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Righters is reporting that softbank is preparing to approach tmobile. David faber has been covering this story. He joins us at this late hour at post 9. David, what is your take . Interesting. Excuse me while i get rid of that phone call. I really wanted that phone call, too. That was the key one. Why right now . Why right now . But, you know, kelly, i cant confirm what is being reported by reuters specific to whether or not they are preparing to approach tmobile. That thing, softbank which controls sprint. I think many people speculated on that potential outcome ever since we saw the man who controls softbank visit then president elect trump promising to create jobs. One of the very first visitors we should add. There are some pictures. One of the early visitors, exactly. Holding up that piece of paper with the amount of jobs on it. And so a lot of people have been speculating on that possibility, certainly, that once this auction for the the incentive auction for the broadcast spectr
Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im kaylee towshe. Rick santelli joins us as well. Carl quintanilla has the morning off. Executive editor kara swisher. Good morning to you too. How you doing . Im in d. C. , actually. All right. Lets get to our top story today. I think well work on karas audio there. Shares of microsoft at alltime highs this morning for the First Time Since 1999, the company beating the street on the top and bottom lines and showing Significant Growth if the cloud. Former microsoft ceo Steve Ballmer joining our friend op squawk box talking about the stellar quarter and a potential acquisition of twitter. I have never, ever, ever wanted to buy twitter myself. I mean, come on. Ive got a good life right now. I dont need to do that. Of course, mike, they asked the question because he is a large twitter shareholder, not just an outside tech observer. Interestingly on microsoft this morning, people are joking that it only took 17 years to get yours. If you were h
Among them, drunkenness and entering an establishment that serves alcohol this, is a story no one involved wanted to comment on camera. Not the fire chief. The commissioners or investigation. And the quinns attorney did not return our calls but we know police will turn the case over to the da soon and recommend that quinn be charged with felony drunk driving and hit and run. Vic lee abc 7 news. New details now on the crash at San Francisco international airport. It turns out the irport had purchased heat sensing equipment experts say might have prevented the death of a teenager kill bid a fire rig but it was not installed on the truck. The 16yearold was on the tarmac covered with fire retardant foam so the driver did not see her as they raced to the scene after asiana flight 214 crash. Law now requires Forward Looking Technology on all new fire rescue vehicles to detect anyone in the path. Other rigs have it or in the process of being equipped. It isnt feeling like summer. Take a look
The next. Because ill turn the car tester im going to moma says there are lots of questions surrounding the car in the future and looks like itll definitely be electric but how do you build an e car when a wide enough range in short enough charging giant hes checking out another contender i getting a car. Sundays new green flagship model certainly looks futuristic the next show is the car makers second fuel cell vehicle to be made in series the first was the i. X. Thirty five which the south korean manufacturer launched in two thousand and twelve the next zero platform however has been designed from the ground up its fuel cell generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen which in turn powers the electric drive. And i said is the next so kind of sixty nine thousand euros in germany and though he does. And i want to be insulting thats an awful lot of money for a compact s. U. V. From a car maker with hyundais image that said you have to admire them for employing a technology that still