place between comcast and 21st—ce ntu ry fox for place between comcast and 21st—century fox for sky, the british broadcaster. it appears that comcast, a us cable giant, has beaten 21st—century fox in that bidding battle for sky after making a bid of £17.28 per share. that was the offer that was put forward, and it won the bid for sky. the auction actually started on friday, and it went to... it was run over three rounds. rupert murdoch's fox offered £16 per share in absorption. we will find out more about the indications for media, just how valuable sky is to comcast with our media editor later in the programme. stay with us for that. comcast, then, later in the programme. stay with us forthat. comcast, then, has later in the programme. stay with us for that. comcast, then, has won the bidding battle for sky against 21st century fox. let's now return to political events. our political correspondent ian watson is in liverpool for us. you are monitoring the conference. take us are monitoring the conference. take us through what has happened so far today. yes, what we have had on th

how could fox get it so the end of it. how could fox get it so wrong? the market price on friday closed at around £15 the only put in £15 and six to 7p n. when they basically bought fox, they ended up paying a lot more from that alike. they had wasted some of their financial ammunition or used it up in buying fox. that left them less able to be able to offer more money for sky. so, ithink able to be able to offer more money for sky. so, i think that they had constraints on what they were able to offer. comcast knew that if they did not bid much more than disney and fox, then basically, because easily fox already owns 39%, the shareholders of sky could still recommend it. so they could have to come out with a knockout blow. comcast knew they had to come in big if they were going to knock out fox disney. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the london evening standard and martin li

we will start off with a fox news alert. we were anticipating a letter from the state department official to be handed from kim jong un in north korea to our president. it has now just happened our own rich edson of fox news can confirm that part of what president trump talked about o. board air force one today has happened. the secretary of state pompeo has received a letter from kim jong un to give to president trump. remember, the course is still going forward after their meeting. that summit. denuclearization is the goal. and now a letter to the president from their chairman. we'll cover the news if this happens as more details pop on this. also, breaking right now. >> to deliver a simple message and that is that you

"fox & friends" fist starts right now. ♪ ♪ heather: good morning to you, you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning, hey it's monday but you're waking up this so that makes it pretty good, i'm heather childers, depending on where you are across the america you need to look at extreme weather alert, final preparations underway as hurricane floor rents gains strength in the atlantic, people in the east filling sandbags, you'll recognize this, it happens over a over ahead of what could be a fierce storm potentially striking later this week, virginia, north carolina and south carolina all declaring states of emergency, the u.s. navy ordering warships to leave virginia by today. senior meteorologist janice dean will join us live at 4:30 with the very latest. injury seriously injured after man going rampage, afghan national attacked a group of people near cinema, wasn't -- one tourist was stabbed in the head and terrorism we can tell you is not suspected. u.s. troan strike we should say kills four terrorists in yemen, unmanned aircraft targeting al-qaeda members in southern

for the 21st century fox team, rupert murdoch is the chairman of 21st century fox, which owns fox business, was if they were going to bid on this, they own 39%, they would bid on the rest, they were either going to win it or force comcast to pay up for it big-time and then reassess their options. what they got was forcing comcast to pay up for it big-time. i will tell you this. fox is saying that it's reviewing its options. remember, it has a vote here. it can vote against this. but what i'm hearing from insiders, it's highly likely they will accept this because this is cash on hand, it's all cash, and you know, not only do they get cash, fox is an investor in disney. their big competitor is comcast. comcast will be highly indebted with this deal, something like $100 billion in debt. they will be one of the most indebted companies that's listed on the major exchanges. this is going to be hard to digest, not that they can't, but it's going to be hard. they got them where they want them either way. at least that's what ill hearing now. we will see. fox spokesman nate brown has no comment as

fox is in the thirty two and a half billion so it. it's a kind of a secret auction so because they have the low bid fox is going to go first and if they refuse to bid comcast wins if they do bid contests go second if they refuse fox wins if they do bid then there's a third and decisive bid but i say decisive it may not be because even after that the bids are in and they're all counted in the high bid is in these shareholders have two weeks to decide do we really want to go with that company after all fox owns thirty nine percent maybe we want to go with them disney has that has an incentive to drive up the price because they own thirty nine percent the fox shares and if they decide to keep it or sell it it will be worth more very interesting as always steve we thank you for your insights on this conservative t.v. and radio commentator steve walz we have a great week and steve you tube. and time now to squeeze in a quick pause for the promotional cause but hang here because when we return we look at the big business of sports branding

