to get backe going to the verizon and yahoo! story, but let's get a check on some of the headlines from the bloomberg first word news. former u.s. treasury secretary larry summers is calling donald trump and american demagogue. speaking at a conference in is ington, he said trump a category with george wallace, joe mccarthy and he we long. the trump presidency would be in his words, profoundly a dress and would break with american political traditions. summers says he does not believe trump will be elected president. mr. trump has cleared his public schedule according to the thehington post", skipping colorado gop state convention on saturday. mr. trump plans to focus instead on new york, his home state, whose presidential primary is on april 19. for the first time, the a ei is providing tools about -- providing clues about the tools used to unlike the iphone -- unlock the iphone from the san bernardino killers. could not unlock new or iphones. the government is considering whether to share its findings with apple. discussed the

matt, what does the strike mean for the people who have verizon? >> vai and stacy, verizon says they will be ready to take care of all of its customers. i'll step out of the way. this picket lane forming in the first 30 minutes. they officially walked off the job. i spoke with a communications representative. he tells many he they represent about 2,000 workers here in this area you have them along with ibew the negotiations at this point are at a standstill. we do expect these workers to be out here for quite some time until a deal is reached, at least that is what they are telling me. this would not just be a work stoppage in philadelphia. we're talking nearly 40,000 verizon workers from massachusetts to virginia saying that they are fighting for job security, fair wages and to keep jobs from going overseas. and negotiations began almost a year ago. it started last june and the contract expired in august. verizon says it wants to manage its work force in a way that is more efficient and better serves its customers but in any event, the company cla

if great scoop here is verizon buys yahoo!, they would replace marissa mayer with tim armstrong from aol and another executive ice president that would run the two of them combined. indeednteresting that if verizon buys it yahoo!, it seems like marissa mayer would be out of a job. guest: emily touched on that marissa would not come along and they verizon deal but there are other private equity firms that are going to proceed with a first round bid. these firms have said we are open to partnering with a strategic firm that might be interested. in a combination like that, marissa could come along but we have been told that it is probably unlikely that she sticks around. sources have said we would not bring her along. said to proceed along -- rain and tpg considering bids. losingd comcast interest. more bloomberg markets after the break. ♪ betty: it is 3 p.m. in new york and 3:00 a.m. in hong kong. we have breaking news at this hour that has to do with yahoo! and it web properties. verizon said to be considering a bid according

help boost their cause as they fight to get verizon to share the wealth. that's why you see a lot of dressed in red union workers here in the crowd at bernie sanders' rally. they are more than willing to try to get that bump from senator sanders as they try to fight job security and cuts in benefits from verizon. some 36,000 verizon workers walked off the job and into picket lines throughout the northeast. they are fed up with verizon's demands. >> they don't respect the working family. they're out here, they're making billions of dollars and we're just trying to earn a living. >> reporter: the strike starting at 6:00 a.m. after a ten month negotiating steal alemate stalemate. >> reporter: he thinks verizon's proposal to reduce pension and healthcare benefits is too much. >> you wanted us to take a pay cut from the little we get? all we ask is to be treated fairly. >> reporter: verizon says the unions are stuck in the past and ignoring today's digital realities. >> they said we're at a loss and we need you to give, so we did. this time we're not at a loss

. >> these are the old landline workers and verizon files workers. it's not verizon wireless. let's go to teresa. she is live with more. >> . theresa: we know how tough it can be. that's when things are running normally. now , at a strike in the mix and that's what we're talking about. good morning to both of you. 40,000 union workers from five states stretching from massachusetts to virginia are logging off the job today. here in new york city i'm standing across the street from the spot where everyone will need and it's a nondescript building . 230 w. 86th st. they will strike here at 6:00 a.m.. this will be one of the largest strikes and verizon history. countless customers, me and you if you happen to subscribe , that if you have a wire line with you will be interrupted and we don't know for how long. hours? days? months? we do know it's having nothing to do with verizon wireless. we are talking about verizon with wireline customers. we have a few issues. the workers in brooklyn are fighting for the first contract and others have been working without a contract since augus

clinton urging verizon to return to the bargaining table and verizon says it's ready and willing when the unions say yes. in new york city, mary thompson for "nightly business report." >>> still ahead, real estate risk. as home prices heat up, there's a new way to protect your equity if things start to cool. >>> a twist in boardroom drama, independent board member james grosfeld resigned from the board of the country's third largest home builder. he joined the company's founder in calling for chairman and ceo to step down. in an interview he explained why his departure is effective immediately. >> i'm calling for richard dugas' resignation. i think that i'm the only board member and that's not an easy situation to be in. and addition reason is that certain board meetings have gone on without my attendance. which i think it's improper. so under the circumstances, it didn't make any sense for me to remain on the board. >> he served as ceo of the company from 1974 to 1990. shares of pulty home rose 2.5%. >>> near record low mortgage rates may be pushing more home buyers into the spring h

