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 broadband, highspeed internet broadband, that is just too big. I had a lot of content providers, networks come to me and say they were opposed to this deal but this gives you some idea of what happens when you get this big, they were afraid to say so to be public because they feared retrobution. Host did comcast come to you and try to influence your opinion guest they did not. I have been against
House response to the pandemic. The Vice President insisting the administration has done everything in its power to keep americans safe. Senator harris arguing the without was asleep at the switch. The American People have witnessed the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of our country, 210,000 dead people in our country in the last several months. Over 7 Million People who have contracted this disease. 1 in 5 businesses closed. From the very first day President Donald Trump has put the health of america first. We were able to see to the delivery of billions of supplies so our doctors and nurses had the resources for what they needed. Sandra Fox Team Coverage for you, Dan Henninger with debate reaction, we begin with chief White House Correspondent john roberts reporting live from the north lawn this morning. So john, where do things go from here . Anybodys guess. Good morning sandra and trace. One more thing to the pile of twists and turns of this 2020
You have been watching an extraordinary press briefing, im Brooke Baldwin, youre watching cnn. That was a true show of force right before the president begins his ten day summer vacation. You have these different federal intelligence chiefs stand he at the podium warning of russian interference both about past and upcoming u. S. Elections. To assure americans that the Trump Administration is actively confronting those Cyber Security threats. We have subsequently made the determination to make this a top priority that it doesnt happen again. Were throwing everything at it and we will have and will be discussing that here today. Relative to my discussions with the president on whatever issue it is, those i do noted go public with that. I dont think thats the right,
proper thing to do. Our focus here today is to tell the American People we acknowledge the threat. It is real. It is continuing. And were doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the American People can have
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