for sky it's not going to look too good now let's point out that fox owns thirty nine. nine percent of sky and in effect disney owns it which we'll get to in a second because they are purchasing fox why is sky important because they have over twenty three million subscribers pay t.v. subscribers throughout five countries in europe they also have original programming in news they have a lot of sports so you're go to expand your reach whether you're disney or whether your question is a fox or whether you're comcast so it's an important get for both companies and explain two things in one if you can steve so how will this auction work and what role will does the play ok well disney is calling the shots for fox so far comcast has the highest bid at thirty four billion and fox is in the thirty two and a half billion so it's kind of a secret auction so because they have the low bid fox is going to go first and if they refuse to bad comcast wins if they do bad contest go second if they refuse fox wins if they do bid then there's a third and decisive bid but i say decisive it m

let's get to the fox news alert. an increasing threat of hurricane florence continues to churn along out there in the ocean, category 4 storm right now on a crash course towards the carolinas where millions are being urged to leave. catastrophic flooding expected along the coastline with the decision to stay could mean the difference between life and death. live fox news team coverage with griff jenkins, todd pyro and jonathan siri live from the impact zone but janice dean is tracking the latest path. >> a new advisory in less than an hour that will give us a new track and new coordinates. i'm concerned because as of the last advisor at 11:00 pm last night it showed forward speeds slow down and a stall along the coast. south carolina and georgia need to be prepared as well. 48 hours in advance looking at potential of hurricane force winds all along the carolina coastline, virginia needs to watch this as well as our friends in georgia. storm surge, the wall of water that will come on sure as the hurricane makes landfa

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they might decide to recommend the fox offer, even though it is below comcast because they have fox may have an easier shot of getting the deal over the line where is comcast is starting from zero. vonnie: what is the latest word on the street about how rupert murdoch and family are thinking? do they still prefer the disney offer? reporter: i think the murdochs have become less powerful in this scenario. the disney-fox deal is going through. the sky stake is going to disney. disney is calling the shots. there is still speculation as to what happens to james murdoch, whether he will get a job at disney, whether he will do his own thing. we will see. rupert murdoch is the biggest winner. whatever happens at the auction, he is likely to win. he canast bids high, sell that 39% stake to comcast. he alsoy comes out, wins because he gets sky. vonnie: all right. thank you. bloomberg media and telecoms reporter, much appreciated. let's check in on the first world news. >> northeast maryland, authorities say multiple people have been shot in what is being called an active shooter situation, 35 mi

having at 4:00 am a fox news alert. brett kavanaugh and doctor christine ford in the hot seat on capitol hill today as donald trump rails against the democrats. >> they are economists because they know the quality this man is and they destroyed a man's reputation and they want to destroy even more. >> the brand-new case of mistaken identity that could throw a wrench into the? 's are's entire story and dreamer arrested, and illegal immigrant accused of multiple murders is the daca recipient. could have been behind bars months ago. michelle obama is going high, you won't believe how much she is charging for book tour tickets, got to hear this. "fox and friends first" starts now. ♪ take me away ♪ >> take it back this morning, pocket full of sunshine, live shot of new york city, the sun is not yet come up but it is sure to shine shortly. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning and it is going to be a busy day. there's a lot happening. thanks for starting with us so let's get right to a fox news aler

this is the fox report. christine blasey ford accepting the senate judiciary committee's request to testify after she was granted more time to make a decision. her agreement, though, is anything but a sure thing. the format and timing of her testimony very unclear at this hour. we have fox team coverage with ellison barber live from berkeley heights, new jersey. but we begin with garrett tenney live from washington. what has dr. ford agreed to at this point? >> well, jon, this afternoon, her legal team sent the senate judiciary committee a letter stating essentially the same thing they have been saying all along, which is that she is willing to testify and that they would like to continue negotiating the details of how that can happen. while that sounds simple enough, disagreement over those details is why the two sides have not been able to make this hearing official so far. now, as for the attorney sending the letter this afternoon quote although many as pekts of the proposal you provided are fundamentally