do you believe verizon has a longtime content strategy that include yahoo! and the huffington post and if so, what is it? ms. huffington: verizon has themed that the future for has to include a very robust media technology company. would fit very well in the strategy. there is competition. maybeis soft bag and google so we will see what happens. emily: what are the synergies you see with verizon and the huffington post? ms. huffington: verizon has huge distribution potential. we are moving more and more into video. whichave launched go 90 of their mobile video play and has produced and paid for great content from many providers. this is fantastic because it gives us great distribution. emily: what do you think about the idea of a wireless company getting into content? it's not just verizon, it's an interesting new world. ms. huffington: i think it's a smart move. the world is changing. it's the innovator's dilemma that if you don't change fast enough because you are a big successful company like verizon, that it's too late to change. in a sense, if the new y

the last verizon strike back in 2011 lasted 2 weeks. live in center city, denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >>> a change for the $20. civil war era abolitionist harriet tubman will be the new face of the $20 bill. the treasury department announced today tubman will replace president andrew jackson on the front of the bill. tubman escaped from slavery in maryland to philadelphia in 1849. she went on to help rescue dozens of other slaves using the underground railroad. other currency changes include putting leaders of the women's suffrage movement on the $10 bill. >>> from death row to free man. >> the first person to be exonerated based on dna told his story to a crowd in philadelphia tonight. pennsylvania's innocence project hosted a special screening of the documentary "blood's worth." the film chronicles kirk bloodworth's 1985 conviction of rape and murder to his time on death row to his conviction being overturned. bloodworth took questions from the audience afterwards. >>> from the nbc 10 jersey shore bureau, sicientists are taking steps

verizon wireless is not affected by this strike. now, there are the common contract negotiation issues at hand like wages, job security and healthcare pensions, but we are told by both members of the unions their core issue is about jobs going overseas. take a listen. >> our issues are the jobs. the work that is generated by this company should be performed in our local communities by company employees. what the company wants to do is subcontract the work to out of state contractors who are in the call center environment sometimes out of state or out of the country. >> reporter: back out here live verizon says that they spent 10 months working to can come to an agreement. they say they aren't taking this strike lightly. they say they have proposed a 6.5 percent wage increase affordable healthcare and competitive retirement benefits including a match to their 401k. cwa and ibew say those are not the major issues at hand that they want to talk about at the table. they want to talk about those jobs going overseas. we are told that ever

it is not just verizon or at&t. it's an interesting new world. ms. huffington: i think it's a smart move. the world is changing. it is really the innovator's dilemma that if you don't change fast enough because you are a big, successful company, like verizon is, then in a sense, if "the new york times" had changed early enough when it came to digital technology, there would be no room for "the huffington post." emily: there has been intense scrutiny on marissa mayer's own leadership and the turnaround , and now she is now fighting , for her job. do you sympathize with her at all? ms. huffington: absolutely, i feel that marissa is a working mother who chose to run yahoo! a certain way and, at the moment, clearly, shareholders are not happy with the way it's been run. when you are a public company, that's one of the dangers. you run. emily: do you think yahoo! can be revitalized with new leadership? ms. huffington: well, i think one of the great advantages of yahoo! is it is a hybrid. it is a journalistic enterprise, and it is a platform, and it owns t

the cwa picketing and rallying here, at the verizon offices in chinatown. cwa locals 131-3500 say they'll be protest ago move by verizon to make layoffs easier and rely more on contract workers. close to 40,000 verizon land line phones along the east coast, will walk off the job this morning if they don't get a contract. the ibew is also in on the strike. the union says both unions say verizon made more than $39 billion in profits in the last three years and refuse hundreds of millions of dollars in healthcare concessions offered up by rang and file workers. verizon said it is ready for a strike and prom it cents little if any disruption. contract talks started back in june, and that last contract expired on august 1st. again, they are set to walk off the job at 6:00 a.m. and a rally and demonstration will take place at 8:00 a.m. here at ninth and race if they indeed don't get a deal and of course we will be here if that strike takes place, back to you. >> thank you. happening right now, local mother upset by nasty note someone left at her home. it was abou

he says over the last ten months of negotiations verizon continues its push to cut jobs. the meantime the union he says has made 180 million-dollar in health care concessions. >> we have work with them not only this time but last contract to make dramatic changes in these contracts and structures to save them almost a billion dollars last time. we have offered to save them a couple hundred million and they are still saying it is not enough. >> reporter: verizon says its strike readiness plan is in place and that includes training for thousands of non-union employees, and rhea signing employees from across the country to handle everything from customer inquiries to network maintenance and repair. now verizon issued a statement ahead of the the potential strike writing in part our primary goal, to ensure our customers can count on the critical communication services that they pay for and we provide. we have looked at every area of the business from network operations to call center management, to ensure we have the tools, the skills, and the people ready to step in. verizon

