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Hollywood and media. A monster deal reverberating through hollywood and silicon valley, too. The deal david has been reporting has been announced disney is buying the majority of 21st century fox for more than 52 billion in stock david broke the news seems an eternity ago and is with us at post 9, having talked to eiger this morning we did. November 6th we broke the story. People still trying to get their head around it, but here we are with the deal itself a little more than a month later. Some...

Nicery. Were on top of that decision shortly here that could be others are saying consumers it could cut a number of different ways. Were on top of that. Were on top after market rally that knows no bounds. It would be 69th record of the year, go back to bill clinton president , 1995, for the most records achieved in single calendar year. A lot depends on tax reform getting done. Speaker paul ryan, a lot of that depends on my friends in the United States senate. Take a look. It is all about timi...

Hedge Fund Managers to keep the ultralow tax rate. It is called carried interest. Really a nice pay much less than you. Forgive me if i call it a racket. We reported these tax details yesterday the market rally at the value of all stocks have gone up 623 trillion since the election. As things move forward today, stocks inching higher again with just 414 points from dow 25,000. I will say it again, ive never seen anything like this before. We have seen Government Shutdowns before and another one ...

Aerkst prompting the retailer to turn its focus online. Shakeup in the skies. The airbus ceo, tom enders, announces his exit with the coo stepping down as well from troubled planemaker. And President Trump says the disney fox deal will be a great thing for jobs as ceo bob iger tells cnbc its a consumerfriendly tieup. Theres risk associated, whether you look at the price or the regulatory side or whether you look at the complexity of integrating companies this size. That risk was well worth takin...

All thanks to what else . Bitcoin. They explain why they took a chance on cryptocurrency. First, to our lead. Net neutrality is no more. The fcc voted to repeal the obama era internet protections designed to keep broadband providers from favoring content. The republican Member Commission voted 32 to end the protections known as Net Neutrality. The vote came amid intense protests online and in person from defenders of the rules, who say this will create haves band havenots when it comes to access...

South korean official says north korea has agreed to hold high level talks with its officials next tuesday. Its their first form l al dialogue in more than two years to find ways to Work Together on the upcoming Winter Olympics in south korea. The announcement came hours after the United States has agreed to delay joint military exercises with south korean a until after the olympics. Now, to the weather, the massive coastal storm that dumped up to a foot of snow along the eastern see beard has l...

With me, stephen sackur. This city and los angeles are the twin capitals of americas giant movie, media and entertainment business. A business that has been rocked by allegations of systemic sexism, misogyny and abusive behaviour. My guest today is ashleyjudd, the actor and activist, and one of the first women to go public with her accusations about the mega producer, Harvey Weinstein. What began with voices of anger and pain has become a movement, demanding radical change. How far can it go . T...

Conference continuing through most of the day today. If you missed any of what Vice President pence had to say, you will be able to watch it on cspan. Org. The search bar on our home page. We will also reair his remarks tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan. Coming up next, live coverage of the John Batchelor Radio Program from the stage. Later, we will have conversations with senator ted cruz, education secretary betsy devos, and labor secretary alex acosta. Trumps sonsident eric trump to read tomor...

Secondary sanctions on foreign entities doing businesses with entities remain listed with terrorism and human rights issues. The problem is the laudable positions have not been made public and they are only effective if they are aggressively publicized and equally enforced. The fact is as u. S. Officials will concede in private conversations that the administration suffers from a trust deficit. Whether one believes this is deserved or not. It is there. And the fact is that not only are none of t...

Economy. He has already instituted proposals and rules that would benefit public safety. I hope mr. Pai will also continue to hold the f. C. C. To the highest standards of transparency. His decision to make proposals and orders accessible to the public prior to the commissions vote on them was a positive action. The f. C. C. Will continue to be in good hands with mr. Pai as chairman, and when the senate votes later on today to move this nomion along, i urge my colleagues to vot yes and eventuall...