as of yesterday, fox was offering $32.5 billion for skym as of yesterday, fox was offering $32.5 billion for sky, and comcast $34 billion. to make things even more complicated, fox agreed injune to sell most of its business to walt disney, rejecting a rival bid from comcast. disney is now backing fox's attempt to buy sky. traditional media giants are trying to strike these mega—deals to compete with the rise of tv streaming services from netflix and amazon. which is why sky is a prize worth fighting for, as europe's largest pay—tv provider with almost 23 million subscribers. and why, at $34 billion and counting, it could end up being the most expensive thing ever auctione in the uk. let's get more on this story. david madden is from cmc markets. he joins us from the city of london. 23 million people, that is who they are fighting for, the subscribers in europe? they are indeed. sky mobile and the internet as well. this is ultimately about building up content. the on line streaming world is becoming a major industry and will be one of the industries of the future, likely. walt disney

to fox 39% ownership? all yours. >> good morning, yes you convince investors say you can cut cost tousle sway e low this. so you'll see cost and maybe some price increases but given the balance nature of the market with amazon and competitor they have a harder job to increase prices. second question, what they do -- that bid, level what they've made quite a bit on that -- money over the past year or so. chris is they look to having a chunk of comcast that's the the oh big at this point and time but interesting to watch being resolved. >> so other topic britain labor party to include a new brexit vote. how can prime minister theresa may stay in office? and is this a big setback for her? >> the big setback comes last week with failure to the check and resolution is that at the moment it is not concrete if she can get past conference season two weeks time age set out maybe new negotiating plans to push on that october deadline. she may survive and theresa may haven't been best, and despite problems she's face

this is a fox news alert. fears intensify by the day as florence unleashes historic rains and flooding on the carolinas. >> we've been his terribly hard. i had a fire once. we were closed for over a years. now we have a flood. >>> griff jenkins has a look at the destruction. the white house standing behind brett kavanaugh as democrats call for him to step down. >> what impact will this have on thursday's vote? we'll have news from washington. >> a school district that could make hillary clinton being erased from the history books a reality. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ american woman listen what i say. rob: my hair looks like lenny cakravitz after a week with the hurricane. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm tom piro. >> speaking of travel. >>> i had to convince -- to take a day off. >>> somebody who is not taking a day off is the guy we're going to next. >> we begin with a fox news alert. the storm has never been more dangerous. officials warning

why did trump say he called in to "fox and friends" because it was melania's birthday? like, what does that mean? he's like, "honey, i've got a great celebration "planned for us today. "i'm gonna talk to some tv people while sitting on the toilet." like, "oh, thank you, donald. my life is a beautiful dream." [laughter] okay, so--so the interview didn't get off to a great start, but then it got worse. - i get along with kanye. i get along with a lot of people, frankly. but kanye looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it's been in the history of our country. - have republicans done a bad job ignoring the black community up until now? - you know, i think it was just a custom. uh, people don't realize, you know, if you go back to the civil war, it was the republicans that really did the thing. lincoln was a republican. - republicans did the thing? [laughter] trump would make a dope history teacher. it would be so easy to pass. "class, what was the turning point in the civil war?" uh, the thing? "a plus!" like, he's the first sober person i've heard doing drunk h

fox's bid is slightly lower, and it's for the percentage that fox doesn't already own. looking at the markets, a relatively optimistic start among investors in europe. the four major indices trading significantly higher ftse 100 up almost 0.90% same story for germany and the cac 40 and in italy, the ftse mib is trading 1% higher. we had some revised gdp numbers and comments from luigi dimaio as well. let's look at the u.s. futures all the three major indices there are also called higher after yesterday's extremely high closes that's it for today's show i'm willem marx in london. "worldwide exchange" is coming up next. welcome to the xfinity store. thanks, janet. it's my happy place. you can learn how to switch to xfinity mobile, a new wireless network that saves you cash. and you can get 5 lines of talk and text included with your internet. and over here i'm having my birthday party. dj fluffernutter, hit it! ♪ dj fluffernutter simple. easy. awesome. ask how to get $300 back when you sign up for xfinity mobile, and purchase a new samsung phone. visit your local xfinit