verizon files, the cable element. there are a couple hundred verizon wireless employees involved. let's go to teresa priolo who has all the details for us. >> reporter: we were able to clarify that earlier talking to the union rep. verizon wireless workers, retail workers from brooklyn and wireless technicians that maintain towers downstate. you might be able to hear the voices behind me. they are already striking this morning. hundred people on w. 36th st. they are letting traffic flow through but it is challenging with the amount of people that are here. 40,000 workers in five states. ben: we lost the audio. you see from the pictures that strike taking effect at 6:00 this morning, we are talking 39,000 verizon employees covering an area roughly from maine to virginia. they have several issues with verizon. the company wants to move jobs around with little notice, send employees a way to work for several months at a time without a lot of leave. we can keep the picture up there, having some audio problems. and an end

we are live outside the verizon center. i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. maureen: early voting in the maryland primary is now underway. the voting began this morning with the people waiting in long lines to cast their ballots. the primary includes races for president, house, senate along with the local races. voters are using paper ballots because there are so many candidates they don't fid on a single touch screen. early voting continues next week. primary day is tuesday april 26. a democratic battle in the big an. for republicans the polls show huge lead for donald trump. machine accuse killed montgomery county officer noah leotta will have a plea hearing. abc7 news is told no plea deal is struck just yet. 47-year-old reluzco could face ten years in prison for vehicular manslaughter after hitting and killing officer leotta last year. the plea hearing is scheduled may 18. next, concern tonight stemming from the dramatic images in the baltimore sea -- baltic sea. why it could signal bigger problems. how the university of virginia remembering yeardley love

live at the verizon center. i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >>> i like how you worked in the flyers fan staying positive but no need for him to do this. thank you. >>> that was the scene. >> you are not biased. >> that was the scene outside. let's kick it back to the verizon center where kristen berset was there for the actual game. >> rocking the reds. >> loud out there and you can imagine how loud it was here inside the verizon center. you heard mola lenghi talk after a handful of losses people are wondering if the capitals could flip into that playoff mode. again it is one game but they got the victory and they got the nervous excitement out as well and when you go into a playoff game you don't usually see a lot of penalty. these are two physical teams and it wouldn't be a caps game without tom wilson dropping the games. carlson with the power play and jay beagle, snoopy coming out to steal the deal for the capitals, give them breathing room. they do admit their slow part was because of the nervous excitement. >>

so how is this going to effect those of you who are verizon customers? our news4 consumer unit working to get answers on that. my colleague susan hogan is going to have the responses and the broader impacts for those of you ahead at 5:45. wendy? >> all right, david culver. >>> an in virginia with a driver pulling out a gun. this was in the busy neighborhood of arlington. jeffrey volan said he pulled out a gun because another vehicle was pulling him too closely. he's charged with brandishing a firearm near a school. >>> a little boy who was hit while riding his bike over the weekend has died. 10-year-old james maple died yesterday. he was with his mother and two friends when a car hit him. it happened sunday afternoon here along mcdaniel road in waldorf. maple was in a crosswalk at the time and did have a helmet on. police are looking into whether the driver may have been distracted. >> reporter: don't expect to see atlanta's hector olivera when the braves play the nats tonight. he was locked up here in ar the scene, a hotel room. the victim, a woman. the

. >>> thousands of verizon workers are on strike this afternoon. they have been without a contract for months and as promised they walked off the job this morning. annie mccormick is live now in chinatown. >> reporter: rick, picketers out here since this morning and there is no signs of slowing down. they will not allow workers to have entry into the building but at this point there is no sign of an injunction just yet. both sides indicate they want to come to an agreement but there is no deal at this point. outside of verizon, the ticket line is in full force. starting at 6:00 a.m. the employees walked off the job where they worked without a contract since august. this is the second strike since 2011. here picketers blocked the exits from employees who are not striking banishing a small crowd to a corner across the street. >> the workers at odds with verizon are members of two unions. the communication workers of america and the brotherhood of electrical workers. according to both unions, the core issue is this -- >> what the company wants to do i

