fox news is not about news. fox news is about fox. fox news is about getting a tonal point of view, making sure that viewers get what they think viewers need to get, whether or not that involves, much of the time, facts. you know it's true because it's true at the most highly rated times of day, who is being paid, who is being promoted. anchors are slipping into those "fox & friends" guest slots and start taking a sharper tone. they are pushing out the same message of incredulity, very serious issues raised about people around this president. >> watch this clip of me and on the other end talk to me about how the sean hannity's of the world communicate with the president. first this montage. >> the fbi south of control. >> there are clear, abusive biases at the doj and the fbi and robert mueller's team. >> pieces of information that may seem small but add up to a pattern of bias. >> unethical political crusader. >> more e-mails are coming out to show the bias here. >> hand-picked minions are hillary-loving, partisan hack. >> people who

actually acquiring to the stuff except for fox news as well as the national fox sports so i would suspect that doesn't do a whole lot for e.s.p.n. political image because i think you know again fox news and the very conservative political arm that's going to stay active and is going to stay step separate from this particular deal right well i want to ask you now about the n.f.l. which has also had some issues over the past year or so to say the least panthers owner terry richardson is selling his team over allegations of sexual assault and making racist remarks to employees so how much of a risk is his sudden departure to the franchise which is estimated by forms to be worth two point three billion dollars. i suspect that getting rid of the owner. means that the value of that franchise hasn't gone down in value at all again it's something where the centrally as soon as the public knew about these these allegations the owner is separating himself from the franchise while the franchise is still valuable it's very unlikely that the franchise will be drug down will will be dragged down by the

the ceo of fox. how does someone take a senior position at disney, but no word. people think he might be in reserve as the regulatory process goes through because he is controversial. it might be wise to keep you in the background. mark: thank you. the media reporter and our media deal reporter. dubbed then has been fixer in washington, and we will be talking taxes and more. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am vonnie quinn. mark: here from the city of london, i mark barton. let's check on the first word news. emma chandra has more from new york. ,: the international energy agency says it will not be a happy new year for opec and its allies. the cartel has been trying to dry up the oil glut. new supplies from u.s. shale may grow faster than demand next year. a surprise move from china's central bank. they on expect elite raised for an costs -- borrowing costs. they lose to the rate in open market operations on its medium-term lending facility by five basis po

, fox business, the fox broadcast network the local television stations and fox sports. disney, whose film history ranges from snow white to frozen would acquire the 20th century fox movie studio. which produced the original "star wars" as well as "national geographic," fx, 22 regional sports channels, and fox's stake in hulu and sky news. ruth rupert murdoch face the prospect of competing against hollywood and major giants like netflix and amazon. that's why disney chairman bob iger wanted the fox properties. >> the watch television differently. we are seeing with the emergence of new companies. silicon valley spending tens and tens of billions on entertainment programming. >> ruppert has managed to assemble a stellar group of assets. we are getting high quality content, global reach. >> murdoch says he insisted that iger stay on. quashing media speculation that murdoch's son might be headed to disney. the justice department must approve the deal on antitrust grounds. murdoch's son says it's about returning to our roots. rupert murdoch, who began a newspapers, has alway

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on the phone: fox may call it new fox. >> great. thank you great to talking to you thanks for walking us through it. on the phone: thank you, maria good lucky. >> rupert murdoch joining me there to weigh in cofounder ceo michael wolf great to see you your baby the media business you he studied this you are in business 25, 30 years your take. >> the most significant strikeback by a media company against the tech giants, all of the media companies are facing facebook google, netflix who are already spending money on sports, on entertainment content, disney with fox studio important films frachdz like avatar imen home alone others could be a valuable competitor against netflix facebook oers. >> you have not netflix upwards of search billion dollars on original content. >> because they spend doesn't necessarily mean they get hit, so they don't have franchises a lot of people watching netflix for old tv shows not just watching for originals. >> is the idea in order to compete with these guys, and i upset just because spending may not win

disney does not get the fox network, fox sports or fox news channel. first to report this deal could happen more than a month ago, joining us with more details. >> thanks, michelle. yeah, back i think november 6th when first reported on the talks between disney and fox and a lot of people said what? is that possible could rupert murdoch really be thinking about taking apart the empire he spent years building we've reported on it saying, yes. gone from possible it likely to today, it happened as you said, of course, it's $52.4 billion in disney stock. fixed ratio of disney shares, adding up to a bit more. closer to $55 billion overall when you adjust for considerations and the like that will come along, along with $14 billion in assumed net debt. so it makes today very large deal pointedous assets, international assets, star and india, for example, important what are they paying about 12 times the ebitda from the company, but say, well, when you throw in the $2 billion in cost synergies we see, remember, putting studios together saves them money takes t

