Wave of consolidation in the Health Insurance industry. At t is on the verge of winning Regulatory Approval for its 49 billion takeover bid of direct tv. Bloomberg north the bloomberg report said many commissioners have voted to favor the deal. The Justice Department will not challenge the deal because it does not pose a risk to competition. Stephanie president obama will land in the country where his father was born, kenya. He left washington d. C. Last night. He is on his way to nairobi and will attend a Global Entrepreneurship conference, and meet with kenyas president. He will become the first u. S. President to visit ethiopia on sunday. A gunman opened fire in lafayette, louisiana in a Movie Theater. He killed two people and wounded nine others before killing himself. The shooter tried to escape but turned back when he saw police enter the theater. Governor bobby jindal spoke at a news conference. When these kinds of acts of violence happen in a Movie Theater, when there is no rea
Answers as power lunch from d. C. Begins right now. Welcome to power lunch. Here is what else is on the menu today. So much for d. C. Drama crushing the markets. Investors shaking off the political turmoil for a day. Is it rally on again . And for how long . Plus, for foot locker today, no thrill of victory. Just the agony of defeat. This stock sinking and smelling like an old shoe. Two allbeef patty special sauce pickles onions all sesame seed bun for mcdonalds. The burger boom alive and well on wall street. Brian . Kayla, thank you. And i want you to know im keeping your desk clean. Ive been using it. A one of the wildest weeks we can remember. The president getting ready to depart for his first overseas trip since taking office. Reporter when he talked to white house officials about the trip they used words like historic and words like reset. Both in terms of domestic politics with a tough week in washington, d. C. And in terms of the International Picture and resetting the debate i
Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Youre in charge of Homeland Security there. Yes. That seems like a threat. Its certainly not. I think tho one would perceive that as a threat. President trump continues his attack on the media. I think that the president of the United States is take things way too far. These are not just tweets. These are official communications from the president of the United States. Its not just social media. Its the tone. It makes you think the whole system is a joke. Budget battles have forced partial government shutdowns in maine and new jersey. State parks and beaches are now closed. Im ready to work, but cant work if i dont have any money. In germany, police say several are dead after a fiery bus crash. That bus left completely charred. A sky west night suffered an engine fire. The suspect at the center of a manhunt following a case of deadly road rage in pennsylvania turned himself in to police. This is the story of a savage and senseless murder. De
Might do is highlight some of the differences that the president has with some of our g20 allies in the way g7 and nato summits did in the past few months. All right, thank you. This afternoon senator harris said the Republican Health care bill and the u. S. Senate is bad for seniors and california, she spoke a couple of hours ago at a Health Care Round Table at a institute for aging in san francisco, making several stops about health care this week, she said the impact of repealing obamacare would be devastating. This proposal is indefensible, frankly, and it is going to harm so many people in california, you know, 4 million people, potentially will lose their coverage. Coming up at 6 00, kpix 5 political reporter, melissa caen talks with state treasurer john chung on who is also running for governor about california options if Congress Repeals obama care. An investor accused of mistreating women said he is a creep and resigning. Powerful tech leader, dave mcclure quit 500 start ups t
Emerged from the sea. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Youre in charge of Homeland Security there. Yes. That seems like a threat. Its certainly not. No one would consider that a threat. I think that the president of the United States is take things way too far. Those are tweets from the president of the United States. Its not just social media. Its the tone. It makes you think the whole system is a joke. States have shut down state parks. New jersey and maines parks are closed. Cant work in you dont have any money. Police in new jersey say several people are dead after a fiery bus crash. A skywest flight suffered an engine fire. Only [ bleep ]. The suspect at the center of a manhunt following a case of deadly road rage in pennsylvania turned himself in to police. This is the story of a savage and senseless murder. Demonstrators took to the streets calling for impeachment of President Trump. I think he belongs in prison. Officials are determini