those phones, you know. no, you didn't. >>> welcome back to the stanley >>> welcome back to the stanley cup playoffs, brought to you by geico. double-overtime in game number two in ot

and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free.> get the best. go to getfios.com >> and and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. is becoming the great wall of china town, john wall is -- innt in the so season the postseason, hitting on also motors. john wall had 14 assists. by 10.[ career-high 32 points, thanks to nifty moves in the lane like this. the other half of the backcourt, bradley beal also contributed, 22 points. lead, taking game one, 114-107. game two wednesday night. baseball, nationals hosting the phillies. hold of one, gone, two-run shot. nats take the lead. fireworks, bottom of the ninth, two on for harper, and there it goes, three run walkoff homer. the nats rally in a thriller, 6-4 the final. and stay up with us. it is abc 7 "sports sunday. , the capitals and maple leafs face-off tomorrow night in toronto. that is at 7 p.m. q: they are going to bounce back, the caps, i'm not worried. robert: i'm not worried either. it's the second round. cap's, go wizards, go d.c. united. robert: