Fcc chairman tom wheeler commented. Joining us on the communicators this week to discuss this, craig aaron, who is president and ceo of free press, and former fcc commissioner rocket Mcdowell Robert mcdowell. Commissioner mcdowell, can the fcc put the kibosh on comcast Time Warner Cable mergersome. Guest oh, it could, absolutely. And the department of justice could try to do so as well. Sometime in the past when mergers have been proposed not necessarily at the announcement stage weve heard words such as unthinkable. They havent put the kibosh on it just yet, and the application, i dont think, has even been filed at the fcc. But, sure, as a matter of law, its ability, it could deny the merger if it wanted to. Host from what youve read about this, do you think the fcc should stop this merrier . Guest well, so, actually, i think the better question is will it. And i dont think it will. And, you know, im in a think tank now, the hudson institute, so i have in dog in the fight. So trying t
There are two types. One is what do we do with the 11 million illegles and maybe half of them are in the workforce illegal if we required them to leave the country, our economy would fall apart. I think we have making a mistake in the immigration area which i think in many respects could be the easiest thing we could do. That was just of the are remarks. You can watch the entire event at 8 p. M. Eastern. Coming up tonight, the communicat communicators looks at the comcast merger. And then Alan Greenspan and then we will talk about the minimum wage. Cspan created by americas Cable Company 35 years ago. Host and two big new items in the Telecom World the fist being comcast bid for Time Warner Cable and the second the open internet rules or net nutrality rules that fcc chairman tom wheeler comments on. Joining us this week is craig aaron who is president and ceo of free press and former fcc commissioner robert mcdowel. Commissioner mcdowel, can the fcc put the stops on the merger . Guest
That would be unthinkable. That has not happened yet. They have not let the kibosh on it yet. I do not think the paperwork has been filed. But they could deny the merger if they want to. I do you think the fcc should stop this merger . Will it . I do not think it well. I am at a think tank right now. I have no dog in this fight. I tried to look at this objectively, not as a commissioner. You do not have to keep calling me mission or by the way. Commissioner, by the way. It can be viewed as an opportunity to implement public all estate how policy. This happens frequently a big mergers. You have the Largest Cable Company buying the second Largest Cable Company. Comcast is the Largest Video distributor and one of the largest comcast asked content companies. Content companies. A big hurdle with them was the integration with the. Nbc. Comcast agreed to stringent conditions. Neutrality, the stringent the sharing of content. If you are sitting at the fcc, and you are in the wake of the Net Ne
Not this month. Home Builder Sentiment plunges as the unofficial start to the spring selling season gets under way. Is it a bad time for the Housing Market . We have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, february 18th. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Two big stories leading our broadcast tonight. One, disappointing earnings from cocacola after sales in north america lost some of their fizz last quarter. That sent the stock sharply lower. More on the troubles at coke in just a moment. The other big story tonight, a megamerger in pharmaceuticals. Irelandbased generic drugmaker activis agreed to by forrest labs for 25 billion in cash and stock. Come being t combining two of the fastestgrowing specialty drugmakers and possibly a harbinger of more in the health care industry. The ceo spoke today about the changing environment in the industry and the need to control costs. As our environment changes the pharmaceutical space changes, one of the things we know
Not this month. Home Builder Sentiment plunges as the unofficial start to the spring selling season gets under way. Is it a bad time for the Housing Market . We have all that and more tonight on nightly Business Report for tuesday, february 18th. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Two big stories leading our broadcast tonight. One, disappointing earnings from cocacola after sales in north america lost some of their fizz last quarter. That sent the stock sharply lower. More on the troubles at coke in just a moment. The other big story tonight, a megamerger in pharmaceuticals. Irelandbased generic drugmaker activis agreed to by forrest labs for 25 billion in cash and stock. Come being t combining two of the fastestgrowing specialty drugmakers and possibly a harbinger of more in the health care industry. The ceo spoke today about the changing environment in the industry and the need to control costs. As our environment changes the pharmaceutical space changes, one of the things we know