ba tock the fox 29 weather authority now. as we take live look down the shore in cape may, new jersey. >> iain, you couldn't ask for much better to start the work week. you would ask for 85 degrees. good i'll take this. >> it's december. we've got a full check of your forecast in only 15 seconds. when you were a kid didn't you love field trips? >> i did. >> hey everybody this is kathy orr live -- >> hi kathy on a field trip. you got the big man with you. >> i'm on a field trip. i folic i'm at the north pole. look who is with me. hey, stan. >> hello. how are you. >> i'm good. >> nice to see you. >> look at this crowd, santa. look at this crowd. >> we have a lot of people here. >> i think we have. >> the big wave. big smiles. >> wow. >> i think this could be our biggest crowd santa. we are live on fox 29 broadcas broadcasting to millions of people from moorestown, new jersey. the community house. >> there you go. there you go. >> this is a five year tradition here in moorestown, burlington county. >> yes, it. >> santa, will you

but obviously his fox news is supportive of president trump. does he give up that influence or does it continue without him? i know he's keeping fox news, but is it strange to give up at this time of unparalleled political prominence? >> it's an extraordinary retreat for a very proud man. he wanted to acquire, he wants control. these are not things he relinquishes usually readily. at least in the ways that we have seen him over the years. at the same time, if you're seeing the properties he's holding on to most of them are the ones that allowed him that influence. you know, the newspapers in australia and the uk in particular gave him the influence, the place at the table to influence national politics in the two countries. and then he was able to use those to come into the u.s. and buy fox studio, to buy major newspapers in this country. and then to build the empire starting in 1996 that is fox news. those properties are the ones that get him a seat at the table and get him the ear. what he has in the uk and native australia was essentially a

fox news, fox news just called this race for the democrat doug jones. i don't know what their latest numbers are. right now fox news is pro projecting doug jones will win this hotly contested alabama senate race with roy moore who had been facing accusations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when in 0s. strong support from the president and from republican national committee. but tonight fox news is declaring doug jones the winner. big news for democrats means they pick up another seat in the u.s. nat which means republicans lose one. which makes it harder to pass the bills they are trying to get through. it will be interesting to see how that pans out. >> hence the national attention on this race. >> absolutely. >> well, tonight, nearly 60 congressional democrats want the house to open the investigation into sexual harassment ales against president trupp. trumpp accusers are renewing their call to action. today he fired back on twitter and called stories fake and fabricated and lashed at new york senator kirsten gilbrand called her a nruvrpingy a

if isn't a gets its way at all by a large chunks of twenty first century fox in what could be one of the most significant media deals in history if the deal is approved disney would be in control of one of the country's biggest movie studios in the us and some of the most popular channels like f.x. and national geographic it also gave disney a majority ownership in hulu one of the major streaming networks and might relieve them of their problems with sports coverage by buying parts of twenty first century fox disney would get access to sky sports stars sports and other regional coverage which could offset their struggles with e.s.p.n. or the deal would take at least a year to close and would still be subject to regulatory approval. across the world people are familiar with names like snow white the simpsons mickey mouse and family guy as well as companies that own them disney is synonymous with entertainment media global empire and twenty first century fox has their own huge media company covering nudes animation and movies now the disney company is set to take over twenty first cent

they may be on the -- meaning twenty-first century fox, the parent company of fox business and fox news, may be on the witness list as well as disney which opens up the conflict of interest. i'm not saying there's anything wrong, but there is an issue here, and i'm pretty sure that at&t will be calling out that issue when this thing goes to court, it's going to go to court in march. the whole story is laid out in a piece i did for foxbusiness.com, and the background of this. i will say this. the case the justice department has is a controversial one against at&t-time warner. i think the justice department has a solid case on certain grounds, there's no doubt. but some of the side issues could derail it. donald trump is adamant against cnn which is a subsidiary of time warner, he would like to hurt them. people there think, whether that's true or not. i can't tell you. people think his animus to the deal is why the justice department is against the deal. they deny it. there are very good antitrust lawyers in the trump justice department that are trying this case and putting it together.

