THERE YOU GO.
NEIL: PROBABLY A GOOD THING TO
MUCH, MY FRIEND, JEFF FLOCK.
>>> MEANTIME DONALD TRUMP AND
ELON MUSK, WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN
COMMON?
IF THEY HAVE PRESSURE OR
PROBLEMS FROM WITHIN THEIR
RESPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS, ONE OF
COURSE IS THE WHITE HOUSE AND
THE OTHER IS A ELECTRIC CAR
COMPANY BUT AGAIN ISSUES CHARLIE
GASPARINO IS GETTING INTO WITH
ELON MUSK.
WHERE HE STANDS WITH AN ON GOING
INVESTIGATION.
>> SEC INVESTIGATION INTO HIS
TWEET, FUNDING SECURED, FOR
PRIVATIZATION.
ALSO PAST STATEMENTS THAT HE
MADE THAT THE COMPANY MADE ABOUT
THE PRODUCTION SCHEDULE OF THE
NEIL: RIGHT.
>> AND WE'RE GETTING THIS FROM
THING IS NOT DONE.
AND IN THE END INTERVIEW MUSK.
COMMISSION, THEIR ENFORCEMENT,
THEY'RE SAYING INQUIRY IS LIKELY
TO BE SETTLED.
THAT THE SEC DOES NOT
APPARENTLY, IS SIGNALING IN SOME
WAY RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT LOOKING
FOR SOME SORT OF PROTRACTED
LEGAL THING, A LA, WHAT THEY
WENT THROUGH WITH MARK CUBAN.
MARK CUBAN ACTUALLY CONTESTED
SOMETHING WITH THEM AND WENT TO
COURT, TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE
COURT JUDGE.
THEY'RE LOOKING SOMEHOW TO REACH
A SETTLEMENT WITH HIM.
THINKING I'M GETTING FROM PEOPLE
CLOSE TO THE INQUIRY, YOU KNOW,
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BAN HIM
FOREVER.
THEY WILL REACH SOME COMMON
GOAL.
NEIL: BAN HIM FROM THE COMPANY?
>> WHERE THEY REACH, THAT IS MY
I COULD JUST TELL YOU THAT LOOKS
LIKE THEY WILL REACH A DEAL,
WHERE YOU SETTLE THE CASE.
NEITHER SIDE, THE STAR GET,
MEANING MUSK AND TESLA, NEITHER
ADMITS OR DENIES WRONGDOING,
MOVING ON.
YOU GET A POUND OF FLESH, YOU
GET SOMETHING.
THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AS OF
NOW.
IT DOESN'T, THE SEC IS, FROM
WHAT I UNDERSTAND, LOATHE TO
HAVE THIS GO TO COURT WHERE THEY
MIGHT HAVE HAVE TO ROLL THE DICE
BEFORE A JUDGE.
MARK CUBAN GOT HIT WITH INSIDER
TRADING VIOLATION.
HE CONTESTED THE COURT CASE AND
HE WON.
OKAY?
IT WAS NOT A CLEAR-CUT CASE.
DOCUMENTS AND EVERYTHING, BUT
FROM WHAT I'M HEARING AS OF NOW,
MONTHS AWAY, OR MAYBE LONGER,
THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING
SETTLEMENT AS OPPOSED TO --
NEIL: HOW IS HIS BOARD DOING
MURDOCH IS ON THE BOARD.
LISTEN, THE BOARD IS UNDER A
DEGREE OF PRESSURE THIS WAY.
HE HAD BEEN PUTTING OUT SORT OF
MARGINALLY, MARGINAL STATEMENTS
OR CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS
ABOUT THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTION
FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, I THINK IF
THE SEC DOES ITS DUE DILIGENCE,
IT WILL ASK THE BOARD, WHY DID
YOU STEP IN, WHEN HE WAS SAYING
THAT THE TESLA MODEL 3 WOULD DO
X AND DIDN'T MEET THAT TARGET.
NEIL: EVEN ON THE PRIVATE
FUNDING ISSUE.
HE DIDN'T BOUNCE THAT OFF THE
BOARD.
THEY HAVE NOT, TO YOUR POINT, AS
WE'VE SEEN, REMEMBER THE PAPA
JOHN'S THING, HE WAS FORCED OUT
THEN THE ARROWS WERE OUT BUT
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT, SO
FAR.
>> DON'T SEE IT SO FAR BECAUSE
YOU NEVER KNOW.
THIS GUY GOES OFF ON TWITTER.
HE RECENTLY HAD AN EMAIL
EXCHANGE WITH BUZZFEED OVER THAT
CAVE DIVER.
NEIL: I KNOW.
NEIL: I'M GLAD YOU DON'T.
>> GOOGLE IT.
NEIL: REAL QUICKLY ON THE
>> I THINK, THAT NUMBER WAS
FLOATED BY CNBC, MAY BE TRUE,
MAY NOT.
MY SOURCES ARE TELLING ME IT'S
FLUID.
HE PROBABLY WANTS MORE.
THE REAL CRUX OF THE STORY IS
THIS.
CBS BOARD AS WE EXCLUSIVELY
REPORTED HIRED AN EXECUTIVE
SEARCH FIRM WEEKS AGO, LOOKING
FOR POTENTIAL OR AT LEAST
CONSULTED WITH EXECUTIVE SEARCH
FIRM WEEKS AGO TO TALK ABOUT A
REPLACEMENT FOR MOONVES.
THAT MAKES YOU THINK JOE
IANNIELLO IS NOMINAL NUMBER TWO,
THEFY WILL BE INTERIM FROM WHAT
WE UNDERSTAND, MAY NOT BE THE
LONG-TERM CEO.
THEY MAY GO FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
MORE THAN PEOPLE INTERNALLY.
NEIL: BUT SAFE TO SAY HE IS
GONE?
>> MOONVES IS DONE.
IMMINENTLY TOAST BY EVERYTHING I
HAVE SAID.
THE REAL QUESTION IS THIS AND
HERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE
EXCLUSIVELY REPORTED EARLY ON
FOX, AS PART OF THIS DEPARTURE
PACKAGE WITH THE CBS BOARD,
SHAREHOLDER FOR NATIONAL
AMUSEMENTS TO GET RESTRICTIONS
ON HER WHAT SHE CAN DO WITH CBS.
THEY WANT TO PREVENT HER
ESSENTIALLY MERGING VIACOM WITH
CBS.
THEY ALSO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND
WANT TO SELL MOONVES TO ANOTHER
PLAYER.
NEIL: WHICH IS WHAT MOONVES --
HE WINS EVEN IF HE GOES OUT?
>> IF HE GETS STOCK, WHICH A LOT
SO YOU KNOW, NEIL, THAT THAT ISA
SO YOU KNOW, NEIL, THAT THAT ISK
SO YOU KNOW, NEIL, THAT THAT ISY
THING.
IF SHARI REDSTONE CANNOT STEP
WHOMEVER, IF AT&T CAN -- I JUST
THROUGHTHREW THE NAME OUT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY EMERSED IN THE
TIME WARNER BUSINESS CHALLENGED
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WE
SPEAK.
THAT IS THEIR GAMEPLAN, TO KEEP
HER AWAY FROM THE COMPANY, IN
THE SENSE SOMEWHAT ON THEIR OWN
AND SELL IT.