. >> verizon workers started to walk off the job. they say they are ready for the strikingly trended 9 million workers to fill in. >> bernie sanders rally with hillary clinton at the national network with another busy day in the city for the presidential candidates. >> the end of the metro card could it be in sight ? hillary clinton would be involved in that. >> the mta is looking for alternative ways to pay. perhaps we tap our smart phones . >> interesting. >> i am ben simmoneau good >> juliet had a concert last night and i think she went to see durand ran. >> i think so. she has another concert tonight. it's starting to feel like it's going to get there because the sun is coming out. we better than it was one week ago. from this point forward, we are in pretty good shape. in the interior sections of new haven and the northern valley until 8:00 am. look out for the early street . they would be that we risk. 310 in sussex. 42 in central park and it will drop another degree or two. the cold front runners the rainfall in the morning an

. >>> verizon employees are going to walk off the job part of the communication workers of america the union claims they are skimping on health care benefits trying to send more jobs over seas and requiring technicians to work away from home for as long as two months quote union leaders would rather make strike threats than the bargaining table, we are ready, end quote. >>> the search is on in brooklyn this morning for an unleashed brutal attack on his live-in girlfriend. investigators say he struck the girl in the head after an argument after their apartment yesterday early morning she was taken to methodist hospital where she remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. >>> police released the sketch of a woman wanted for a subway passenger on march 28th police say the suspect approached a 26- year-old woman on her cell phone and repeatedly punched her described as black woman 25 to 30 years old, gray and white shirt, blue jeans and black scarf and work boots. >>> a young mother is struck and killed, she was walking along union boulevard yesterday morning police say the dri

you see the fans in the verizon center and joining me now is one of the caps biggest fan. i am loving the face paint. a big caps fan. >> absolutely. >> what do you think. how can the caps go to the future. >> if they play their game, they can compete with everybody. they can play fast and heavy and they can hit hard and score a lot with good defense. i think some of the big differences from the team, i think tonight will be a critical game. the tone is going to be set early. i would like to see them hit they are going have to weather a little bit of storm. philly will come out with a lot of energy to begin with and holpe will be tested but he only gets stronger with every period so i think it will be a good exciting fun game and in the end, i think they will come out on top. >> you can see the excitement and the fans that are here. >> absolutely. >> at the verizon center. excited for the post-season and excitement that the caps will take this one. >> absolutely. >> and everybody is getting the bracelets to maybe the caps will light the lamp like the bracelets are lit up. j

that includes verizon few yos, their internet service. that's the promising growing part of the business, but for some of the other technologies in the wireless arena, they might not be prepared for that. i wonder though, the 40,000 that are on strike, if all of a sudden people get an idea we don't need you, we're surviving fine with these nonunion workers doing your job. then what? >> it's interesting, neil, i took a poll as i walked out of the office and walked down the street and talked to my neighbors today and most people were unaware that verizon was even on strike today. if they started to see disruption to their service, i think verizon workers are not going to have a lot of sympathy. that's the core issue. how they articulate that message, how we decide what's fair and reasonable and how we get a buy-in from everyone to benefit the economy as a whole. that's been lost in the messaging from the union leadership. >> larry, thank you. >>> ted cruz is moments away from speaking in erie, pennsylvania. why is he there and not in new yo

verizon says their dedication is to the customers. official claims, they say they haven't heard from union leaders and willing to submit to mediation or even extend a strike deadline. ey say that's why they training nonunion employees to replace those planning to walk off the job and necessity plan to plug those employees into several different departments. nearly 40,000 verizon workers have been without a contract since august, however. they're looking for things like improving pension benefits and providing job security for workers at call centers by preventing the outsourcing of jobs to other locations. >> i have three boys. my two younger ones, especially the youngest, they depend on me. i'm divorced. so it's very worrisome. wef will stand up for good jobs. >> reporter: that clip was from a website that's been set up by workers called stand up to verizon. again, they plan to walk off the job come 6:00 this morning. michael, already, we've seen the nypd strting to gather around this street. the word must have gotten out that a stri

. >> i have called every number listed for verizon in the phone book. >> reporter: verizon admits with workers on strike there are a few more customers than usual who are experiencing issues. >> they keep telling me they're coming and coming. i called several times. >> reporter: verizon has moved quickly to what they call phase two, inkrus creasing the amount of 20ri,000. a verizon spokesman tells news 4 maintaining our existing customer service base is our top pry priority. we're confident that our customers will be served. >> if it took one day to get things together, i understand that. but we're on day three now. >> reporter: there are no talks between the two sides. their 2011 strike lasted two weeks. arlene doesn't think the customer should suffer. >> if i make an appointment and i'm not here, they charge me if i don't keep the appointment. well, they've made seven appointments. >> reporter: good news. her techs show up and quickly fix her service. at least arlene's wait is over. in queens, john chandler, news 4 new york. >> it's good to hear that arlene finally got some help. by