stilu fox news. >> the new year is a few days away. gyms gearing up for the annual rush of people resolving to get fit in the new year. what you need to know before >>> well some of the most popular new year's resolutions quit smoking and get in shape. >> absolutely. that means of course the next few weeks will be very busy for gyms. fox's erika shows us how fitness clubs are getting ready for the rush. >> reporter: studies shows that roughly 50 million americans pledge to increase activity and lose weight in 2017. fitness related new year's resolutions as a whole are most common and gyms like new york sports club capitalize on it offering sign up specials to get you in the door. >> within the new year, definitely going to be increase in members especially new members. >> reporter: while more bodies may mean less available treadmills, current gym goers like liam stewart say it's a good problem to have. >> it gets me excited because there's definitely like a feeling of community in working out and like caring about your body. >> reporte

actually acquiring most of the stuff except for fox news as well as the national fox sports so i would suspect that doesn't do a whole lot for e.s.p.n. sports little image because i think you know again fox news and that very conservative political arm that's going to stay active and is going to stay step separate from this particular deal right well i want to ask you now about the n.f.l. which has also had some issues over the past year or so to say the least panthers owner terry richardson is selling his team over allegations of sexual assault and making racist remarks to employees so how much of a risk is his sudden departure to the franchise which is estimated by forms to be worth two point three billion dollars. i suspect that getting rid of the owner. means that the value of that franchise hasn't gone down in value at all again it's something where the centrally as soon as the public knew about these these allegations the owner is separating himself from the franchise while the franchise is still valuable it's very unlikely that the franchise will be drug down will will be dragge

news, fox keep fox sports, and from the fox broadcast network. disney would acquire fox's stake in hulu. alix: the question being that we wind up having james murdoch moving over to the disney management and will he be a de facto successor to bob eiger? blockbuster the potential for that. >> that is conceivable. disney has a fantastic session plan this succession plan all along until internal candidates left. now, with this transaction, it is conceivable that james murdoch moves over to disney. tremendous expertise in the international areas in the digital space where it disney wants to beef up its presence. it's possible that after 2021, james murdoch might emerge as the eventual successor. alix: what kind of culture clash does that bring? particularly in the u.k. when it comes to roger ailes in the u.s. and also spying on some etc. ers, hacking, is my daughter looking at daisy duck and saying i want to watch that movie. what do you do with the optics of that? always hadey has this clean image and i think that is what is going to carry through.

will spin off fox news, fox business, fs1, fs2 and big ten networks, but as we've seen with at&t and time warner, no deal is final until the regulators give it a green light. and, of course, at&t and time warner, they're getting a major flashing yellow if not turning slightly red. straight ahead, charlie gasparino on whether the two companies might have to do a very delicate dance through the government's red tape to get over the finish line with this deal. it's not a done deal. by the way, if it's rejected, disney has to pay fox a break-up fee of more than $2 billion. well, if you thought congress was about to settle in for the christmas holiday drama-free, you have to think again. a major wrench has just been thrown into the gop's plan to pass sweeping tax reform in the form of that guy on your screen, senator marco rubio, the republican from florida. he says and has confirmed he's a no vote on the tax package. his big issue? the child tax credit. he says it needs to be more generous to low income families than it is right now, and just moments ago we heard from a rubio spokesperso

fox merger could mean for the media industry now let's get to today's top business and financial headlines. although google has had a complicated relationship with china the company is trying to work past their differences on wednesday google's owner alphabet announced the creation of the google china center the center will focus on quote basic ai research in beijing and will be led by faith in a statement she wrote i believe ai and its benefits have no borders whether a breakthrough occurs in silicon valley beijing or anywhere else and has the potential to make everyone's life better as an ally first company this is an important part of our collective mission and we want to work with the best talent wherever that talent is to achieve it this will happen even though google's website cloud services and video platform you tube are all blocked in china. republicans have reached an agreement on a tax cut package earlier wednesday morning senate majority whip john cornyn said i don't want to get out in front of the chairman but we're very close the g.o.p. is hoping to send the official proposal

fox's ellison barer reports from washington. >>> fox learned that acting fbi director andrew mccabe is eligible for retirement in march. for weeks there have been rumors about a potential mccabe retire meant. almost immediately president trump fired off a number of tweets attacking mccabe, the white house defended them on fox news sunday >> the president is saying we need to know our civil servants are doing the honorable thing and it's important the american people know what happened in that investigation. >> reporter: mccabe spent two days and over 14 hours testifying last week. democrats said the closed door meetings and other attacks on the fbi are less about the integrity of the bureau and more about the special counsel's investigation >> this hearing is part of an at me at a lot of diversion from the real issue. which was the russian attempt, to subvert the last election, the possible collusion, the certain collusion by many members of the trump campaign and the possible collusion of the president himself >> i think it's critically important that we respect the independence of th

