Exclusive in staying only on spotify so they couldn t get to a wilder audience, effectively spotify saying we re not going to up that deal, and the obamas trying to sell a deal to others, iheartradio one of the names being bandied about, amazon another. we ll see where they land. of course they have that other deal with netflix. interesting. okay. all right. cnbc s andrew ross sorkin, thanks so much. greatly appreciate it. always good to see you. mika, we are minutes away from president joe biden updating the america and the world on ukraine. yep. that should be happening in the next five or so minutes. we ll take that live. coming up, a state of emergency issue nld arizona as a wildfire there blazes out of control. we ll bring you the latest. plus, we told you earlier this week about governor greg abbott s added inspections at the texas-mexico border. he s already cost the texas economy so much, and texas
bringing others a little down with it. the stocks plunged 35%. what it could mean for the rest of the streaming industry. and the obamas are leaving spotify. really. andrew ross sorkin will join us to tell us why. and as we go to break, some video to show you out of texas where a college baseball game took an ugly turn yesterday. a runner rounding third during his go ahead home run trot in the sixth inning is body slammed by the opposing pitcher. what? umpires suspended the game until further notice. the pitcher faces potential disciplinary action including possible expulsion. police are investigating. who does this? this is a college pitcher. we ll be right back. wow.
$12, $13 for hulu you were talking about. there is potentially more money to be made that way. we ll see if netflix does that it way. speaking of streaming, let s talk act spotify. the obamas have been knocking heads over the past couple years, not about joe rogan but about money. spotify wanted it, the obamas dchblt. now they re leaving spotify and shopping for a new deal with tens of millions of dollars. this could be its own podcast original, a limited series on the drama between spotify and the obamas. spotify making a deal originally with them worth tens of millions of dollars. frustration on both sides. spotify was upset throughout that there weren t more podcasts being produced by the obamas with the obamas in them, not just with their name on them. and the obamas frustrated it was