most of kennedy on the fox business network, kennedy. fox news contributor jessica tarlov and joining us on the couch today, the editor in chief of "the daily caller" news foundation, christopher bedford. you have picked a very busy day. let's get right to it. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein as reportedly arrived at the white house amid a "new york times" report on friday. if the article reporting that back in may of 2017 shortly before rosenstein appointed special counsel robert mueller, the deputy attorney general suggested secretly recording president trump and discussed the possibility of removing the president from office. rosenstein has denied the report and one person who is reportedly in the room said that rosenstein was being sarcastic. just a short time ago, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand tweeting, they must step up to protect the special counsel immediately. we must pass a bipartisan bill to protect the mueller investigation. the american people deserve answers about russian interference in our democracy. chief i

>> thursday, september 13th, this is "fox and friends first," happening right now a fox news alert, the calm before the storm, hurricane florence downgraded to category 2 but the threat is still very real with more than 10 million people now in the crosshairs. >> pforzheim cancer survivor, 4 times in remission. he is going to bring me through the hurricane. >> we are tracking this monster storm's a brand-new path just hours ahead of landfall. leaking like mad. fox news exclusive's caving new text messages between fbi lovers peter stzrok and lisa page revealing the highest level of corruption yet. >> as an immigrant refugee i certainly find this deeply offensive. >> a big tech bias, brand-new video, google bosses trashing our president just days after he won the election. "fox and friends first" starts right now. and good morning to you. a busy one, you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. thank you for starting the day with us. let's get our top story, bracing for the worst, millions of people evacuating the coast and hunkering down in the path of hurricane florence

the fox news lineup tonight. he will be looking at hard hitting issues ahead of the november midterm elections. here's a sneak peek. >> this week senator bernie sanders, officialed beloved loon bag of the democratic establishment sounded off what america meant with him. he does so with sarah silverman. here's what the senator had to say. >> we can't use dirty words in the united states senate. >> i can't? >> no. we just starve little children, bomb houses and buses of children and give tax breaks but don't use dirty words. >> bernie is ignorant and unfunny but does have the cute bunny voice that makes him beloved to college students and his entire lake house filled with different flavors of pudding. bernie's statement is important because it does reveal a serious gap how republicans think in the view of the hard left. universal bills are america's fault. specific goods are the result of universal culture. war, america's fault. a thriving global economy, a world achievement. jon: well, you can catch more of that o

instead of having an actual debate on the issues, it's trump is bad, fox is bad, fox hosts are bad. meanwhile, ronan farrell releases a statement last night about what nbc had claimed chris about this weinstein coverage saying, it wasn't adequately sourced. that's why we didn't go with ronan's reporting. he said this last night, executives there have now produced a memo that contains numerous false and misleading statements. so i'll say briefly. their list of sources is incomplete, and it omits women who were either identified in the nbc story or offered to be. the suggestion to take the story to another outlet was first raised by nbc, not me and i took them up on it after it became clear i was being blocked. the story was twice cleared and deemed reportable by legal and standards only by being blocked by executives who refused to allow us to see comment from harvey weinstein. so covering up, it looks like for a pal of the network or pal of the executives and now lecturing fox? get out of town, your reaction? >> well, look, i mean, i think anyone who helps assist someone cover up th

fox byomcast outfoxed pledging 10% more than what fox was saying. versus 15.75pounds from fox. this was a strategy thing saying we will blow you out of the you and make sure we lock this in. comcast in the orange line, definitely saying we have got this. you can come and get us, but we know fox has let go of this bid. the comcast ceo came out smiling. he said this is a great day for his company, saying sky is a wonderful company with a great platform. we are talking about europe. also digital aspects of that, tremendous brand and management team. also for roberts who is 59 years old, this comes after a string of m&a setbacks tied to him trying to buy the stake from fox. now we know fox is selling those to disney. finally there is a win in his corner. investors are not really sure whether this is a win for them depending on where you stand. taking a look at comcast shares year to date, it has fallen 5%. if you look at fox shares, it is date. year to 24% most recently. you can see the bully and, the lions, the-- bul happiness from investors getting that buy in if you are investin