but first the walt disney company is in talks to buy parts of twenty first century fox however fox is also in talks with comcast twenty first century fox is run by the murdoch family as most of us know if the deal goes through with does the it could possibly split up the family but reel in billions of dollars and if the deal with comcast goes through the department of trust the tarp department of justice their entire trust division could stop it here's our chief correspondent ashley banks with more actually if the deal is a reach it will be the latest in major mergers and could be worth more than sixty billion dollars it would reshape the media landscape giants like at disney and comcast are trying to compete against new players like not flex and fox is under pressure to shrink and focus on specific businesses under this deal does the would buy big parts of boxes in pyar including its movie and television studios and to national assets like the star cable and media company and end up a stake in the british broadcaster sky and a big stake in the hulu streaming service as a result of th

fox 5 local news. >>> now to a story you saw first on fox 5. a 12-year-old arrested after a scare at a public charter school in northeast dc. police evacuated monument academy on after receiving reports of someone with a gun. a school spokesperson told us two students brought a bee bee gun into the school. officers found the gun in a neighbor's yard, arrested one of the students you saw there for allegedly making threats to another student. no one was hurt. the academy said the students involved were removed from the school and placed on leave during the investigation. >>> we're learning details surrounding the death of a popular walt whitman high school student, 17-year-old's body was found in the woods near a neighborhood swim club in bethesda. he was last seen late saturday. evan lambert has been following the story since yesterday. live in bethesda with the latest. evan? >> reporter: tony the memorial is growing at the swim club near where his body was found. there are flowers and investigators who confirmed late this afternoon that police

fox 29's jennifer joyce has mo more. we heard pop pop pop pop pop pop. >> reporter: andre wright says he heard several gunshots fired outside of his home on the 5900 block of springfield of a late friday night. >> i was out walking my dog. i was getting ready to bring him back in. and that's when the shooting occurred. >> reporter: neighbor lee fisher took cover. >> when i got up after i heard the last shot, i called down there to see if anybody was hit the guy said yeah his daughter was hit. >> reporter: police confirm a four-year-old girl was hit in the leg by one of the flying bullets. it happened as her 24 year old father was carrying her from the car to their kingsessing home. police say a red vehicle pulled up and the four men inside wearing hoodies opened fire. >> the guys turned around right where your truck is, and made a u and went back down there. >> reporter: sign that it was a targeted shooting. fisher says, officers arrived win seconds. police rushed the child to chop where she was stable life. >> it's horr

james rosen, fox news. >>> very close call. a man falls on the train tracks right as one is approaching. the daring rescue that will make your heart race. >>> and they lost what? a check sent in the male for $850,000. now it's gone and the bank say ♪ >>> welcome back on a bitter cold friday night as we take a live look at a snow covered boardwalk in wildwood, new jersey. how long will this cold blast last? mike masco with all the details coming up. >>> new york city subway riders aren't typically referred to as friendly but the ones in this story, well they were down right live saving. caught on camera in brooklyn arc few subway riders found an unconscious man on the train tracks just as a car was approaching the station yesterday. lilly one of the computers streamed the rescue on facebook life as she and others attempted to wake up the man. they pressed the emergency button to stop that oncoming train from coming. they say that gave them enough time to pull the man off the tracks, paramedics then transported him to the hospi

as it's structured, that is fox, what we're calling spinco, fox news, fox business, fox sports, the big tenet work the o & os, that will have about $2.8 billion that it generates each year. it's going to be levered at a much lower number. it's off loading all of its debt, taking on about $8.5 billion of debt to pay the taxes, however, that could be lower given the tax bill, it could be as low as $6.5 billion worth of debt. that would leverage the company at two times epta, that's low for fox. they're going to go out and buy something. get this, they'll probably look to buy a studio. i know, aren't they selling a studio so keep an eye on lion's gate and other things out there they're going to need to acquire and they'll be in a position to because they will have a low debt level. >> david, do you think it would make sense to put spinco back together with newscorp, including the "wall street journal" and other journalism assets >> that's been speculated about but i'm not sure it makes that much sense given their ambitions and what's going on at newscorp. >> the argument in favor that'

while fox keeps fox broadcast network, the local tv stations it owns and a few other pieces. a quick look at how markets are faring. after our long discussion about the rally that normally happens this time of year. a strengthening pound and the ftse currentlyjust opening in the red slightly, downbeat in frankfurt and paris. taking a cue from what we saw in asia and wall street overnight. and now let's get the inside track on all the big economics stories of the week. 0ne that's being felt around the world is the increase in us interest rates. there's also been more brexit machinations. when isn't there? our economics editor is here. we will. to wit the big deal, 52 billion. it is a huge sum of money. who do you think stands to benefit most from this? both share prices went up yesterday on both sides of this deal. rupert murdoch, it is back to basics. news and sport in america. maybe not quite enough room now for lachlan and james to have a bit of that business so maybe james murdoch is 110w business so maybe james murdoch is now flirting with what he might do with disney. bu

