President and democratically controlled senate that there is now zero possibility of a socalled cleaved government funding bill coming out of the house. We believe everyone should be treated fairly. So to take the senate bill with a oneyear delay of the individual mandate for the members of congress. The house will act. And opposed by the government shut down the in hearing about the legislative response also Alex Rodriquez looking weary and nervous since after his 211 game suspension for violations since of testing for the yankee third baseman will lose up to 31 million in salary with the collective Bargaining Agreement calling for a decision to be made no later than 25 days of today. Also a private business jet crashed overnight in what emergency officials are calling an and survivable crash the hangar collapsed around that aircraft as the building went up into an inferno but theyre still trying to determine the number of passengers aboard the aircraft. A pack of motorcyclist on any
Good evening every betty we may not have the government for a while. Now less than five hours from a shot down because the senate or the house will budge on legislation. And in the rhetorical tone president obama and that talking quite as much of a Government Shutdown but Speaker Boehner is in the other direction and is talking tougher. Here is house Speaker Boehner earlier standing his ground on the obamacare opposition to tell the president and democratically controlled senate that there is now zero possibility of a socalled cleaved government funding bill coming out of the house. We believe everyone should be treated fairly. So to take the senate bill with a oneyear delay of the individual mandate for the members of congress. The house will act. And opposed by the government shut down the in hearing about the legislative response also Alex Rodriquez looking weary and nervous since after his 211 game suspension for violations since of testing for the yankee third baseman will lose up
There is pollution in the air and the water. And it does open your eyes when it happens in your state. And it was scary. Food and water and donated to people in the southern part of the state because we understand that that is how we respond to things. Said just ar guest few minutes ago and i rewound to listen to it again said, well, if this had happened in northern virginia. West virginia is a state. West virginia faced great state. And we have a great place here. And i know people are scared. But when it comes right down to it, we are a great place. Accidents happen everywhere. Friends init for our charleston. I have been there many times. My eyes dont learn from the chemicals. It is a wonderful and lovely place to be. And i think when it comes right down to it, we have to realize it is not a West Virginia issue, it is a national issue. Tank you for taking my call. Host all right, tracy. Heres a tweet from one of the viewers. Who will pay for the cleanup and will the water be poison
Shinki in today. Im literally convinced of that. I will have spent 16 years in congress and i continue to be disappointed every day at the lack of foresight, the lack of judgment, the lack of longterm thinking and the lack of critical decisionmaking that occurs. Senior officials from comcast and Time Warner Cable were asked about the effect their proposed merger could have on cable and broadband consumers. The proposed 45 billiondollar deal needs to be approved by the federal Communications Commission and the Justice Departments antitrust division. Senator Patrick Leahy chairs the Senate Judiciary committee. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible] all took the oath. And i welcome everybody here. Im going to be the chair and Ranking Member of the committee with jurisdiction was senator klobuchar in senator lee taking over the hearing at some point during the morning and i appreciate the work both of them have done in getting us here. The original business that cable industry d
Largest Cable Companies in the country, presents unique issues. From my perspective, while the Companies Service areas dont overlap, this cant not be our only focus of our discussion today. The combined company would control about 30 of the Pay Television market and 40 of the wire line broadband market with some estimates putting it at 50 . Its size and scope would give it the power to affect prices, service, and content offerings throughout the industry. And the future of online video competition. There are a number of critical questions that we need to ask. First, whats in this merger for consumers . Comcast has already said theyre not promising that their consumers will pay less or that their bills wont increase less quickly. What benefits do consumers stand to gain that they would not have gained without the merger . And do they outweigh the potential harms that could result if the merger is approved . This merger is also revoont for consumers who are outside of comcast and Time Wa