so now disney and comcast have basically settled their battle on fox, disney is merging with fox, and then that leaves only the sky contest outstanding. now, the reason we are in an auction situation is because neither of the two bidders, fox and comcast, had finalised the bid by friday, so that is why we have an auction. pretty unusual. very unusual. this is the third insta nce very unusual. this is the third instance of an auction. of course we know that when there are two virus, that means the value of the asset is good to go up. so one of the unusual situations as we have two buyers who are desperate for sky. white act when the result of this option is to announced tonight, there are still potentially some ts to be crossed and is to be dotted. the winner will need to buy the company, but that company needs to prepare an announcement to the market for monday morning. what will this mean for sky news's what is going to mean for sky news's what is going to mean for people with a sky ‘s discussion in the uk? today sky distributes disney and nbc content, side and not think there is a

jon: fox news coverage on this. rick leventhal on the coaster at ellison barber is in south carolina, will we begin with leland vittert in the hard-hit riverfront town of new bern, north carolina. >> john, the hits just keep on coming. you can see this neighborhood that is flooded for as long as the eye can be in the rain continues to come down. we met rex bennett out here. he had just come back. this right here is the home rex grew up in. we will go ahead and pay and oversee you can see the water levels here. you came back to the first time. you saw what happened. you probably knew it was flooded. what is it like to see it? >> is just unbelievable to see what this water can do. this is where i grew up. and others a senior citizen now. just a tough time. >> a lot of her friends are staying at your funeral home. >> that's absolutely right. folks had to be water rescue does the water is rising a peered they were trapped in need of rescue. they come in the funeral home i said absolutely. food, generators. reporter: rex

hello and welcome to fox news at night. time shannon bream in washington. a weather alert, hurricane florence is yet to make landfall and already has become almost everything else in this divisive era politicized so much so that donald trump and his team are trying to stay out of the storm and criticism of the response do it even though the storm has not yet made landfall. we have team coverage from north carolina but first kristin fisher in washington with how the federal government and the president are preparing for the monster storm. >> donald trump is declared states of emergency from north carolina, south carolina and virginia, canceled two campaign events in order to focus on the storm. this could be the strongest hurricane to hit the carolinas in decades and he says his administration is sparing no expense to make sure they are ready. >> we are totally prepared, we are as ready as anybody has ever been. >> donald trump is sounding confident before hurricane florence is expected to make landfall. >> tremendous amounts of water. >> in an oval office b

it's that older guy. >> greg: i would call it fox and friends. you know who the fox is, right? [laughter] what channel -- this is from reilly murrow, what tv channel doesn't exist but really should, jesse? >> jesse: trump tv. we already have that. >> you walked into that one. >> we would have problems if there was trump tv. juan? >> jesse: i like that christmas you'll logs comforting, calming ridiculous, outrageous, did you see that? hey, if there was a tv channel to calm you down that's pretty good. >> greg: that's not a bad idea. a big screen honing in on a xanax. [laughter] dagen? >> dagen: there should be a network dedicated to just reruns of alice. alice is not on enough. >> jesse: what's that show? >> greg: linda lavin. >> dagen: collin holiday kiss my grits. deign. >> greg: i do that with the golden girls what's your dana. >> dnz. >> jesse: i thought that was the daily brief. >> whoa. >> dana: make you cry like did you last time. i'm going to get you on that show and you will be fabulous on the show. >> jesse: that wasn't the right pitch for that. >> greg: i would like t

heather: a fox news alert. florence still battering the carolina coast as first responders fight through the deadly floodwaters to save people still trapped in their homes. nearly 400 water rescues have been made so far and that's just in wilmington, north carolina. the head of their fire department, chief buddy martinet joins me over the phone. thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome, heather. thank goodness things have slowed down a little bit. maybe we're getting towards the end of phase one. heather: how are conditions right now? what do you mean, phase one? >> the storm's finally moved on, it looks like. we're getting outer bands now, so thank goodness it stopped raining. the first part of this storm we were dealing with wind and rain but mostly wind and we lost a lot of trees, which messed up our transportation system pretty well. so now we're just going to deal with the effects of the rain as the water runs down the cape fear river and into the ocean. heather: tell us about some of the rescue

