September 18, 2025: Disney Execs to Meet Kimmel, CDC Panel Childhood Vaccine Edit, More

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
News when you wanted with Bloomberg News. Now, I'm Doug Chrisner.
Executives from Disney will be meeting with suspended talk show
host Jimmy Kimmel to discuss the future of his program.
It was on Wednesday, FCC chair Brendan Carr pressured the
company to take Kimmel's show off the ABCTV network.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Now.

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This decision came after Kimmel commented on the political leanings
of the man accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Earlier today, California Democratic Congressman Roe Conna weighed in on
Kimmel's suspension.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
This administration has initiated the largest assault on the First
Amendment and free speech in modern history. They're making comedy illegal.
Brendan Carr pressured ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, and Disney
canceled Jimmy Kimmel.

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That is California Democratic Congressman Rocanna speaking there.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
Now.

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We are told Disney would like to put the show
back on the air, but that will depend on finding
a path forward that satisfies Kimmel as well as his critics.
Now we are told the soonest return date being discussed
is September twenty second. Vaccine Advisors to HHS Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior, have voted to change the way immunizations are

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given to millions of US children each year. They say
that Merk's combination vaccine for measles and three other viruses
should not be given as one shot to children under
four because it creates the risk of seizures. Committee Chair
Martin Kooldorff defended the committee against critics who say it
leans toward anti vaccine views.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
Are currently experienced and heated anti uses about vaccines, and
I think question this am fast. Here's my advice on
the different scientific views on the first scientists who are
willing to engage with public to debate the scientists.

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With other views. Vaccine Advisory Committee Chair Mark and Koldorf,
speaking there now, in a statement, drugmaker Merk said the
decision poses significant risk to public health by undermining confidence
in vaccines and sowing confusion among parents and pediatricians. In
the words of President Trump regarding Vladimir Putin, he really

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let me down. That's in regard to the war in Ukraine,
Trump insisted allies must stop purchasing oil from Russia if
they want the US to further intervene and pressure the Kremlin.
William Taylor is former US Ambassador to Ukraine.

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I mean, it does sound like President Trump has figured
out that Putin is not there. Putin is the problem.
Puten is the one standing as an obstacle to what
President Trump has said for a long time. That's the
campaign he's gonna solve. He's gonna stop the killing. He's
been saying, he's gonna stop the killing. And Putin's the problem.

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That was William Taylor, former US Ambassador to Ukraine. Meantime,
the European Union is looking for ways to quickly phase
out imports of Russian liquefied natural gas, and separately, we
are being told there are plans for a potential meeting
between President Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski on the
sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next week.

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Security will be very high for that event. Here is
New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

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We'll have thousands of offices k nines deploy and we
will be protecting New Yorkers and visitors underground and our subways,
as well as on our streets surrounding the United Nations.

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Eric Adams there the mayor of New York City. After
the Bell FedEx reinstated its profit outlook for the full year.
More from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett.

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It's a sign the company is gaining some clarity on
the future of its business, even while the pressure from
tariffs is far from over. Peter McNally is head of
Global sector analysts at Third Bridge.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
They delivered a good quarter and this might be the
start of the payoff that investors have been waiting for
for years.

Speaker 6 (03:56):
The company expects revenue to grow by as much as
six percent this year, compared with a one point two
percent average gain forecast by analysts in New York Charlie Pellett, Bloomberg.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
Radio and in sports. Three times Cy Young Award winner
Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of the season.
That's according to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kershaw will make
his final regular season start at Dodgers Stadium on Friday
night against the San Francisco Giants. And that is news
when you want it with Bloomberg News. Now, I'm Doug Chrisner,

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