Or San Francisco . This two states are locked in battle for star wars. Ted to it is friday in new york city. Stay how do i say i am Stephanie Ruhle in spanish . They will be a rate friday. It will be a great friday. Time for the news feed. Lets get serious. From around the world. President obama is meeting at this hour with the veteran affairs secretary. A serious have conversation about the ability to deal with mismanagement problems at the va hospital. More than 100 members of congress have asked obama to fire the head. Lions gate could use another hunger games. The Hollywood Studio reported results that missed estimates. Ishares opened a bit lower this morning. And former ceo Steve Ballmer has found something to do in his retirement with all that energy. He won the bidding war for the l. A. Clippers. He will pay a record 2 billion for the nba team. Nba owners were expected to force don sterling to sell the clippers. 10 billion, that is how much prosecutors want a french bank to pay
A public apology followed by a private resignation. This was not totally unexpected, was it . Pressure had certainly been mounting, a very different resignation or personnel shift than the one that we just heard from spokesman jay carney stepping down and josh earnest taking over. This week a lot of pressure for the secretary to step down. We saw that inspector generals report, we had dozens of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for it. So the president met face to face with the secretary in the oval office this morning. He got that resignation, he also got an update on the vas review of the situation, showing that the issues with delay of care are a widespread problem throughout the system. Heres the president shortly after that meeting. He does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care that they need. That was ricks judgment on behalf of his fellow veterans. And i agree. We dont have time for distract
Can grow interest in polo. And the remarkable story, from inmate to well performing businessman. All that and more over the next hour. But first, lets get headlines from my radio cohost. Thank you very much. Valiant pharmaceuticals raising its unsolicited offer foraler began a second al for allergan a second time. Holders of allergan would get 72 a share in cash and a fraction of one valeant share. Household purchases unexpect lid falling in april. 1 . That, folks, is the first decrease in a year. And check it out. Former microsoft c. E. O. Agreed to buy the Los Angeles Clippers for a record 2 billion. One of the big stories on this friday. She shelley sterling, the wife of the clippers owner, signed a binding contract with mr. Ballmer. Thats a look at some of the top headlines. Thanks very much. Now, from a sale to sails. The ocean masters World Championship is in full swing and it departs new york city tomorrow. Its a transocean race across the atlantic to barcelona, spain. There are
Of the other 29 nba teams. Threefourths of them would have to vote yes. But you can bet elizabeth that would be a slamdunk. Balmer is worth 20 billion. Yeah. I was going to say, dennis, money talks. I know the sterlings are holding on for dear life but it will be very interesting to see what theyll say to this. Thank you. Bryan stows mother was the first witness to take the stand in his beating lawsuit. Stows family is suing the l. A. Dodgers claiming a lack of security. But reporter randy paige says defense lawyers made it clear, they plan to put part of the blame on stow himself. Reporter brian was not with his family this morning. His presence here on tuesday and wednesday during jury selection took its toll according to the family and the brain injured former paramedics needed a day of rest. Inside the jury listened as both sides offered their opening statements. Bryan stows lead attorney Thomas Girardi told the jury the two men who would later assault bryan stow were assaulting gi
Device when they land at sfo. Thats because the faa is concerned that foreign pilots arent trained well enough for the landing. In an abundance of caution, i think the faa is realizing that theyre seeing a spike in go arounds from foreign carriers. Reporter jay rollins is a retired American Airlines pilot and Flight Instructor in south florida. He says that reports of asianas slight flight records go arounds are six to eight times higher. If you have been in the simulators, practicing year after year doing instrument approaches, where everything is set at a, act way to do it. And then youre thrust into an environment where you have to do a visual approach that you dont do regularly, youll make errors. Reporter were not saying that thats what happened. That fatal crash is under investigation. Still, the gps simulator is a great tool to use when teaching pilots how to fly. I also learned today that some pilots believe using gps for landing could become universal. Reporting live in haywar