And hammond ed hammond joining us. This is like the final, final done. It was already done already with the sec approved it. This is something we have thought this was going to happen. Says therehe market is zero chance that this thing blows up. Carol we were just on Bloomberg Radio talking about the deal and fired environment. This year you see a lot of pushback of major deals. Not a surprise that this deal ultimately got its way through . Ed obviously comcast try to do the deal earlier. That did get blocked. They were confident they would be able to get this one done partly because it is not one in three, it is two and three going together. Was quite early in the future this would go through. Carol what are the other needs for players in this injury industry. Is a kind of done . Endga ofnk this is the the cable industryme. End game for the cable industry. There are some companies with big m a in the u. S. Carol lets wipe it out for a moment. In terms of broader m a, what are you hear
Down 0. 2 . Nicole volatile oil prices closed above 41 yesterday, still at 41. 06 a barrel. Lauren apple the latest company to have big bucks, we will tell you how much. Facebook takes more steps to get rid of click beit. In sports the opening ceremonies for the olympics, a third of the russian team wont be allowed to compete. In baseball the mets take the final game of the subway series with help from their new slugger. It is 5 01 am in new york, it is friday, august 5th, welcome to fbn a. M. , the latest breaking news. Nicole more controversy over the us payment of 400 million to iran. That money was delivered by an unmarked airplane, then tehran release four americans earlier this year. One of the four americans telling us what happened the night he wasfree. He was on the Intelligence Report with trish reagan. They told us you are going to be there 20 minutes but it took hours and hours. When i asked why you dont let us go because the plane was there, the pilot was there, they said
The new two way bike lane. This means some changes for drivers as well. The area only has three traffic lanes. One of them was used to create the new bike lane, which also means the Parking Spaces have been pushed out. The change is already causing mixed feelings among Business Owners right in front of those new bike lanes. Live on South Broadway, what theyre telling customers to expect tomorrow. Reporter the main thing they want to let drivers know is that there is still parking now not so close to the meters as theyre used to. But this is not the first bike protected bike lane here in denver. We went to an area, where theres already a protected bike lane to talk to Business Owners and see what its done for them. I really kind of wonder if its going to be good or not. Reporter had stretch of South Broadway isnt how it used to be. I dont know how the bicycle reporter bicyclests will have a two way lane all to themselves. Protecting them from oncoming traffic. Its going to take a while
Are learning about the Company Behind that dangerous ride. And rough night in rio. American superstar Allyson Felix. It will be tight. It will be a dive beat by a photo finish. Her competitor grabbing her gold with a dive over the line and in the gym, Laurie Hernandez snags a silver but simone biles slips on the beam. Oh, boy. Settling for bronze and we go oneonone with Michael Phelps this morning. We ask is he really retiring, about fatherhood and he reveals the secret inside his shoe. Were live in rio with team usa. Good morning, america. Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. That was Allyson Felix saying good morning to america. Big night at the olympics again, the moment so many people are talking about, that photo finish on the track, david. I wouldnt have lost all team usas Allyson Felix considered a favorite but she was denied gold by a dive there. The world debating that silver medal this morning. Felix still breaking an olympics recor
But it is out there in the bay. We dont know yet if its some sort of oil or gas spill or if its necessarily related to that noxious odor that sickened a lot of people here in vallejo last night. This is the mysterious sheen in the waters of the San Pablo Bay its a mile long by 40 yards wide. Thousands of people had to shelter in place last night when a strong gas odor enveloped vallejo. What if this stuff is really toxic and we find out later that its going to affect us . Reporter around 1,000 calls came into 911 dispatch starting just after 7 p. M. Call the police and they told me to evacuate the city or go into shelter. Reporter hundreds of people went to the hospital complaining of nausea and trouble breathing. Smell was horrible. Reporter at around the same time the smell was reported, a ferry spotted ashen in the water stretching from San Pablo Bay to the carquinez strait. The coast guard sent up its chopper this morning to investigate and several early vallejo ferries were cancel