Billion. Both boards have approved the deal but they a face lengthy regulatory scrutiny. If it goes through, however, comcast will have sealed its dominance over the cable industry. It also potentially ends a battle by charter communications, the fourth largest cable operator, to take over t. W. C. I spoke with our senior west coast correspondent, jon erlichman, chief washington correspondent peter cook, as well as Bloomberg News reporter, alex sherman, about the deal and started by asking jon how it all came together. Charter had this great interest in doing this deal with Time Warner Cable. Time warner cable wanted them to pay more money. Charter was talking to comcast about the possibility of comcast acquiring some of the assets of Time Warner Cable and along the lines they decided comcast, its a better move to get bigger than everybody else and have control over marks like new york and los angeles and chicago, philadelphia, the d. C. Area. They truly are the biggest player in the c
Regulatory scrutiny. If it goes through, however, comcast will have sealed its dominance over the cable industry. It also potentially ends a battle by charter communications, the fourth largest cable operator, to take over t. W. C. I spoke with our senior west coast correspondent, jon erlichman, chief washington correspondent peter cook, as well as Bloomberg News reporter, alex sherman, about the deal and started by asking jon how it all came together. Charter had this great interest in doing this deal with Time Warner Cable. Time warner cable wanted them to pay more money. Charter was talking to comcast about the possibility of comcast acquiring some of the assets of Time Warner Cable and along the lines they decided comcast, its a better move to get bigger than everybody else and have control over marks like new york and los angeles and chicago, philadelphia, the d. C. Area. They truly are the biggest player in the cable business in the united states. Right. But is this deal going to
Dominance over the cable industry. It also potentially ends a battle by charter communications, the fourth largest cable operator, to take over t. W. C. I spoke with our senior west coast correspondent, jon erlichman, chief washington correspondent peter cook, as well as Bloomberg News reporter, alex sherman, about the deal and started by asking jon how it all came together. Charter had this great interest in doing this deal with Time Warner Cable. Time warner cable wanted them to pay more money. Charter was talking to comcast about the possibility of comcast acquiring some of the assets of Time Warner Cable and along the lines they decided comcast, its a better move to get bigger than everybody else and have control over markets like new york and los angeles and chicago, philadelphia, the d. C. Area. They truly are the biggest player in the cable business in the united states. Right. But is this deal going to go through, peter . The regulators made it clear with at t and tmobile they
Dominance over the cable industry. It also potentially ends a battle by charter communications, the fourth largest cable operator, to take over t. W. C. I spoke with our senior west coast correspondent, jon erlichman, chief washington correspondent peter cook, as well as Bloomberg News reporter, alex sherman, about the deal and started by asking jon how it all came together. Charter had this great interest in doing this deal with Time Warner Cable. Time warner cable wanted them to pay more money. Charter was talking to comcast about the possibility of comcast acquiring some of the assets of Time Warner Cable and along the lines they decided comcast, its a better move to get bigger than everybody else and have control over marks like new york and los angeles and chicago, philadelphia, the d. C. Area. They truly are the biggest player in the cable business in the united states. Right. But is this deal going to go through, peter . The regulators made it clear with at t and tmobile they wa
Moscow are obviously watching the situation very carefully on that epicenter of resistance after a night of street battles between protesters. The pictures are amazing. Theyre throwing stones, clubs, molitov cocktails, all of them trying to hold their grounds in those hours but being slowly pushed back this morning by riot police themselves using flash bangs or stun grenades and water cann cannons. Much of the square, more than half of it, while some protesters seem to have taken refuge behind reinforced barricades and behind their bonfires. The number of injured is in the 200s. We understand some 250 seriously wounded are being treated in the hospitals. Also, one local ukrainian journalist has reportedly been shot and killed in that melee, as well. Becky, back to you. One of the questions we wonder and youre watching from moscow where they are keeping track of the situation closely, is there a sense that anyone else might get involved in this or is this people watching from afar still