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Winter storm in a moment. but first, breaking business news at this hour. the two biggest cable companies in america merging. comcast is buying time warner cable, which is not controlled by time warner, which is the parent of this company. it's a $45.2 billion deal and our correspondent joins me on the phone. brian, you see a headline like this and you go, if this deal is approved, this is going to be a big cable company, 35 million subscribers. the worry is the deal is going to mean prices go up, services go down. are people right to have that fear when they hear this headline? >> reporter: t...

Safe on the ground after they were stuck in the air three and a half hours. it happened at bush gardens in tampa. according to the affiliate, the cheetah hunt coaster broke down as the train was coming back to the station. fire crews got everyone off safely. no word on why the ride broke down. comcast has agreed to purchase time warner cable for $45 billion. the sale would join the largest cable providers meaning more than a third of u.s. paid tv scribers would get their service from comcast. the deal is expected to face scrutiny by regulators. still to come, mitch mcconnel is the top rank...

Welcome back to "the lead." i'm joined by senator al franken. this morning, comcast, the biggest cable company in the country announced plans to buy out time warner cable, which is the second largest. the $45 billion deal with give comcast access to 12 million more customers. senator al franken sent a letter to the justice department and other government officials saying the deal will hurt consumers. quote, a handful of cable providers dominate the market leaving customers with little choice but to pay high bills for often unsatisfactory service. i am concerned that comcast's proposed would on...

With it and it's just inspl inexplicable to me. >> reporter: time warner cable is in a deal with comcast. the merger brings together the two largest cable providers in the u.s. with a combined 33 million subscribers. the deal is expected to receive a tough review from the fcc. we are going to hear more about the deal later on "morning joe" and we are joined by the chairman and ceo of comcast brian roberts, and the ceo of time warner cable, robert marcus. comcast is the parent company of msnbc. >> donny, i want to talk about this quickly. we know brian. we get our paychecks from comcast. they s...

Network and win network. the nfl wants to expand the base and keep subscribe kerr fees high. the worry is cable providers won't like that we could see another show down and maybe another blackout. teens are fleeing facebook in alarming numbers. a new survey shows over the past three years teen users fallen by 25 percent to under 10 million while those 55 and up grown 80 percent to 28 million. that could be why facebook is taking a cue from twitter. it is launching trending topics on its site. you will start to see this in the next two weeks as it rolls out. it is the list of the most mentioned...