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You. i saw it live it was great. suzanne was there. suzanne is the first ceo of a television network. brian: number one network. is that real confetti? steve: absolutely. i left here at 8:30 yesterday. of the they didnt ring the bell until 9:30. we all had a chance to sit around for about an hour and just talk about what it was like in the very beginning because, you know, in the very beginning, nobody really knew if we were going to make it. ainsley: right. steve: ultimately, because we were no...

Comcast which owns nbc and a big cable provider. it would like to make a bid for rupert murd dock assets and dooirz is trying to buy the assetshe fox studio and within days comcast will go ahead now that it looked to the judges ruling and believes it has firm ground it will go ahead and bid for the fox assets and well probably see other consolidation, not just in media but in other industries. and that is why this is one of the most important moments for american business in many years. >> good ...

Headlines were following this hour. giving a major policy speech at gettysburg, pennsylvania, donald trump also made a point to vow that he plans to sue every woman who accused him of sexual misconduct. the republican presidential nominee made that remark at that speech that hes calling the women, all of them, liars. an 11th woman came forward saturday accusing mr. trump of kissing and hugging her in 2006 without permission. at&t agreed to buy time warner, the parent company of cnn. the mefrje...

Worst mergers of all-time. the u.s. republican presidential candidate donald trump had this to say about the at&t/time warner possible deal. >> as an example of the power structure im fighting, at&t is buying time warner and thus cnn, a deal we will not approve in my administration because its too much concentration of power in the hands of two -- additionally, comcasts purchase of nbc concentrates far too much power in one massive entity that is trying to tell the voters what to think and wha...

Its also a satellite tv distribut distributor. it has the directv satellite network. what at&t doesnt have is content, programming, entertainment and thats what its trying to gain through time warner. you think about what it has, cnn, this channel and a number of other valuable entertainment assets, like hbo, the warner brothers movie studio and cable channels like tnt and tbs and the cartoon network. at&t is buying all of those up at a cost of $85 billion. thats almost three times as large as t...

They never made money. they always lost money with it. now theyre making a fortune. i wonder why. >> you know, i ask -- >> we know. >> how are the primary debates traditionally done. none are over two hours over the last eight years. >> never. >> so this is going an extra mile. and you did see the fact that it was a joke on every late night show. three hours under the hot lights with a series of very difficult questions it 2 1/2 hours in just as hard as 15 minutes in, you see the guys like leani...

The united states and around the world. im george howell. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. a massive media merger is one step closer to becoming reality. the wireless provider at&t has reached a deal to buy time warner, also the parent company of cnn. next up to government regulators to sign off on that $85 billion merger. if approved, at&t would control entertainment leaders like hbo and warner brothers pictures. our senior media correspondent brian stelter has...