we have seen comcast willing to outbid fox at other junctures so seen comcast willing to outbid fox at otherjunctures so does mean the smart money is on them?” at otherjunctures so does mean the smart money is on them? i think so. you have to consider that their business is primarily, they are in internet services and have theme parks, but mainly their business is in the us pay—tv market, which is currently undergoing this massive disruption through services such as netflix and amazon. comcast needs to look to new markets and for sky, a similar example to use is what was done with penguin random house. if you of your stake in a business, even though you know it might not be the future of media, you can take those safe revenues and reinvest the capital into riskier digital ventures which ultimately will be the future of your business. given how much has happened so far, some a nalysts a re how much has happened so far, some analysts are suggesting sky is overpriced. could it be the curse of the winner. that is an interesting point. with this rare auction process , point. with this r

eastern time right here on fox news channel, arthel. arthel: and we have a news alert, north carolina's governor says many treacherous flood waters are threatening the state more than a week after hurricane florence made landfall, many rivers have reached major flood stage making any recovery that much harder. jonathan is live in limberton, north carolina with more, jonathan. >> arthel, this is one example of what recovery crews are going to be dealing with, we are in downtown lumberton, downstream from a culvert, you could see the flood waters moving at brisk pace surrounding some of the modest homes here near the downtown area and these high waters are expected to remain through the weekend, all this comes just two years after hurricane matthew left much of lumberton and surrounding robinson county under water tugger what many thought at the time was a flood so big it would only happen once in 500 years and just two years later residents still recovering from matthew are now looking at something potentially even bigger, prolong rains

on fox and friends. aat is really how he became conservative personality before the 2016 presidential campaign. not through holding office, not through pushing certain policies , but through his appearances and conservative media. primary got underway, he highlighted conservative media to the gop. explained, this is a phenomenon of this year's election. you do not win iowa in iowa, you win it on fox news. return ofst the pollard -- of partisan politics and partisan media. that we are side by side with the media so committed to some form of the practice of objectivity. this is a really mixed landscape. from one site to have an overtly ideological medium. on the other side you have a media that is grappling with how to be objective and practice. whatmodel perception of the media are, and what they should be, and what their values are has helped fuel a new era of criticism of the way that journalists cover presidents and campaigns. least as that is as at exciting as it was in jefferson's day. journalists co

"fox and friends first" continues right now. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. jillian: let's get to our top story on what some are calling the storm of a lifetime. the storm downgraded to a category 2 overnight, 110 mile an hour winds and waves reaching 83 feet, experts can't stress enough the storm could be deadly. rob: we got you covered on every angle, todd pyro, jonathan siri, griff jenkins monitoring conditions on the ground. jillian: we start with janice dean. downgraded to a category 2 but still very strong storm. >> i worry that because of a category 2 people will let their guard down but the national hurricane center is saying don't, we still have a very dangerous storm surge and epic flooding on the way is the storm is expected to stall. folks across the northeast, hurricane sandy, that was a category one when it made landfall and did destructive damage, part of the reason was because of its size and the storm surge and the rainfall. just because it is a category 2 it is 1 mil

that wraps up this hour of "fox and friends first," thanks for joining us, a busy day, "fox and friends first" continues right now. jillian: it is thursday, september 27th, fox news alert, credible claim or a case of mistaken identity? stunning new admissions surfacing overnight turning the supreme court confirmation battle upside down. rob: how will brett kavanaugh and his accuser respond to latebreaking bombshells? we are live on capitol hill. a moment of reckoning for rod rosenstein who is set to meet with donald trump today. jillian: it is not the president who wants him out of a job. the lavish lifestyle bill cosby will be given behind bars. rob: the advice o.j. simpson has for the now disgraced comedian. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ danger zone ♪ rob: love this song, great song. the senate hearing at 10:00 :00 am today. jillian: i feel this is one of those days everybody is glued to their tv all day long. rob: it will be a long day. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. shannon: let's get to a fox news alert. and 11th our stunner t