they're calling for now new fox will include fox news, sports and fox broadcasting saying the company will have a strong free cash flow, at least $2 billion which will provide it with the flexibility to maximize near and long-term shareholder value. that includes the potential for acquisiti acquisitions seems like we're missing a sound bite here. what he said is this would be a growth company centered on live news and sports brands and the strength of the fox network. he said he's a man with a competitive spirit ru per murdoch as well as lack lynn murdoch made a number of comments about their interest in going direct to consumer and lever anding technology assets they've been developing. > the digital strategy for the new fox is the same as for the old fox. we've been pretty open for some time in saying we believe that you know, all of our content and channels will ultimately have a direct to consumer distribution element as well as a traditional distribution combined. and so and that's very much the same here. >> ruppert murdoch said they'll be in a mood to expand and to do new thing

actually acquiring most of the stuff except for fox news as well as the national fox sports so i would suspect that doesn't do a whole lot for e.s.p.n. political image because i think you know again fox news and the very conservative political arm that's going to stay active and is going to stay step separate from this particular deal right well i want to ask you now about the n.f.l. which has also had some issues over the past year or so to say the least panthers owner terry richardson is selling his team over allegations of sexual assault and making racist remarks to employees so how much of a risk is his sudden departure to the franchise which is estimated by forms to be worth two point three billion dollars. i suspect that getting rid of the owner. means that the value of that franchise hasn't gone down in value at all again it's something where the centrally as soon as the public knew about these these allegations the owner is separating himself from the franchise while the franchise is still valuable it's very unlikely that the franchise will be drug down will will be dragged dow

only on ktvu fox 2 news, if you got a story contact fox to investigates. >>> >>> a shakeup for the miss america organization and now several top officials have resigned amid a series of crude emails. >> reporter: miss america's chief executive, chief operating officer and board chair calling it quits saturday, the exits come after reports this week detailing vulgar emails mostly written by ceo sam haskell. >> the statements that were circulated in all those emails, which their names are on them, there is no doubt that it was these individuals, are just completely unacceptable. >> reporter: miss america 2008, kristin hagel is among the beauty pageants former contestants who have been calling on top bosses to quit. >> needs to be wholesale change for the miss america branch to be able to read organize. >> reporter: in another email the disgrace to ceos that he wished a particular miss america had died. and a message between the organizations top staffers appear to show them mocking the weight of 2013 miss america winter mallery hagan. >> this is an organization that is -- it's folder mann

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your fox 29 weather authority tracking it all. ♪ >>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >>> so no matter where you go you cannot escape the. you can go to florida. around here live look down the shore at wildwood definitely not a day to hit the beach and watch some rays, right? from the shore to old city, people all bundled up just trying to keep moving. the full blast of this bone-chilling cold is brutal. this is only the beginning. good evening, i'm lucy noland. i'm bill anderson. iain has the night off. your fox 29 winter weather authority is tracking it all. >> yup. it's pretty much cold. >> really cold. >> take live look at reading, berks county. whether you're heading home from work or making christmas gift returns, you cannot escape the cold unless you go to in order. >> that's right. >> as lucy said. let's get right over to meteorologist scott williams. scott, it feels like the mercury is in complete free fall. >> it continues to to do so. arctic blast it is underway, bill. the high today was 33 degrees. we'll likely stay below freezing for the r

in los angeles, claudia, fox news. >> all right, "fox 29 news" at 6:00 starts right now. >> a fire ripped through an apartment building, and now the victims are getting their first chance to sift through the rubble as a community steps up to help those now homeless. days after christmas. >> and your fox 29 winter weather that's right trafficking this arctic blast. >> some of the coldest temperatures we've seen in des o dangerous cold, get ready, they're if the going away any time soon. >> live from center city in philadelphia. this is "fox 29 news" at 6:00. >>> cold weather has firm grip on the delaware valley. live look in doylestown bucks county hits, they just keep oncoming. cold spell stuck, not going anywhere at least for the weekend of the live look at frigid philadelphia, people getting where they're going so they don't have to be outside any extra time at all. arctic blast is our top story at 6:00. thanks for joining us, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm bill anderson. ian has the night off. that cold is bone chilling, it is a lot. "fox 29 news" out in center city this afternoon look at it

