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The kinds of content providers or content streamers that we have to catch up. disney is saying its hurt our brand so much, were not going to stream on netflix anymore. now we realize were enemies. charlie, go ahead. >> thats why the antitrust concerns are bogus here. you can get content a lot of different ways. distribution of at&ts distribution system doesnt mean a lot. by the way, this deal does not make a lot of sense if they dont have the content. im telling you -- heres the scary thing abou...

It almost seems to incredible to believe. what do you think? >> i would believe it. ive done a ton of reporting on this. president trumps inner circle, various iterations, jared kushner, has spoken that this deal does not -- that should not go through with the content part of it staying, meaning cnn, hbo or the turner stuff. i will disagree with deidras analysis. lets be real clear here. theres not been a major telecom deal in a long time. theyre trying to figure it out. their stocks are up. >> ...

Counts. cnbcs nancy hole grave joins us live from london. what are regulators expected to do with this merger? >> well, as you suggested, it is a mega merger worth about $9.4 billion and regulators will have to look into this from retail perspective as you know, combining the second and third largest to make sure it complies with antitrust concerns. but theres some real big benefits here that walgreens sees, one of which taking on more competition from the likes of cvs and also fending off rival...

Illnesses, there is a case tanisha anderson they havent charged anybody in the case but one of the two cases, high profile cases that mayor frank jackson mentioned in this press conference the other one being tamir rice shot in november by an officer. the other important thing to mention, this will all have independent monitoring. this entire -- will have an independent monitor to oversee whether or not cleveland is doing a good job with this. >> scott newell thank you. charter communications is...

And take over nyse. >> neil: we already know they wont name is the german exchange just yet, but in reality an american constitution, a pretty treasured one, is going to be in foreign hands, right? >> youre right about that. you think about the cornerstone of american capitalism. i mean, when you have tourists that go to new york, where do they go? they go to the new york stock exchange. to say theyre not going to change the name is great, but realistically thats probably only short term. we hav...

Raises, like some of them may have merit like privacy and antitrust concerns. >> it would be like a company producing automobiles, providing oil, and building the highways. that company would basically control everything that happened in terms of transportation in the united states. we are in a similar situation today with the internet and google. >> reporter: others say google is just doing good business and uses the internet properly. the company has a list of privacy principles on its website...

>> not at all. well, a major deal is now off the table on wall street. the new york stock exchange has turned down an $11 billion bid from nasdaq to buy the company. the company says it will stick with a plan to be bought by a german exchange operator for about $10 billion. analysts say the nasdaq deal would have meant more people would lose their jobs. there were also, i should say, antitrust concerns. one of our favorite stories of the day. life is a beach, at least for this black bear. >>...

Requests. >> since 2009, the department of homeland security failed to comply with the foia deadlines in 100% of requests filed by epic. >> under further questioning, john verdi criticized vhs demand that the foia request identify themselves by name, location and party affiliation. >> i do not believe it to be lawful. >> despite the harsh criticism, chairman issa pointed out what he had seen as d.h.s.s flaw in overly politicized policies in tooia request have been rescinded and they are operatin...

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