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That character and the way he sustained it and the way he grew, i just think hes absolutely brilliant. >> senator franken, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. by the way, were going to keep trying to book brian roberts or david cohen from comcast. wed love to have them here to talk about the merger. coming up, another big controversy on abc. when should a political person be able to attend a fundraiser? we will dig more into that, next. cmon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food s...

Comcast/nbc deal, went over to work a high-paying job at comcast. i just dont like that. >> the money specifically, do you think it influences your colleagues on capitol hill? >> you know, i think comcast does give money to people who support them, not necessarily to buy their support, but -- yeah, i really dont like the role of money in politics, and i think its gotten worse and worse and worse. i think citizens united was a very disturbing pernicious ruling. i think this latest mccutcheon ruli...

This case, which senators on this committee got what from comcast. and we found out that every one of the 18 members of the committee has gotten cash donations from comcast at some point in the last decade, every one of them. like orren hatch, the governor of utah. heres what he had to say. >> i know some of my friends here have never met a merger they liked. too often government intervention in such matters risks harming consumer warfare by protecting competitors from market forces. >> senator ...

Did, more than any senator on the committee, $54,000 in the last decade. but he wasnt at the hearing on wednesday. another democrat, patrick leahy from vermont received $52,500 in the last decade. he brought up questions but he did not openly propose the merger. some of the toughest questions on wednesday came from those who received the least amount of money from comcast. republican mike lee from utah has received only $17,500. hes still a freshman senator, but heres what he said on wednesday. ...

Front of my tuition seelevision. ill never get "war and peace" read. >> thank you for being with us. >> you make it painless. thats great. >> you dont have to flatter me anymore, i already did your interview. >> okay, i take it back. >> im going to regain my composure after the dick cavett interview over the break. i think youll be shocked at how much money is being spent over this proposed comcast/time warner merger. you may ask, if they have this much money, where is the cable guy when you nee...

Mega merger between comcast and time warner cable make that service any better? a lot of consumer groups say no. and they showed up on wednesday on capitol hill to watch company executives face off against the senate judiciary committee. there were a lot of tough questions to ask about this proposed merger, so you might have expected a lot of fireworks at the hearing. it turns out not so much. it was actually quite a snooze. why is that? is that because of the vast sums of money comcast spreads ...

Most of the country has only one choice in broadband, and another 40% has only two choices. thats 70% of people in america that have two or fewer choices in internet broadband. so if youre getting your tv from directv, you still got to get your internet somehow. and if you want to watch high -- you know, if you want to watch tv, you need high-speed internet. and thats comcast and a combination of comcast/time warner cable. >> do you see any way this merger would help consumers? are there positiv...