fox is now predominantly owned by disney. and this is a knockout blow which will see comcast win this very big battle. now comcast are the biggest paid tv provider in the us, their market has been dwindling, they want to expand into other markets, they are up against netflix, etc, so this gets them 23 million subscribers in a stroke. they have ended up paying up a lot for it, £17.28. they were at £111.75, they had closed bidding, they had to put their offers in an envelope and go through three different rounds of bidding. they have done enough to win this, his will be a disappointment to fox disney who, remember rupert murdoch, owner of 21st century, sorry, it is quite complicated, he wanted to sell it to disney, he would have liked to have done that, including 39% of sky, and indeed all of sky. will sky viewers notice an enormous difference? probably not immediately. but we don't know what comcast‘s plans are for charging, what fees they will charge. they also are keen to get hold of premiership football, which sky has t

fox news exclusive. more text messages between peter stzrok and lisa page revealing others were leaking like mad. the exchange from 2016 indicates other government officials were leaking about the russia probe a month after the presidential election. one text said leaking like a mad, scorn and worried politicals kicking into overdrive, two former fbi agent someone who work directly with stzrok said the word sisters refers to the cia. we don't know. alleged media leaks strategy to is trove of new brett kavanaugh document, much to discuss, chief assistant us attorney andrew mccarthy. welcome to fox news at night. i want to start with these textss because this is a period where all this has been going on for months, the president has won the election, yet to be sworn in yet. what do you make of these conversations and possibility these folks are considering they may have to explain this at some point? >> it is very important that you put the conversations in context. in december 2016, the investigation of t

tom fay car, ktvu fox 2 news -- tom vacar ktvu fox 2 news. >>> chb out in the final hours of labor day weekend. all available chp officers are patrolling state i was looking out for distracted and reckless drivers, this is part of a two state crackdown, chp is teaming up with nevada highway patrol for what is being called the i- 80 challenge, officers have an important message for anyone driving on hundreds of miles of dizzy i-80 during the holiday weekend. >> don't drink, don't drive, don't drive distracted, have a plan, hold yourself responsible for the safety of yourself and your loved ones and your community members. if you do not hold yourselves responsible, we will do that for you. >> just last month the chp motorcycle officer was killed along i-80 in fairfield. a few days later, free -- a few people were hurt when a crew on caltrans was working along the same stretch of highway, both crashes involved distracted drivers. >>> more than 140,000 active and retired u.s. service members are claiming that exposure from toxins due to burn pits and them sick. some military bases in the m

. >> fox news doug mckelway tells us the white house is prepared for the delay in moving forward with the confirmation vote. >> judge kavanaugh is one of the finest people i have ever known. i wish the democrats could have done this sooner because they have had this for many months. they should not have waited for literally the last days. >> she should not be ignored or assaulted. she should be heard, but so should he. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh saying he's willing to appear before the senate judiciary committee to defend himself against allegations of sexual assault. christine blasey ford says that kavanaugh, who was 17 at the time, put his hand over her mouth when she tried to scream. >> she clearly considers this rape. she believes if it were not for the severe intoxication of brett kavanaugh, she would have been raped. >> reporter: kavanaugh says quote, this is a completely false allegation. i have never done anything like what the accuser describes to her or to anyone. some are calling the recent allegations a political stunt, aimed at preventing kavanaugh from being confirmed

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you are watching "fox and friends first," a new show on the fox news channel of the day. let's get to the fox news alert, fake news when you were sleeping, donald trump raising north korea for the rogue nation recommitting to denuclearization. the president tweeting kim jong un allows nuclear inspection subject to final negotiations to permanently dismantle a test site and launchpad in the presence of international experts. there will be no rocker nuclear testing. in the meantime there will be no rockets or nuclear testing. he remains to continue being -- the 2032 olympics, very exciting. all of the agreed to overnight during day 2, following these meetings between kim and south korean president moon and much more on this coming up. a massive manhunt underway for an illegal immigrants accused of killing a mother of 5. police finding martha's body near a road in dallas, texas. investigators believe albert's boyfriend, an illegal immigrant, ernesto hernandez, killed her and escaped to mexico. her daughter left to care for her four younger siblings. >> i never expected this.

