Tausche and from our nations capital, ceo walter isaacson. Good morning to you. Good morning. Thanks for having me back. Our top story is the shrinking media landscape. At ts bid to buy time warner getting push back from the street. Likely to face headwinds in washington. 148 billion in telecom deals have been withdrawn since 2015. A lot of that, of course, is due to regulatory scrutiny. Walter, we spent the last 24 hours talking about the economics and sense of the deal versus the tenor of our times, as kramer put it. Whats going to win . Absolutely. Youve got real headwinds in washington. Whether its Bernie Sanders or donald trump, this notion of more consolidation, more vertically integrated control will really hit some resistance. I just dont think people see the need to have more c consolidation in an industry that needs more diversity. What is the legal rationale, though, denying this . Its hard to argue it takes away choice given that it isnt two content players combining. Its n
Thank you for joining us on squawk alley. John is at merge in miami, flori florida, and we will get to him later, but at post 9, kelly evans. Good morning. And joining us from out west is jason calakanas who is an invester and we have a lot going on in the market, and dow and s p 500 nasdaq posting the intraday highs today, and the dow is holding e steady above 18,000, and russell 2,000, and the dow transports are out of correction territory, but start with the netflix today, jason, because the shares have been hit hard when the company gave weaker than expected subscriber guidance for the coming quarters and 2 million additions rather than the 3 million that the investors were expecting, and also, there was a offering of prime video stand alone which was talked about on the Conference Call from reed hastings, and we have that. So take a listen. Hulu is doing great work, and amazon, and hbo and showtime, and so many competitors, and everybody is working hard to build the best content.
All my predecessors, laguardia was when the cofounder of u. S. Conference of mayors. It did not exist. He was one of the people who gave us the voices here. I do not know if there was a mayor who spoke about the nation. What i do know is a lot of things my city needs happen right here. The political environment will not allow us to get the support we need. We have to change the debate and the political environment. We need to build a coalition of leaders that will push the debate in the right direction. I have to ask i have to achieve these changes will making sure my city is safe and improving our schools and a host of things we do every day. Commissioner bratton is a great job. The overall crime index shows it is going down thank god, but , weve got to achieve both. We cannot have cities abandoned by the federal government. Last one. You are the one, yes. Are you concerned at all about the experience that Great Britain went through with the labour party shifted to the left . Totally
Now its time for newscast. Newscast. Newscast, from the bbc. Hello, it is adam in the studio. Laura, in the same studio, two metres apart. James, in broadcasting house. It is one of these moments where it feels like there is a big thing floating around the government, around the cabinet table, between government departments. Versions of it being leaked, consulting with Public Health experts, but not quite there yet. Its about a new system for local restrictions in england to deal with coronavirus. Absolutely right. The reason for that is the view in government is that we are at a genuine crunch point. Another big rise in cases today. More than 17,000. The thing they are really worried about is rising hospital admissions. I am sure we will talk about that later. Over the last 72 hours, there has been, shall we say, plans that have been on again, on again, off again, on again, off again. Someone senior in government said the polite way of describing it is fluid. And there is, however, be
By the court of arbitration for sport, but russian teams will still be banned from the Tokyo Olympics and dozens of other global competitions. More former Rugby Union Players havejoined legal action against the games authorities, accusing them of negligence over head injuries. And coming up the west end performers staging virtual Christmas Concerts in care homes. Hello to you, welcome to bbc news. Two thirds of the population of england or 38 Million People will be living under the tighest coronavirus restrictions by this weekend. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, told mps that following a review, most of the areas already in the toughest tier 3 level will remain there. He said a 46 increase in covid i9 cases in the past week in south east england and cases up by two thirds in the east of england meant it was necessary to apply tier 3 measures across a much wider area. Bedfordshire, buckinghamshire, berkshire and hertfordshire will be subject to tier 3 rules, as will parts of surrey,