Critics and Alex Rodriguez plan to fight the yearlong suspension in federal court. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Foreign dignitaries from around the world are in israel today to say farewell to ariel sharon, and the Controversial Military leader passed away saturday at the age of 85 after 8 years in a coma and honored earlier today in jerusalem during a state ceremony outside the Israeli Parliament. The memorial was attended by current israeli Prime Minister netanyahu, a one time foe of sharon and joe biden on hand calling sharon a complex man who put his country first. Ariel sharon was not only loved by the jewish people and he not only loved them as the jewish people but he loved the land of israel. Reporter sharons body will then begin a procession from jerusalem to his ranch in southern israel and casket accompanied by 8 Defense Force general and at 7 00 eastern time, under an hour from now sharon will be buried in a military military setting and
Shinki in today. Im literally convinced of that. I will have spent 16 years in congress and i continue to be disappointed every day at the lack of foresight, the lack of judgment, the lack of longterm thinking and the lack of critical decisionmaking that occurs. Senior officials from comcast and Time Warner Cable were asked about the effect their proposed merger could have on cable and broadband consumers. The proposed 45 billiondollar deal needs to be approved by the federal Communications Commission and the Justice Departments antitrust division. Senator Patrick Leahy chairs the Senate Judiciary committee. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible] all took the oath. And i welcome everybody here. Im going to be the chair and Ranking Member of the committee with jurisdiction was senator klobuchar in senator lee taking over the hearing at some point during the morning and i appreciate the work both of them have done in getting us here. The original business that cable industry d
Issues of personal data so that needs to be worked out. I do want to followup and the chairman is generous with time that we are deeply concerned about privacy with lawabiding american with the right to privacy. Texans are passionate how do you do that . How is it in this era of the internet with the cellphone how should day approach this problem to attack protect the lawabiding citizens is to identify those like hassan did to talk to the site go overseas . Why cant they do to help you do your job to protect the privacy rights when they use their cell phones . This is so ubiquitous as a quick side story that the cell phone is so ubiquitous i have to see my wife she sobbed that neither she used to resent all the autograph seekers and she said for the first time in my life i walked past the long line and most of them never looked at me and they were all doing this. The ones that did spot her appointed a selfie. How do we protect our privacy but still allow to spot with the psycho communi
Associations whose members serve subscribers in small rural markets. Prior to joining the association, he was Vice President and general counsel for star cable so see its. Associates. He received his jd from pacific Pittsburgh University school of law. He was recipient of the law schools most distinguished graduate award. Welcome. Our next waste this witness of columbia law school. He is a law professor where his Research Examines the balance between innovation and competition set i antitrust law, it intellectual property, and other forms of regulation. From 20112012, he served as chief of the antitrust bureau in the office of new York State Attorney general. Before joining columbias faculty, he served as a law clerk. On the u. S. Court of appeals for the seventh circuit. And to Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Harvard College in the heart London School of economics. He studied as a fulbright scholar. We welcome you, professor. Our next witness was mr. Alan, an
Largest Cable Companies in the country, presents unique issues. From my perspective, while the Companies Service areas dont overlap, this cant not be our only focus of our discussion today. The combined company would control about 30 of the Pay Television market and 40 of the wire line broadband market with some estimates putting it at 50 . Its size and scope would give it the power to affect prices, service, and content offerings throughout the industry. And the future of online video competition. There are a number of critical questions that we need to ask. First, whats in this merger for consumers . Comcast has already said theyre not promising that their consumers will pay less or that their bills wont increase less quickly. What benefits do consumers stand to gain that they would not have gained without the merger . And do they outweigh the potential harms that could result if the merger is approved . This merger is also revoont for consumers who are outside of comcast and Time Wa