Better ability to access large amounts of cash needed. However, this raises issues of market power and the possibility for abuse of a firms dominant competitive position. These are issues that are appropriate for consideration in a hearing like this. For the most part, the companies before us today engage in very different businesses. At t is primarily a provider of services. Internet directv is exclusively a Video Service provider. Begun to offerly a Video Service which is referred to as universe, which is a competitor in various parts of the country. In addition to its Video Service company, it has a few Sports Networks in the pittsburgh, denver, and seattle areas. Todays hearing will examine how the proposed merger may impact the future of universe and its ability provoke to provide services to consumers during the merger. Ill also examine submittedirectv have a paper arguing the merger will allow the combined company to offer a bundled product that will and hence Consumer Choice i
Massachusetts Law Enforcement officials will continue to use every legal tool available to ensure the safety and the privacy of women and clinic staff. Today is an historic day. Unfortunately, it is one that our country should not be proud of. And i yield back friday, constitutional law discuss the major cases, including campaign finance, cell phone searches, and president ial recess appointment powers. Live coverage at 9 30 a. M. Eastern. To matt president obama talks about jobs and the economy at a town hall meeting in minnesota. After that, treasury secretary jack lew announces the expansion of federal housing around. On the next washington journal, a look at the legalization of marijuana in colorado. Here is a look. Here at medicine man on the recreational side of this sort, a lot products or sale and the people who help them through the process are called budtenders. Tell us a little bit about the role that you play here. I help patients in the direction i help guests come in and
Reported in 1965, every time it is played, Aretha Franklin doesnt receive a thing. She would be paid if she were a songwriter. Girl recorded by the temptations, they dont receive a dime of compensation from pandora every time this popular song is played. If youre talking my payment to the record label, that is great. If they are a songwriter they will be paid. A change is going to come, stop in the name of love, the failure to pay recording artists of pre1972 recordings is not a fair business practice, and in the context of the overall discussion, it is a problem that should be voluntarily resolved, but if it is not, congress should act. Let me turn to sirius xm. I believe you do not pay performers you are in litigation, i trying ton california prevent litigation under california state law, right . There is no Public Performance under state law either. I believe that you stated your company granting a pre1972 Public Performance right would produce a pure windfall to recording artists w
Coming weeks. Center Chuck Schumer is a democratic senator from new york. And on the finance committee. He said recently that it is iffy that there will be a deal done to divert the Highway Trust Fund to find the revenue to patch that hole. What is your view on the prospect that there will be an agreement before the middle of july when this really get to a head . I think they are better than but it is tough. There are not a lot of ways to find offsets for Highway Trust Fund spending. Indeal with this sometime july. We may push it into early august. It is coming. It is a crisis. It always seems it has to be a real crisis before you fine the critical impetus to get something done. Highs will ask on an extension, perhaps we will see it before the senate. We are scheduled later today for a lease starting the markup of a solution that will come out of the senate. Hard finding an agreement. I think we can do that. There are things that have been proposed by democrats and republicans. Usually
The phone line among democrats, republicans, and independents. We also have a line set aside for those of you who are currently out of work. The question, what is the best way to create jobs . Join the conversation on facebook. Already many of you waiting in. Send us an email or send us a tweet. Good sunday morning to you. We will get to your calls and comments on the economy and job creation and just a moment in just a moment. Terror suspect arriving in washington, d. C. , pleading not guilty, saying through an interpreter that he understood everything that was going on and that he would tell the truth. His public defender is michelle peterson, who told the magistrate judge that her client of not guilty of the charge conspiracy to provide Material Support on which a federal grand jury indicted him of on thursday. 10 minutes after it began, it is all over. Flanked on each side, he walked less than one dozen steps to a wooden door that was opened for him. The suspect was led out of the