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Hurts. we'd like to encourage more young people to sign up partly because since they're healthier, their premiums are actually generally going to be fairly cheap. they can find good options for less than their cable bill, less than their cell phone bill. it's just part of growing up is making sure you're taking care of your body, taking care of your health. if you've got a young family, you have to make sure your family's protected with health insurance as well and this allows you to do it. >> you have an exciting initiative coming up called my brother's keeper. explain it. because when somebo...

Regulators have to look hard that. this is a very big cable provider with a lot of power and leverage. cable bills are going up. no one in there is making any promises this will halt the rise of your cable bill. >> comcast has hired many, many lobbyists who are lobbying members of congress, right? >> reporter: that's the way it works. >> like the deck is always stacked against the consumer. >> reporter: so you always hear about people cutting the cord. we'll cut the cord. we'll use some other services. when you look at it the average person is still spending four hours a day in front of the wa...

At this time. secretary of state john kerry is in seoul today to meet with south korea's president and get briefed on interkorea talks. that visit follows the highest level talks between the two koreas in six years. the north reportedly asked for a delay in joint military exercises with the u.s. those are scheduled for later this month. but seoul rejected that request. kerry's visit is the first leg of an asia trip that includes stops in china and indonesia. breaking overnight, one of the biggest mergers ever for cable television. comcast is buying time warner cable for about $45 billion i...

Zain asher, thanks. still to come, a blockbuster deal could create the nation's largest cable provider. but in a deal worth tens of billions, could consumers get the shaft? christine romans has more. >> good morning, carol. a $45 billion deal between comcast and time warner cable. what will it mean for your customer service and for the number at the bottom of your cable bill? i'll have that for you after the break.

Flew in help from canada. everything so far seems to be okay, but it is early. chris and kate? >> margaret, keep us updated. you look like you're getting hit yourself. thank you so very much. we'll continue to follow the weather, of course. another big story that broke overnight. a blockbuster media merger in the works. comcast striking a $45 billion deal buy time warner cable. it would combine the two biggest cable companies in the united states. chief business correspondent christine romans is here to break it down for us. what more are we learning about this merger? >> it's a very big, big ...