but you think verizon does make sense? >> i think there is something going on at verizon with respect to consolidation of advertising technology soflt wh technology. so when you look at the adapt mobile service and the ability for a big wireless company to facilitate the shift in viewer ship of video onto our iphones and the ability to serve ads on the devices. >> why does it make sense for verizon and not at&t, for example? >> that's a good question. because they have tim armstrong and aol. they are already on the path. they have bright -- they have adapt tv, so if you have bright roll, you have two of the leading video ad technologies. >> verizon is not going to bid against themselves. why would they go above $4 million. it would be a pain to do as well. is $8 billion a reasonable number to them? >> that's a good question. i don't think tim has a support for a crazy bid. if they view themselves as being the only guy at the table, then they couldn't be too low. >> they couldn't be shockingly low. >> i don't know. >> andre

verizon says machine nonunion workers are ready to fill in. our jan carabao will have a live update the at 6:00. >>> we have seen it all the time, people texting and talking when they should be concentrating on the roads. >> drives me nuts. >> if you don't put that smart phone down it the will cost you. "eyewitness news" reporter greg a argos has more on a big crackdown on distract driving. >> reporter: you may have seen them, in fact, you may have been one. we're talking about distracted drivers and those being ticketed for it, increasing throughout our state. according to the administrative office for pennsylvania courts, tickets up 43 percent, from 1998 in 2014 to 2857 last year, and more than two out of three citations, 67 percent in fact, given to meal drivers. >> it is a habit. it really is a habit. pull it out anytime, anywhere, everybody pull is it out. >> even while driving. >> when i drive i pull it out sometimes. >> i stay safe, i put the my phone in airplane mode. so you are not distract by snap chats, instagram, facebook. >> do yo

i'll have that coming >>> right now -- verizon workers are -- verizon workers are going on strike. we'll have that story. but we want to check in traffic for breaking news. >>> breaking news on the beltway. this is actually a good update from when we talked a couple minutes ago. innerloop at 4, we have now reopened. we still have a pretty good backup. we've shrunk that it's the little things, guys. northbound bw parkway after nasa goodard. chopper 4 is going to be over this problem in just a couple minutes so we can see what's happening from above. northbound gw parkway at 123 still have a slowdown there because of a crash. 28 there south of manassas slow from that accident chuck. >>> i like good news going from fire worthy late to just getting through. four things you need to know about the weather. hey, it's a frosty cold start. frost advisory for some in the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. cool sunshine coming your way this morning. pollen count on the creep up. when the rain drops have stopped, final list, after weekend and weekend and weekend in a row with terrible weather,

why thousands of verizon workers are threatening to strike. >> they're always saying: be nicer. >> what, they're coming at me from all of these different angles, how can i be nice? >> donald trump admitting even his family has taken issue with some of his crazy comment, why the businessman said he can't behave presidential. >> all right, let's stay with politics for just a minute, of course they are fighting this year to become the 45th president of the united states, we love our history here in philadelphia, this is the birth place of the nation, right? >> true. >> so on this day, in 1743, thomas jefferson was born. right? became the third president. he helped write the declaration every independence just block from here. >> true. >> the interesting thing i just noticed here, second president, his predecessor, john adams, they both died, on the same day. what day would they die on? how appropriate that it was july 4th, independence day. isn't that amazing? >> yes. >> do you care about history like that, like i do? >> you need to see the hbo series john adams. because they portray that

not affected for land line, verizon fios, wireless not affected. take a look, traffic moving pretty well here, because the picketers were staying on the sidewalk, here, they say, that they're prepared to be out here for the long hall. >> no contract: >> verizon workers walk off the job at 6:00 a.m., the result of ten months of failed negotiations between the company and two unions. communication workers of america, and the international brotherhood of electrical workers. they number 39,000 members, along the east coast. >> we will be out here as long as it takes for us to get fair contract. >> major sticking point the unions say is job secure. >> i what the company is trying to do take the jobs that are generated in the local areas, and move them either out of state or out of the country. and we're not going to allow that. >> say these are good paying local jobs with good benefits, want to ensure it stays that way. >> i don't mind if i have to pay something but i want to be reasonable, i want the increase screen, but i want the job. >> unions rejec

red verizon center for game one. five years later a new phase in earthquake repairs at the national cathedral. why the work isn't closed to being finished. announcer: now "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. leon: we are going to begin with news chopper 7 over the beltway. the area is closed down for three hours now after a crash involving several vehicles including state troopers. this happened in lanham north of route 450. near good brad bell is live with a look at what happened. >> we just got a briefing. a maryland state trooper on the slow shoulder of the outer loop. he was dealing with an earlier accident. south of him in the fast lane there was another accident that involved three vehicles. a third is hit-and-run. leaving the scene of the accident. somehow winding through traffic and ending up on the right side slamming in the rear portion of that trooper's car. then a tow truck slams into this vehicle. the troop every trapped inside. then another tow truck arrives. a good samaritan see what is is going on. stop

