TRISH: A SHOCKING EXIT AND A
MEGA-MERGER -- STOP IT.
ALLOWING CBS TO TURN ITS EYE TO
THE FUTURE.
GUESS WHO'S HERE ON SET.
IF YOU WERE WATCHING "COUNTDOWN"
GASPARINO WAS BREAKING THEM ALL.
HE'S BACK WITH THE BIRD.
HOW'S IT GOING, CHARLIE?
>> PEOPLE THINK I'M HIGH.
IT'S NOT JUST ME SMOKING, DOING
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.
TRISH: YOU WERE ALL OVER THIS.
I HAVE HAVE COMPLIMENT YOU.
I WATCHED YOU ALL WEEKEND ON THE
NEWS CHANNEL.
YOU ROCKED IT ON THE MOONVES
NEWS.
YOU HAD EVERYTHING.
>> PARTICULARLY THE COMPENSATION
PACKAGE.
THAT'S KEY HERE.
BY THE WAY, THEY FINALIZED IT.
IF YOU GO TO THE S.E.C. WEBSITE,
YOU CAN GET THE 8K WHICH LAYS
OUT THE DETAILS.
THINGS WE REPORTED YESTERDAY,
IT'S FASCINATING.
LES MOONVES CAN GET UP TO $120
MILLION IN CASH, NOT THE $100
IS NOT WHAT ANYBODY ELSE
REPORTED, WE WERE FIRST TO
REPORT THIS, CONTINGENT ON THE
OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THIS ALLEGED SEXUAL
HE REALLY DID THOSE BAD THINGS,
THEY DON'T REALLY SPECIFY.
THEY MAY THROW HIM A FEW BUCKS.
IF THEY EXONERATE HIM, HE GETS
THE MONEY, HE GETS A DRIVER, HE
GETS SECURITY AND BECOMES AN
ADVISER FOR TWO YEARS.
NOW, IF YOU ARE GAME PLANNING
THIS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO THINK
GIVEN RONAN FARROW'S REPORTING
THAT THE BOARD IS UNDER
CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE NOT TO
GIVE HIM THAT MUCH OF THAT.
I WOULD SAY THIS.
HERE'S THE OTHER THING THAT'S
REALLY INTERESTING.
THE REASON I WAS ABLE TO BREAK
THIS STORY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IS
BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH A BOARD
MEMBER AND SAID WHAT DO YOU
TO FIGURE THIS OUT WITH MOONVES.
HE SAID IF HE WERE ON THE BOARD,
HE WOULD STIFF MOONVES, MEANING
DON'T GIVE HIM ANYTHING, LET HIM
SUE YOU FOR THE MONEY OR BRING
IT TO ARBITRATION, BECAUSE IF
YOU DO CUT HIM THAT CHECK, HE
WAS DUBIOUS ON THE $100 MILLION,
GOING TO OPEN YOURSELF UP TO
TREMENDOUS LAWSUITS SO IF YOU
DON'T CUT HIM THE CHECK, GUESS
WHAT HAPPENS?
THE LAWSUITS MIGHT GO AWAY AND
ON TOP OF THAT, IF HE WANTS TO
SUE YOU, YOU ARE KIND OF CLEARED
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ABLE TO ASK THE
QUESTION.
IT JUST STUCK IN MY MIND AND WE
WERE ABLE TO BIRD DOG THIS OVER
THE WEEKEND AND NAIL IT.
THAT'S ONE STORY.
THE OTHER STORY OBVIOUSLY, I
WANT TO BE REAL QUICK, CBS, WHO
THEY ARE GOING TO SELL TO.
AS WE REPORTED, THERE'S A
STAND-STILL AGREEMENT, SHERRI
REDSTONE, CAN THEY FORCE A
MERGER BETWEEN CBS AND VIACOM,
CBS WILL TRY TO SELL ITSELF.
TRISH: YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE
REALLY QUICK.
>> THE STORY THAT BROKE TODAY
ABOUT WALL STREET FIRMS MEETING
WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT CALLED
FOR THIS MEETING AS A WAY TO
BASICALLY GO AROUND DONALD TRUMP
AND TRY TO GET THESE WALL STREET
FIRMS ESSENTIALLY TO BECOME
CHEERLEADERS AND MAYBE STOP THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ENACTING
A TRADE WAR.
NOW, WHY FOCUS ON WALL STREET.
THEY ALL HAVE HUGE BUSINESS OVER
WE UNDERSTAND THIS WILL BE THE
FIRST, I THINK IT'S ON SEPTEMBER
16th, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL
MEETINGS WE COVER WITH THIS
GROUP OF WALL STREET FIRMS,
BLACKSTONE, JPMORGAN, THE TOP
FIRMS, AND CHINESE GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.
THE CEO OF JPMORGAN CHASE.
CONFLICT AND THEY WILL SEND TWO
OTHER SENIOR EXECUTIVES.
IF I KNOW JAMIE, HE UNDERSTANDS
TRISH: LOT OF BREAKING NEWS, AND
THE BIRD HAS MADE AN APPEARANCE
ONCE AGAIN.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS SOME KIND OF