can take fox 29 weather authority on the go by downloading fox 29 app available both at google play and apple i tunes stores. >>> let's get to you some breaking news out of northampton county. this is one we've been following all afternoon. a shelter in place has been ordered in the area of sixth street and wilson avenue in bethlehem township. this is a very active scene. police are telling residents to stay inside in that area. why? well, police are reporting shots fired in that area. no other information available at this time. but we have a crew on the way up there. we will keep you updated on that developing story. and skyfox over i-95 in port richmond where authorities are investigating a hazardous material situation. police say the driver of this tanker complained about the smell of fumes earlier this afternoon. turns out chemical was spilled on his clothes while loading that truck. he was taken to the hospital along with four firefighters as a precaution. crews are now trying to figure out what that chemical was. >>> a fire in the city's kensington section sends a woman and three

joanne pileggi fox 29 news. back to you, dawn. >> joanne, thank you. >>> now to your fox 29 weather authority. as we go down to the shore and take a live look at ocean city. to calm down but doesn't feelng- like christmas two days away. that's for sure. let's get over to meteorologist monica cryan and it was pretty nasty out there tonight. monica. >> it really was because all of this fell as rain. a soaking rain and i know a lot of people were hoping this would be snow and unfortunately those temperatures way too high for that. we reached a high today 60 degrees. now the rain is starting to move out. notice we had a single line roll through parts of south jersey into atlantic county and down through cape may. all the way down the garden state parkway we're still seeing some rain. this is going to continue to move out and then we're done with the rain at least through the rest of the evening overnight and into early tomorrow morning. those temperatures 49 degrees in millville. 49 in wildwood. we are starting to p

biggest media shake ups in recent history and disney buys out rupert murdoch's twenty first century fox but the story goes deeper than that it's about how we consume all this entertainment content and how a new habit of watching the internet rather than the t.v. is impacting the corporate landscape or is it the other way around also this way why is there no opec for gas well there is an industry body the gas exporting countries for. secretary general what's determining the price of gas also the issue of net neutrality who really owns the internet who has the right to control our access why it matters so much. so it is the big media to name synonymous with on screen entertainment and by the sounds of things this will be no mickey mouse outfit the walt disney company is buying up the entertainment business of rupert murdoch's twenty first century fox in a landmark fifty two point four billion dollars deal if it's approved it'll be a union of hollywood heavyweights but this is also about survival of the fittest disney and fox both need to strengthen their offerings because as you all know

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they're actually acquiring most of the stuff except for fox news as well as the national fox sports so i would suspect that doesn't do a whole lot for e.s.p.n. sports little image because i think you know again fox news and that very conservative political arm that's going to stay active and is going to stay so i want to ask you now to be worried and it's summer is separating himself from happened at art weinstein a payment had expired as the team what would happen. so the idea is that look as they started as oh no rival football league it is only when the other end up. that has conquered our next guest thank you for having me fold and. any job there is one business model helps to run a prison now we just do or don't like it nobody obeys the taste and they don't no one comes anymore we don't have to serve them anymore it's cost effective that's what they want to do that knowing they don't give a damn if you do the chores or not there are actually paying enough to put it back into. the louisiana incarceration rate is twice as high as the u.s.n. preach what secret is behind such succe

but first the walt disney company is in talks to buy parts of twenty first century fox however fox is also in talks with comcast twenty first century fox is run by the murdoch family as most of us know if the deal goes through with disney it could possibly split up the family but reel in billions of dollars and if the deal with comcast goes through the department of trust the tarp department of justice their entire trust division could stop it here's our t. correspondent ashley banks with more actually if the deal is a reach it will be the latest in major mergers and could be worth more than sixty billion dollars it would reshape the media landscape giants like it disney and comcast are trying to compete against new players light not flex and fox is under pressure to shrink and focus on specific businesses under this deal does the would buy big parts of fox is in pyar including its movie and television studios international assets like the star cable and media company n n g m a stake in the british broadcaster sky and a big stake in the hulu streaming service as a result of the deal b

. >> the new fox will have fox news, fox business, fox broadcasting, fox sports. the pride is, it will have a cash flow at least of $2 billion a year after everything. so we can see expanding this in different opportunities and forming another great company there. >> trace: the white house president trump called rupert murdock to congratulate him on the deal. gerri willis, what does this mean? >> this deal has big implications for hollywood and silicon valley. let's take a look at what disney is getting from 21st century fox. take a look at these logos. fox tv and film studios and including rights to avatar, x men, the fantastic four. networks like "national geographic," the fox regional sports channels and hulu, which is a platform. they own 30% already. they combine that with 21st century fox. they're a majority owner. star india. not talked about a lot. a distribution platform in asia. they need that exposure. let's look at the opposite side. what is the new fox? what is it keeping and holding on to? fox broadcasting. they want fnc and shepard smith reporting a