verizon's ceo blasted back. when rhetoric becomes disconnected from reality, we've crossed a dangerous line. verizon which made a profit of more than $18 billion in 2015 says the company's proposals are both fair and necessary to stay competitive. but union leaders refuse to go into mediation. >> this company has no boundaries at all when it comes to greed. >> reporter: today at least compromise is not on the table. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> a scathing new report is calling out the chicago police department for long-standing systematic racism in its ranks. now the task force behind the report is demanding sweeping changes. we get more from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: tonight a task force appointed by chicago's mayor revealing its blunt findings, that the police department has a history of racism and must address it head-on. >> i think there's no doubt we have a lot of work to do in the sense of not only restoring trust, but building what i think are essential values of transparency. >> reporter: t

us about verizon and why this deal, might make sense for verizon. >> verizon is a different company than it was five years ago. a real focus on media assets, the media we consume and the way advertisements are spread across different mediums. they acquired patch and all of the other aol content offerings, but the surfaces to serve ads. yahoo! has the same things. a combination of those assets hit the content strategies for verizon. it be interesting to see if some -- has looked at what they have built through acquisitions. stephanie: earlier, it was guess what, this will not work for her no matter what. is one of the most highly compensated people. it is hard to imagine that salary being adopted why and acquire. also highly respected in spite of the struggles she has seen as the ceo of yahoo! area every person i have talked to thinks the world of her when they talk about her ability to understand technology and the media. to say.rd from her public comments, she believes in yahoo! and wants to see it happen whether she is with it here or there. herof the big criticisms of --. david: one o

verizon, yp, potentially "the daily mail." >> i think verizon is in a better position to acquire those assets. they could combine it with aol and create a mobile advertising juggernaut that could compete with the googles and the facebooks of the world. i think verizon is in the best position. these 40 other names, i never thought that the vast majority would stick around and make a bid, which is why last week i came out with a note and essentially said that i thought mid single digits was about the bidders i expected for yahoo! this week. emily: eric, you are in an interesting position. you were an early investor in yahoo!, the former owner of,"," "the huffington post," owned by verizon. depending on how you value yahoo!'s core business and the fact that they would try to do this depending on the -- kind of like a reverse merger. >> i don't know what to think of it. yp is an old legacy business. it seems to be very small am a about $1 billion in revenues. about $1.5 billion in market cap. it seems like an unlikely candidate to buy yahoo! emily: what about the yahoo! japan part of the s

nicole: verizon landline cable workers walking off the job. for thousand verizon employees and putting installers and repairmen and nine eastern states and washington d.c. is well planned to begin a strike at 6:00 a.m. this morning. they say there's been little progress in negotiations since their contract expired a month ago. the strike is expected to affect the wireline business which has fixed line phone and internet services. verizon says has trained thousands of nonunion workers to fill in to those employees. >> a warm call has another casualty. the largest coal miner has filed for bankruptcy. peabody taking a sharp step and increased regulation from the obama administration left it unable to pay for recent expansion in australia. the company invested assets and liabilities nine to 10 billion to $50 billion. stricter environmental controls and an abundance of natural gas has pushed big miners and put in arch coal into bankruptcy protection the past year. nicole: house speaker paul ryan will and not a potential 16 white house run. >> let m

. >> and 40,000 verizon workers are set to strike right now. what the company is doing to try to minimize the strike's impact on you. >> also, a local family receives anonymous note targetting a child with autism. the message they're sending after going public with this nasty letter. >> so nasty it is ridiculous. good day everybody, it is april the 13th, it will be a lucky day, though. april 13th, 2016. >> can i just say something? >> no. all right, let's move on. no, what? >> look at all of the space i have here. can we just show this, right here on the desk look at all of this space. >> oh, it is because alex? >> because alex bridges everything from her desk comes down in the morning. >> thanks, bob. >> but plenty of space here today. look at all of this. >> we essentially call it a wawa. there is so much stuff. >> where does it all go? >> okay, so ... >> spring cleaning? >> yes, it will be back. i have a funny feeling, you know, you need your stuff. it is a seven out of ten today. it is going to be a nice one, but we are off to a cold start

verizon wireless is not affected by the potential strike. the issues at hand wages, job security and healthcare, also pensions. the head of cwa says retired employees could be in jeopardy. many fear the company will make layoffs easier and instead they'll rely more on contract workers. now verizon said they spent 10 months working to come to an agreement. they do not take strike threats lightly. verizon says they have proposed a 6.5 percent wage increase, affordable healthcare and competitive retirement benefits with a 401k company he match. now, they also said in the event of a strike, that they have nonunion workers trained to be on standby during the time of the strike. now, i did just speak with one local cwa representative who says that they definitely are striking today at 6:00, that they have not been back to the negotiation table for some time and they again are expected to be on the picket line very soon this morning. for now reporting live in chinatown, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> we'll check in with in you a lib. th

