we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
play golf for fun. i am highly annoyed at monahan and greg norman and jack make l nicklaus about what s for the good of the game. they don t get to say. they are not the game. they purport to own to sometimes, but they are only the top sliver, the entertainment portion of our game, which is a participant sport. wish we had more time to talk about how this, you know, will change the golf landscape. we will leave it there. kurt sampson, thank you very much. become after this. okokay. i ll work on that. the queen sleep number c2 smart bed is now only y $899. save $200. plus, 48-month financing g on all beds. shop now only at sleep number.
best players compete against each other, but at what cost to the sport? duelling tours have driven a wedge in the professional golf world. and now an aboutface by the pga, striking a surprising partnership with its biggest rival. what we re talking about today is coming together to unify the game of golf. reporter: the pga tour announcing it will merge commercial operations with liv golf, and the saudi arabia public investment fund, which is controlled by the saudi crown prince. the new for profit entity, yet to be named, will also include the pga european tour, reshaping the golf landscape on the heels of the saudi-backed liv tour, upending it. we would be investing in the golf in the game of golf. reporter: as the news first broke on cnbc, shock reverberated on social media. even pga tour golfers were blind sided while liv tour numbers celebrated an apparent victory. phil mickelson who joined the liv tour last year for a reported $200 million tweeting,