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your fox 29 winter weather authority is tracking it all. >> yup. it's pretty much cold. >> really cold. >> take live look at reading, berks county. whether you're heading home from work or making christmas gift returns, you cannot escape the cold unless you go to in order. >> that's right. >> as lucy said. let's get right over to meteorologist scott williams. scott, it feels like the mercury is in complete free fall. >> it continues to to do so. arctic blast it is underway, bill. the high today was 33 degrees. we'll likely stay below freezing for the remainder of this week perhaps even into next week. that's how long we're talking about temperatures in the deep freeze. 30 degrees right now but that's the air temperature. factor in the wind it feels like 21 degrees right now in philadelphia. so the air temperature 30 here. 17 in pittsburgh but look at the core of that cold air. fargo seven below. 18 below international falls. heading into sections of canada as cold as 26 almost 30 degrees below zero. but look at the current wind chills across the ar

to lead the investigation. >>> in los angeles, jonathan hunt, fox news. >>> stay with fox 29 and fox29.com for the breaking details. joyce evans will have live report coming up at 6:00. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. let's take live look where are we tonight? reading berks county. looking nice and clear out the there. and kathy says we may be in for a mid december warmup. her forecast 15 seconds away. >>> it's great night in the poconos, in the city, at the shore. how about let's go tubing at camelback. doesn't that look cool? all deck out for the holiday season. busy already there. the mountains temperatures are in the 30s right now. it's pretty comfortable. as we take look at temperatures over the pass self days, the normal high is 44 degrees for this time of year. thursday we were at 37. we had our last snow on friday. the high only 29. saturday 42. yesterday 44. right now it's 47 degrees. the high in philadelphia made it to 50 degrees today. so that's 6 degrees above average. dry conditions out there right now. some showers to the west. but that's going to lift towa

so let's begin with our fox 29 weather authority. let's get over to fox 29 meteorologist nine today cryan. >> what everybody was talking about today wasn't just the cold, but that wind making it even worse. we had very gusty winds. you can see in atlantic city we reached your peak gust at 47 miles per hour. philadelphia 45 miles per hour. you may have noticed a lot of that debris on some of those roadways. you may have had some incidents with those christmas lights and outdoor decorations. a lot of this peak weather gust were measured earlier this morning. and then winds did start to slow a bit throughout the day we're now at 16 miles per hour in philadelphia. you can see in allentown 15 miles per hour. but it's making it feel like it's in the low 20s in millvil millville. 20 twenty three degrees what it feels like in wildwood and got teens from pottstown all wait back into reading single digits for the poconos. that continues overnight we're actually going drop through the overnight. a lot of news the teens and single digits waking

i'm jeff cole fox 29 news. chris? >> jeff, thanks. >>> happening now, you are not going to believe this one. a package swiped right off a homeowner's front doorstep. the apparent thief, a ski city of philadelphia recycling crew. the video posted to facebook last night has now gone viral and the workers already under investigation. but this caught on camera moment is no accident. bruce gordon live in the city's old richmond section. bruce, you told us about the security program months ago. >> reporter: yeah, chris. this is an up and coming neighborhood that happens to border the kensington site where you may recall this summer so many heroin addicts were rousted now many of them roaming the streets. it's become something of a security problem for this section of the city but let's be very clear, this theft had nothing whatsoever to do with drugs addicts. the security camera footage shows a city of philadelphia recycling crew on the 2200 block of oakdale midday thursday. a worker grabs the blue recycling bin from the si

police arrested this man, dillon fox. investigators say he smashed out the front window of the store on rosemont. tried to get inside but left before officers got there. facing a whole host of charges including burglary and destruction of property >>> guilty is the verdict in the trial of a first u.s. police officer charged with attempting to support the islamic state a jury in alexandria convicted 38-year-old nicholas young in federal court after a week-long trial in virginia. young was a police officer for the mr. transit was arrested last year after being targeted in a sting operation. prosecutors said young bought gift cards he thought would be used by the islamic state. but the person he gave the cards to turns out was working for the fbi. >>> president trump outlined his new national security strategy, which will be used to guide his next three years in office. the strategy focuses on four main themes, securing our borders, promoting economic prosper tea, preserving peace through strength and advancing american infl

wa lt walt disney and 21st century fox signa walt disney and 21st century fox sign a $52 billion lock of the deal that may alter the entertainment landscape. and the lastjedi is expected to be an unstoppable force at the box office and for memorabilia merchants. hello and welcome to asia business report two of the biggest names in the movie business are emerging in order to ta ke business are emerging in order to take on netflix and other online streaming services. walt disney has agreed to purchase most of 21st century fox, owned by australian media mogul rupert murdoch. they are a doing it for 50 two billion dollars. disney willacquire a doing it for 50 two billion dollars. disney will acquire all of these brands you see on screen here. as pa rt of these brands you see on screen here. as part of the deal, the disney ceo will stay on the company until 2021. he said that the purchase was inspired over an informal chat with mr murdoch. i have a lot of respect for rupert murdoch and what he has been able to build over the years. he andi been able to build over the years. he and i were m

