Extremely dissatisfied with it. Its also become an extremely wealthy community. Charlie we conclude this evening with josh sapan, the president and ceo of a. M. C. Networks. Think about walking dead, mad men and breaking bad. Those are all his programs. On the dramatic content side i think its probably fair to say that the sopranos was maybe the first show that put everybodys heads upsidedown and was surprising and was dramatic with an antihero. Mad men when we did it seven or eight years ago was also surprising because of the nature of the drama was unlikely and people were not as one thought they would be. We thought it was breaking bad. Then there was this proliferation of other dramas that were surprising. Today theres a whole abundance of them. I think one of the things that happened was that technology, including that which you spoke about netflix and v. O. D. , both on cable and via the internet met quality story telling. Charlie leibovich and sapan coming up. Funding for charli
Numbers look out as we kick off cybermonday. Which retailers crushed it and which ones were crushed . If you were keeping track, the dow added 421 points last week and bulls argue it could add even more if european leaders settle this dispute over greek aid. Well discuss the potential impact as they meet in brussels right now. A big day for analyst upgrades. Research in motion, facebook, yahoo well go over those and see why citi needs three analysts to initiate coverage of apple. Well begin with retail sales picture from this past weekend. 139 Million Consumers shopped during black friday weekend. Thats up from 132 million last year. Total spending up to 59. 1 billion to 54. 4 a year ago. Average Holiday Shopper spending 434 over the weekend. Sales on black friday fell 1. 8 from the same day a year ago setting the stage for today known as cybermonday. American shoppers will spend 1. 5 billion online today up from 1. 25 billion a year ago. The papers have it. Usa today retailers hail. J
Democracy. The question is, are we there yet . It seems like we have reached an Inflection Point about privacy. More people are concerned about the issue. We could see it covered in the press more. A computing factor was the petraeus affair about for which this event is case. It seems like in the case, the fbi did have warrant. The investigation made people realize that emails were not that private. Privacy advocates took advantage of that moment to put forth the concerns they had talked about for years. Two other things that happened over the last year, which have privacy at the Center Agenda one is the decision of the u. S. Supreme court in the jones case where the court found attaching a gps device to a car for tracking movement for months was not like following someone on the public highways. We have seen articles in the press about the eyes in the skies, Surveillance Drones hovering over cities that zoom from 20,000 feet to a sixinch object on the ground. These issues are part of
Way people communicate now which is more by email than by snail mail. Let me pick up on something you touched on which is the issue of secrecy and the secrecy surrounding government requests hrough isps and the isp efforts in promoting transparency. Perhaps you could talk about that. Thank you for having me here today. Transparency is something that is really important to us. We think the current debate is lacking good data about the volume and nature of government requests which we think would help inform the broader debate about updating. Theres no question that government has legitimate interests in this data and legitimate needs. We also think our users in the broader public could benefit from good data about the nature and types of requests we receive. The types of data that we respond that we return in response and how we push back is important. There is a percentage of times where we will not give any date in response to a government request. We released the first iteration of o
Opioid crisis that we have followed closely on this show. Well talk to the Washington Poe reporter on how Congress Weakened the ability to crack down on painkiller medicine. And now out this morning, what the dea has to say about it. And democrats divided. Were starting a new serious on the battle for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party with the number two in the dnc joining us live. Lots to get to over the next 60 minutes. But first, Kristen Welker at the white house. Well look ahead to the Cabinet Meeting and lunch between President Trump, the Vice President and Mitch Mcconnell. What does the Administration Hope to get out of this . Reporter its a busy monday. First for the Cabinet Meeting, President Trump likely to discuss a range of topics, everything from foreign to domestic policy. Last week he announced the move to decertify the nuclear deal and kicking that to congress. Expect that to be a topic of conversation as well as a range of other issues from the budget to taxes.