verizon's ceo fired back accusing sanders of getting the facts wrong and mc adams said verizon pays its fair share of taxes adding in their financial statement we pay $15.5 billion in taxes over the last two years and that is a 35% tax rate in 2015 for anyone who is counting. fox news's megyn kelly had an interview with reverend al sharpton on the kelly file last night, sharpton said he is not ready to endorse a presidential candidate yet but whoever wins will need the black vote. >> the black vote is the reason hillary clinton won a lot of southern primaries, even in the ones she didn't when she did better than expected because she won the black vote numtwo-numone in wisconsin 3 quarters of a point. bernie sanders can't win without the black vote. nicole: sharpton is close to endorsing a candidate but is not there yet. two russian warplanes both the u.s. navy guided missiles in the baltic sea twice this week despite an agreement to prevent this kind of thing. and official spoke with fox news, russian warplanes approached the us destroyer donald cook at an unsafe speed numb 100 feet off

verizon says the company has thousands of nonunion workers trained to strike. so there will be no disruption in service. leon: turning now to the race for the white house. bill clinton campaigning for his wife in maryland. the former president just wrapped up a speech at leisure world in silver spring. clinton herself was in maryland over weekend when she picked up the endorsement of congressman elijah cummings. voters in maryland will head to the polls april 26. republican john kasich spent this afternoon outside of baltimore. the ohio governor tasted ice cream as you see there. he held a town hall in savage mill as well today. pork barrel spending is alive and well. congress enacted moratorium but on a report from citizen among government waste shows the pork barrel spending still exists. spending items from the report include $8 million spent on aquatic plant control program. $40 million for upgrade to the tank. spending the defense department didn't specifically request. those are a couple of examples. we have posted the full report on the website wjla.com.

she was out with the verizon strikers yesterday, hours after he had done the same. yet she gave a paid speech to verizon in may of 2013 for which she earned $225,000. can you tell us the circumstances of that speech? >> again, the question here is who are democrats going to nominate and who's going to get things done? >> let's get back to the speech. >> why did she take $225,000 from verizon from the same company from which has this massive strike, the biggest strike in america in five years? and she was out with the strikers, yet she took $225,000 from the very company that they are striking. >> because time and again in her career, hillary clinton has stood with people against powerful interests. she did that in the '90s against the health insurance companies. she's done that for recently against the fossil fuel industry calling for tax breaks to get taken away and no one can be trusted more than hillary clinton to stand up to these interests and we saw senator sanders this week in the new york daily news editorial board. he couldn't answer how to break up the ban

he's at the picket lines with verizon workers. he just arrived there. you see the senator walking through the new york streets. let's listen in to see what we can hear. >> danny, are you there? >> i'm here, tam rn. how are you? >> i'm great. tell me a little bit about what's going on here? >> so right now, we're in brooklyn. and senator sanders just embarked from his motorcade and we're heading over to a protest of verizon right now. a bit of a maze right here in the media, but this is something senator sanders has been speaking about on the trail for a couple days. when we were in buffalo, he stopped by a local cwa union hall and spoke very passionately to those members. something he's been talking about for a while now. so i think this is probably the culmination, now that all of these verizon workers are going on strike today. see if you can get a nice shot of him. senator, are you excited to go on the picket line today? >> large, greedy corporation that wants to destroy -- wants to outsource jobs, take away health care benefits for workers. somehow,

coast verizon land line phone and cable workers. the union members have been without a contract since august of 2015. union leaders say verizon wants to freeze pensions, make layoffs easier and rely on more contract workers, verizon said it has been moving the bargaining process forward and strike threats are not constructive. >> what the company is trying to do take the work call, move it out of state or even out of the count troy have it done by someone else, not return the invest tonight their local communities. >> verizon released a statement reading in part, quote, we have trained thousands of non-union verizon employees to care out virtually every job function handled by our represented work force, the company says they are fully prepared to serve their customers. >> well, "eyewitness news" has learned there will be a private funeral for flyers owner educated snyder. >> but the team says the wells fargo center will hoped sometime in the futurement snyder died yesterday after two-year battle with cancer. he was 83. >> in 1964 t

