Chicago cubs, ending the world series hope. These guys taking a surprisingly well. When it i went to bed, the giants were winning and i woke up and leashed that they had lost. I was telling mike this earlier. In 2002 when the giants lost it was like somebody had kicked my puppy or kicked me in the gut. After they won in 2010 and a couple more times since, just a little easier. Never easy. I am disappointed. Im smiling but im disappointed. Any time that you get to the post season means that you had a great season. Are we sad . Sure. Life moves on. It does. We will talk about that a little later on. Of course we start the day with the news as we always do. A san jose state water polo player is accused of assault and no longer on campus. The two attacks happened at a party. Janine de la vega is joining us live from san jose state with more on the story. Jeanine. Reporter the news came as a shock to many students. A lot didnt even know about the allegations. A university spoke comsays two
Brent a decline of 49 cents. Couple big corporate stories to tell you about. The biggest one, its final. Its here. Verizon set to announce an agreement today to buy yahoo for 5 billion. Sources telling us that yahoo will no longer an operating company after this. It will become a Holding Company for stakes . Alibaba and yahoo japan. Has a small platen portfolio to sell. Marissa mayer not expected to stay on after the deal is completed. Her severance, expected to be 57 million. Well have a lot more on the story in a couple of minutes. Other news as well. Tesla and solar city, theyre reportedly closer to a merger. No brainer. Thats a new one. One brain. Elon musk the largest share hoeflder in both companies. In the final stages of carrying out Due Diligence on both companies. The companies are carrying out due dial generals the right brain talking to the left . Elon did an interview this morning. Did you see this . Its a good piece. We dont get that paper. Its called the new york times.
Expecting that to move through our neighborhood as we make it into tomorrow. Its even possible we get some showers and storms to fire up earlier in the morning. I think midmorning into midafternoon. But look at that. Once the cool front moves through, things go back to the way we like them. Sunny, less humid, manageable amount of humidity. Really a Beautiful Day to enjoy on sunday. Just that chance saturday. More on that in a bit. And a look at the expressway. Looking pretty good if youre heading out the door. Lets go to the mapping. Braintree to boston, 10 minutes. Green a good thing this morning. Route 324 and 95, no issues. A couple of work crews, and theyll wrap things up as we head into the 5 00 hour. 3 looking good. Route 1, smooth sailing. The drive times if youre heading out the door. Ten minutes to braintree, boston. 12 minutes from 128 southbound, the t, Commuter Rail both running on schedule. Back to you guys. Happening now, a worker recovering after running into danger on t
9 00 here on wisn 12. After upfront, stay tuned at 9 30 for this week with george stephanopoulos. Thats followed by matter of fact at 10 30. This week, meet one of the youngest mayors in the country. How at just 19 hes juggling running a city with going to college. Sheldon you wont be able to escape the roar of motorcycles in milwaukee this weekend. Yo rally comes full speed for labor day weekend. Five local dealerships are coming together to host the annual event. Guests can check out the museum, listen to live bands, and also purchase merchandise. The rally will last until monday. Also happening this weekend, a spectacular art festival in milwaukees third ward. It runs through tomorrow and features hundreds of artists showcasing everything from pottery to photography. 36 of the artist are from right i was out there earlier today and you could not have asked for a better day. Lindsey that is for sure. This cant last forever. It is going to be beautiful for labor day. I have your trave
Stay right where you are. We are back. [ applause ] and were, uh, here with us tonight is, uh, charles finley, owner of the oakland as. We have George Peppard, Charles Callas, and dr. Jeffrey bourne. Charles, lets get into this controversy a little bit. Uh, whats going on in baseball. Now, you have three ball players, uh, joe rudi, and Rollie Fingers, which you sold, and as i understand, they are they are working out their option on the time. This is their last year, right . Well, supposedly, yeah. Supposedly, yeah, and under the under the as a matter of fact, they havent signed. Right, and under the rules of that, if a ball player exercises he becomes a free agent, and is able to sell his services to the highest bidder. Right, right. Now, what you did is that you sold them to the new york yankees, or to different teams, right . These three players, for a total of one point whatever a total for a total of three and a half million. Three and a half Million Dollars. Now, the commissioner