Disney, of course, as you heard by now, buying various assets of 21st century fox in a deal worth dl more than 66 billion when you include the debt david faber broke the story weeks ago that the two companies were in talks and lo and behold, its soup now. Congratulati congratulations. Thanks. We were reminiscing about the various deals youve broken over the years. Yes, you and i go back to my first big one, British Telecom and mci. 2 22 billion deal in inflation . Exactly that got to the finish line on this one, bill a lot of talking going on between disney and fox and also our Parent Company, comcast and fox. Thats sort of where we want to begin today as we head toward the later parts of the day comcast did compete vigorously for these assets people close to the company indicate, or people close to all the companies involved, that being the people who were advising and so forth, indicate that the bid from comcast, in fact, did have a higher value than what fox accepted from disney we
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Deliver them from jealousy, from those who hate the upright and surround them with the shield of your divine favor. Give them the wisdom to find Common Ground in order to accomplish the best for our nation and world. Remind them that righteousness elevates a nation but sin destroys. Prepare their hearts and minds for all of the challenges they will face in the days to come. We pray in your merciful name. And, lord, today, we thank you for the legacy of our nations first president , george washington. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is resoiched. Morning business is closed. Pursuant to the order of the senate of january 24, 1901, as amended by the order of
Christmas. Plus, president elect joe biden suffers an injury to his foot while playing with one of his german shepherds over the weekend. The question is, how serious is it . And more historic hires as the president elect continues to fill out his cabinet. An allwomen Communications Team and a first to lead the influential white house budget office. The question is, will biden have to fight Senate Republicans to get the Economic Team he wants . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is definitely still eating turkey sandwiches for breakfast. I dont know about you. Im kasie hunt on this monday, november 30th. Well start with the news. The president elect will be walking in a boot for the next few weeks. Joe biden suffered a hairline fracture in his midfoot while playing with his rescue dog, major, on saturday. His personal physician confirmed the diagnosis, which was initially believed to be a twisted ankle. Biden was seen leaving the Doctor
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