fox wanted to think that spinco would be roughly that $2.8 billion from those fox assets that will be spun, namely, the broadcast network, fox news business and fox sports among those assets you can figure it out based on how many shares are out of fox outstanding. but this deal is getting closer, guys key questions still unanswered, of course the debt assumption part, synergies for disney by the way, i would add there is not expected to be any word on management, and i mention that because there's been some reporting that has james murdoch potentially going to disney in some role. i'm not saying that that's not something that might happen at some point, but it does not appear to be a part of tomorrow's planned announcement in any way >> okay, so moffit nathanson has some numbers out today tv down 13%. so where does that figure in in terms of why you would do this deal >> what do you mean? >> the viewership is down 13%. so is this someone getting the better of someone else >> well, fox is making their decision based on the landscape. we've talked about it often from the first day we r

rupert murdoch will retain control of fox news and the fox broadcast network which includes ktvu. murdock said the deal comes amid a rapidly changing entertainment industry. >> people watch television differently. not news or business. but entertainment they watch very differently. we are seeing that with the emergence of new companies. silicon valley is not willing to spend billions on entertainment programming. so it makes sense. >>> the deal needs approval from regulators and isn't expected to close until late next year or possibly 2019. >>> a christmas crisis for the salvation army. >> we're losing approximately $4,000 a day because we don't have enough kettles on the streets >> up next, how the nonprofit is dealing with a shortage of bell ringers. >> and in weather, another round of hazy sunshine out there. we are tracking a weather system with no hope of rainfall but it will increase some gusty winds. we'll talk about fire danger here in the bay area. >>> the salvation army is facing a christmas crisis. a shortage of red kettlebell ringers. the lack of volunteers is hitting

fox 29's jeff cole spoke to the governor live now at city hall. jeff. >> lucy, state senator daylin leach is moving away from a tougher stance he took sunday against his accusers. he now says he's heart broken that he felt or made anybody feel uncomfortable but still the top democrat in the commonwealth wants him gone. senator daylin leach appose tonight to be trying to hang on to his state state seat a day of the inquirer bombshell report. in bold headline the paper reported leach pope highly sexualized terms around young female staffers and touched some in ways they found inappropria inappropriate. >> why so quick toll call for leach to resign in light of this report? >> i want to be consistent. >> reporter: governor wolf a fellow democrat called on leach to quit win hours of the story being publish in a philadelphia monday to veto a bill restricting abortion, wolf admitted he hadn't talked to leach but wanted him out. >> he says it did not happen. he said he was in a crowded room. it simply did not happen. you've called for him to quit. is that

fox 29 news at 11:00 is next. >> your nissan sports wrap on fox 29. ♪ >>> the flyers are, well, back to being the flyers. they started off the season terribly but then had a pretty good stretch earlier this month. won six in row had us all thinking they're back on track. slow down. of course, they go on to lose three in row so which team would we get tonight against the best team in the league the tampa bay lightning? second period tied at two. travis with the shot. sean right there for the rebou rebound. the flyers take the lead and they never let it go. now in the third period. still up three-two. brandon manning doing his all with his own shot. misses gets the rebound gets it back the wrap around gets the goal that. made it four-two and the flyers go on to win five-three. breaking that three-game losing streak. >>> to the eagles. they're playing for history this week. if they win on sunday the first eagle team to win 14 or more games in franchise history. yeah, that's something that andy reid couldn't even do back in the early 2,000s. which would be a great accomplishment it real

fox 29 news at 11:00 is neck. >>> your nissan sports wrap on fox 29. ♪ >>> the sixers dropped six of their last seven games. they kept it close but tonight they needed to finish a game even tougher to do with joel embiid not on the court tonight sixers are one of five without him. sixers hosting sacramento. second quarter, jj reddick drains the three right here. drains a long three. sixers go up nine. that lead stayed to the half. fourth quarter philly down two drives, fakes, gets the shooter to go. he had 22 on the night. sixers drop another one, 101-95. >>> the pro bowl is funny thing you want to be selected to go but you don't want to be able to actually play in it. players would much rather be preparing for the super bowl instead of playing down in orlando. the eagles had six players selected cox, jenkins, ertz, brooks, johnson and carson wentz. this is the theirs selection for all players exempt jenkins and cox it's their second and third respective congrats to them. jason kelce and bran dom graham shouldly be on that list. eagles defense looked truck trouble in the meadowlands.