attention. the biggest walmart. put a $4 billion bid for a retailer called mass mart. it s just an offer but we also have a couple of deals that have been agreed to. the biggest, unilever is buying alberto culver, the hair products, for $3.7 billion. and finally, southwest airlines is buying air tran for almost $1.5 billion. and for wall street this shows that companies are willing to spend some of the cash they have been hoarding and take some risks and grow their company at this point. and so what does the southwest air tran deal mean for all of us the flyers. is it going to impact what we pay? it could. but at this point nothing is going to happen until the deal closes next year. but generally speaking, airline mergers mean less competition which could lead to higher prices but we ll have to wait and see because there s talk that the opposite could happen,
benefits as we kick off a week and a long focus on food. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. you re live in the cnn newsroom. the leader of one of the nation s most influential black mega choyfrps says he is ready to fight against allegations that he pray preyed on four young men to force them into sexual relationships. eddy long stood at the pulpit defending himself at georgia s new birth missionary baptist church. as i said earlier, i am not a perfect man. but this thing i m going to fight. and i want you to know one other thing. i feel like david against goliath. but i got five rocks and i haven t thrown one yet. that was the first time long spoke publicly about the accusations. martin savidge has been digging deeper into long s background. what did you make of yesterday s sermon? by his own admission, bishop eddy long said the past week has been the most difficult experience he s had to endure. in fact, most of his parishioners would say exactly the s
temperatures . 100 degrees. what about any records? it s possible. mountain view s photographed high is 92, the photographed high of 099, the record is 97, not san francisco, it would have to hit 92, oakland 92, the record is 103, 1963, torrey re. all right. thank you steve. there is a new effort to block california s first execution in nearly 5 years, convicted murderer albert greenwood brown is set to die 1:00 a.m. wednesday in the newly renovated death chamber. craig devro is outside the prison with an update on the case. good morning craig. reporter: good morning tori. it would be the first execution in five years, if all apeoples are exhausted, the prison is the only one to stop it. that is because the judge has either given the prison the decision to comply with or accept the decision they have come up with now. he is scheduled to die at 1:00 a.m. wednesday. he was sentenced to death back in 1982 for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old riverside girl. according t
we are talking record breakers today, tracy? she got out of dodge. she knew it was going to be hot in the bay area. she figured i ll go someplace where it s probably not so warm and i m using that world mildly. 100 in fairfield, 102 antioch, 103 pleasanton, mid-90s in benicia, 97 in san jose. temperatures warmer than yesterday. in the coastline though in the same ballpark. 70s half moon bay, 90s kentfield, 98 santa rosa, 99 sonoma. so north and east bay location, that s where all the heat is going to be today. anne makovec is already there in walnut creek. it is not so hot right now, what is it like, anne. reporter: that s right, it is just below 60 degrees right now. it s especially pleasant to be the morning reporter because everybody working the later shift are going to be roasting. according to your forecast it will be 102 here in walnut creek today a difference of about 40 degrees from what it is right now. that heat wave will present two issues. it s a spare the ai
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. another big name airline merger, this time it s southwest buying airtran. tom, today s deal comes just days before united airlines and continental close on their merger creating the world s largest airline. susie, southwest will pay $1.4 billion in cash and stock for its smaller rival. but, it s a premium of about 70% over airtran s friday stock price. susie: investors loved the deal, shares of both companies were up sharply today. erika miller has more on what s behind the merger, and what it will mean for consumers. reporter: for southwest, a big reason for the merger is the southeast. the discount airline carries more passengers in the united states than any other, including the big boys. but analyst jim corridore says southwest has been missing one key, lucrative market. airtran presents a very compelling opportunity,