the workers this time are at odds with verizon. their members of two unions communications of work and international brotherhood. verizon wireless is not affected by the potential strike. the issues at hand wages, job security and healthcare also pensions. the head of cwa says retired employees could be in jepp deal. many fear the company will make layoffs easier and instead they will rely more on contract workers. now, verizon says that they have spent 10 months working to come to an agreement. they do not take strike threats lightly they tell us. back out here live verizon says that they have proposed a 6.5 percent wage increase, affordable healthcare and also competitive retirement benefits with a 401k company match. now, in the event that this strike does come through, that this does happen like it is expected at 6:00 a.m., verizon has also said that they have trained nonunion workers to take over for those jobs in the meantime. for now reporting live in chinatown, annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." tam. >> annie, thank y

this is talking about the land line and cable service, not verizon wireless. i see out in the distance at the corner here, some of these workers showing up. we do expect the pick tote begin very shortly. live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile, in delaware county, three former members of the colwyn bureau fire company will be in court after being charged with stealing from their own department. gary bryce, elizabeth celini and her daughter lauren. investigators say the three of them would write checks to each other and cash them. that taxpayer money was supposed to go towards the volunteer service and police say more thaç $52,000 went unaccounted for over a three-year period. >>> and a philadelphia mother receives a letter about her son that i befores her to tears. >> i don't care if it's the way you raise him or if he is retarded, no one wants to hear him acting like a wild animal. >> the anonymous handwritten letter bonnie mor a. n found last week in her mailbox was about her 3-year-old son who has autism. two of her thre

at the verizon center. tonight, though, is game 82 for the other tenant at verizon. the washington wizards. and despite preseason straight play-off berth. tonight's meeting will be it for the season. but will it also be it for randy whitman? this will be full of changes for the wizards, including, perhaps, the hiring of a new coach. he took over for the late flip saunders. he is a 177-199 record. helped break the team's five- year drought. but this year has been filled with disappointment and discord, amongst his players. a win tonight and the wiz finish the season at 500. >>> there are very meaningful games being played tonight. and that includes the final game for number 24. kobe bryant. it's been a season full of tributes tributes and accolades tonight. developing the 20-year career of black mam ba. -- mamba. he will have played in 226 play- off games. he is an nba legend and icon. third on the nba's all-time scoring list. and an 18-time all-star. don't expect this game at the staples center to be a kobe bryant show, though. their opponents, the utah jazz, are sti

the workers are at odds with verizon. many of them are members of two unions of communications workers of america and the international brotherhood of electrical workers. they represent installers customer service and repairmen. verizon wireless is not affected by the potential strike. well, the issues at hand wages, job security and healthcare also pensions. the head of cwa here says retired employees could be in jeopardy. many fear the company will make layoffs easier and instead they will rely more on contract workers. now, verizon says that they spend 10 months working to come to an agreement. they do not take strike threats lightly. back out here live verizon says that they have proposed a 6.5 percent wage increase, affordable healthcare and competitive retirement benefits with a 401k company match. now, in the event that a strike does happen verizon says they have trained a number of nonunion employees to get the job done in the meantime. for now reporting live in chinatown, annie mccormick channel6 "action news. >>

facebook messenger, maybe that's a way to make it so verizon is not significant but my verizon bill is bigger than my tax bill, my mortgage. >> your what? >> my mortgage, my real estate taxes. >> your real estate taxes. not your annual income taxes. i thought, that is quite a bill. >> no. i'm a new york resident and a new jersey resident. tell me how that happens. maybe i shouldn't get married. ooh. >> she doesn't watch. you're okay. congratulations. >> it's so great she doesn't watch. it really gives me a lot of freedom. >> it really is. >> you mentioned one thing is zuckerberg's comments yesterday. they swiped at donald trump, a ten-year plan looking at their long-term goals whether it's a.i., con negatively, the bought economy which the "washington post" today says they resemble the annual economy circa '09. >> there was an existential -- i don't want to say steve's got it in for apple. i would point out that one of the things i always wanted was to be able to message to find out which is the best deal rather than have to go through amazon. amazon is so easy. listen, i got the wing

>>> tens of thousands office verizon workers are just 90 minutes from the strike, what is keeping two sides from an agreement and potential impact to customers. >>> and, contested convention? g.o.p. front runner donald trump weighs in on that possibility plus hillary clinton pick up several major endorsements we have lateness campaign 2016. >>> kobe bryant calling it a career, pride of the lower merion takes the court for final time tonight and wait until you hear how much tickets are selling for right now. >>> today is wednesday, april 13th good morning i'm's jim donovan. >>> i'm brook thomas. after two rainy start we are warming up getting your day started with a check of weather and traffic with katie and meisha, good morning. >> good morning, happy wednesday. >> bulk of construction. we will touch on that in a moment. >> weather looks awesome. i know, finally. yeah, you guys can do that. we are off to a chilly start but it is quiet. barely even a wind out there. looking at storm scan three and totally empty like what we will show you right the now this is good stuff. we like it li