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And this week on the communicators we talk to members of congress about the legislation they are proposing. First up senator al franken. Senator senator al franken, you hailed a failure of the comcasttime warner merger as a win for consumers. Why . Guest because i firmly believe if comcast were allowed to buy time warner they would have been to go big anticompetitive, led to higher prices for consumers, less choice and if it is even possible they would surface. Host is it because of the size . Guest the size and parts of different markets. They have 30 of cable between them and 57 of internet ...

Warner merger as a win for consumers. Why . Guest well because i firmly believe that if comcast were allowed to buy Time Warner Cable, that they would have been too big a company, they would have been anticompetitive, not in the public interests. It would have led to higher prices for consumers less choice. And if its even possible with these two companies, worse service. Host is it because of the size of the company . Guest yeah. Well size and what parts of the market they have, they have about 30 of cable between them and about 57 of internet broadband, highspeed internet broadband. Thats ju...

Out tomorrow for more than a million americans. Congress did not renew the federal payouts for the long term unemployed before the holidays. President obama said he will take action after the holidays. New worries about targets credit broach. Target is confident the pin number is secure. The key to the data is not stored in their systems. That is the headline, im tony harris, america tonight with joie chen is next. On america tonight, bis buzz, behind a legalized cash crop now hit a new high. At the end of the day, it makes me a little bit giddy. Also tonight the arc of greatness in our everyd...

Blast in beirut, mohamed chatta, an outspoken are speaker,. South sudan, said they would step in if the two sides failed to end the fighting in four days. Another 72 u. N. Peace keepers arrived in south sudans capitol on friday, joining thousands who are already there. Those are the headlines, america tonight is next. On america tonight, bis buzz, behind a legalized cash crop now hit a new high. At the end of the day, it makes me a little bit giddy. Also tonight the arc of greatness in our everyday lives. How we take for granted these extraordinary views. And the artists behind them. Its almos...

Whats very interesting at least from where i sit in moscow is theyre just food soldiers from nato, for the European Union and particularly for washington to achieve the foreign policy. Its difficult for me that they cant see the selfirony here. The New York Times is one of the worst examples. When look at how iraq fell apart, are they held responsible and is any editor fired over there. They go to the next crisis. Its always going to be humanitarian intervention and always going to be for democracy when its patently obvious its almost never, ever about any of those things. I think you dont hav...