Buying the Washington Post newspaper for 250 million. This deal ends the graham familys 80 years of ownership. He calls this acquisition a personal endeavor. Not amazon money hes using, this is his very own. And chairman and ceo don graham talking about this deal. Jeff reached out to me less than a month ago. We met at a Conference Face to face, twice, the second week in july. We spent an hour together. He asked for time to study the numbers, we then spent another two hours together. And at the end of it, he said he thought he wanted to go ahead, but he obviously, he and his team needed time to look over the business and understand it more thoroughly. And then we he did and we quickly reached a deal. Shares of Washington Post climbing to the highest level in almost five years. 588 and change. Almost up 20 on this news. And this is something that were really focused on just because of the journalism and everything. We have to. But the graham family. The graham family, giving it up after
a suspected killer surrenders to police after a killing spree that left eight people dead in virginia. and a strong aftershock adds insult to injured haitians. the rescues and the relief effort in an already desperate situation. have you guys seen the news written lately about the underwear bomber? the who? the underwear bomber? you mean like his drawers? oh, yes, his drawers. joe carter hits the street to find out people s views on the underwear bomber. thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. good to see you. a killing spree in central virginia ends with the suspect s surrender. we re talking about 39-year-old christopher spaight. he is accused in the shooting deaths of eight people near app mat objecti omotox. authorities are going through his house to defuse any possible explosives but this is after a massive man hunt began yesterday after seven bodies were found in or near spaight s home. an eighth victim died on the way to the hospital. the suspe