it's going to be a big "fox news sunday." check your local fox station and the tv listings for the time that it runs in your area. secretary pompeo says a second meeting between president trump and north korean dictator kim jong-un is possible. he tells fox news the two sides still have work to do before the leaders could meet. suit korean president moon just met with kim for three days in pyongyang. moon said the dictator wants to meet with president trump again. the south korean leader says he will deliver a private message from kim to president trump next week at the united nations general assembly in new york. president trump and kim met face to face in june in singapore. the north korean leader pledged to denuclearizing his country. rich edson is live at the state department right now. rich? >> john, progress between the united states and north korea is so, so slow that last month secretary of state mike pompeo cancelled what would have been his fourth trip to pyongyang citing a lack of progress from north korea. now he

ktvu fox 2 news at 5:00 is up next after the break. have a good one. >>> a major disaster in the carolinas with ongoing devastation in the aftermath of hurricane florence. today the president paid a visit and promised federal help. good evening. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. at least 37 people are dead across the region. most of them due to flooding. in north carolina 13 rivers are at major flood stage 200,000 people are without power five days after the storm made landfall, and7800 are in shelters. ray bogan is live in raleigh where president trump promised federal help to those in need. >> reporter: good evening. we're coming to you tonight from the joint force headquarters which is home both to the emergency management operations and the north carolina national guard. it's also where governor roy cooper gives his media updates. it's been a beautiful last couple of days here in north carolina. but that is not what it's really like out there. there's still over 100,000 people who don't have power and there are still b

this is a fox news alert. much of the southeast and mid-atlantic coast preparing for what could be a monster form. -- storm. hurricane florence turned into a category-4 storm bringing 140 miles per hour winds to a wide stretch of the eastern u.s. where it's going remains a mystery tonight. the government is urging anyone close to be ready. >> lines of communication remain open and the federal government stands ready to assist. these tropical storms and hurricanes are dangerous. heed the warnings of state and local officials who provide the best on ground information. >> bret: president trump tweeted words of warning: let's find out where florence is right now and where it's headed. our fox news meteorologist and the weather center are ready in new york. >> it's a rapidly intensifying storm. we are looking at the center of circulation right there. winds up to 140 miles per hour. category-4 storm. when we woke up only a cat-2. that category-4 status will stick with it as it goes to the coast. our current track.

live at palo alto city hall, jesse gary, ktvu fox news. now over to you. >> jesse thanks for that. >>> i believe christine ford. >> there were other rallies in the bay area today in support of dr. ford a group called refuse fascism the area held a colorful demonstration in downtown san francisco calling the senate to block the confirmation of kavanaughch they blasted the trump administration saying they are moving the country in a fastist direction and in oakland the group there should be an investigation. kavanaugh is trying to get a position that is a lifetime appointment. h in 2 or 3 days is just really awful. >> organizers in on a huge 50 foot banner which served as a centerpiece of their demonstration. >>> white heal hearing was going on in washington -- while the hearing was going on in washington, students at u.c. berkely showed support for survivors of sexual assault. >> they said they kept up with the testimony and know it could possibly trigger an experience for some. ktvu christina rendon is live with more. >> reporter: even a s

fox and disney are selling their sta ke fox and disney are selling their stake in sky. the end of an era. rupert murdoch, 30 years ago, did the first pay—tv business in britain and revisionist tv, not only in britain but throughout europe eventually and possibly the world in terms of paying for sports rights and movie rights, the whole pay—tv, any business model. something you miss in the teeth of the battle, rupert murdoch was pulled back to america so what rights is going to buy in america, how will he rebuild at the age of 86 a new film business, a rival to netflix and amazon? tectonic plates are moving, and amazing three—way battle, and now rupert murdoch selling out at sky his own baby. it's interesting because we are all talking about what comcast would mean but some a nalysts what comcast would mean but some analysts have said, rupert murdoch is taking back siege commies in his mid—80s... and is taking back siege commies in his mid—80s. .. and i is taking back siege commies in his mid—80s... and i thought, i don‘t think so at all. star india has gon