began a seven- drug regimen, but, in 2010, doctors told abby's mother, katie, there was a nationwide shortage of one of the medicines, mechlorethamine. >> i start to get a little hysterical. why is it not available? >> reporter: that year, 23 cancer drugs had shortages. reasons included manufacturing problems and low-profit margins for the drug, which became mostly generic and less expensive than brand names. there really is nothing you can do. you do what your doctor tells you to do. you take what medications your doctor tells you to take, and you pray that it works. and if one of those medications isn't available, you just take, you know, the next best thing. >> reporter: doctors thought the "next best thing" for patients like abby was a drug called cyclophosphamide. but the new study showed 88% treated with the original drug were cancer-free after two years compared to only 75% of those receiving the replacement drug. dr. richard gilbertson is director of cancer care at st. jude children's research hospital. >> this is the first study to clearly show that when we substitute one dr

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com break in a second if you want about what i'm doing when i'm not on there follow me on twitter abby martin and took a break from my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear about the service of the mainstream media when it comes to tragic mass shootings and our coverage next. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big picture. admission free accreditation free comes for charges free. rangelands free risk free studio types free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media. tom. wealthy british. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report. download the official location for language stream quality and enjoy your favorites. if he is not required to watch on tape all you need. to in any time. so i want to bring up something that's been bothe

martin accuse israel of war crimes for targeting journalists by juan cole which says quote abby was the was the victim of a smear attempt by the israel lobby which accused her of support for terrorism because she dared called illegal israeli actions illegal if more journalists stood up to such smear campaigns with her feistiness the world would be a better place watch her let her detractors have it thank you for that one that's awesome and yes if more journalists did call a spade a spade and didn't let fear reign supreme over the truth the world might be a better place moving on the next articles a feature from firedoglake and titled abby spar a slayer by edward teller just to give you the context of spar refers to pro israeli propaganda and the article teller states that my reports on gaza may have been the best on american television and welcomes me to the battle well thank you man i'm on at the props and also please to take the title of as far as slayer awesome finally one of the most read online news publications the huffington post recently featured an article about gaza writte

break in a second if you want about what i'm doing when i'm not on there and follow me on twitter abby martin took a break from my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear about that the service of the mainstream media when it comes to tragic mass shootings and our coverage next. wealthy british style. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. world including. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. so i want to bring up something that's been bothering me all weekend following the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut the corporate media has a latched on to the story like the parasitic vultures they are now i don't mean to say that the shooting doesn't deserve attention but the fact of the matter is that the way the corporate press covers these types of tragedies is like shock and awe or and it's always the same check it out. first big deal yet of the alleged g

dot com breaking the set number one about what i'm doing when i'm not on air follow me on twitter abby martin and take a break my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear about the service of the mainstream media when it comes to tragic mass shootings and our coverage next. deadly rivals the decades. if you had fifteen thousand people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be mediators. self-induced out costs from society i will tell myself that my going to my brother understand my going to take my own immediate i'm going to leave basically attack the cops of my anger and my frustration filling up a tough grader well into the chandos. two of the most violent gangs in u.s. history. that's just all model kill or be killed with the colors matching the national flag. of this country uses violence when it reaches and then it legitimizes the violence they all made in america on the ati. choose your language call it a killer though in a financial planner there is still some honest. truth is the beauty of the concerns get. chewed through opinions that invi

two hands twenty one that's a doozy said abby you don't want israel to be used as an involuntary organ donor i agree with you man don't worry i don't think i'll be going to israel anytime soon and another from you tube andrew rusher says i like the martin and agree with most of her things but she's a bit of a man hater. actually i love men and some of you should start looking in the mirror and asking yourselves why a strong woman emasculates you so well that finally my favorite comment comes from commander zero on you tube you says that the zombie apocalypse ever comes she'll be the one i want to have by my side why thanks to i'm right here to stab zombies in the brain if push comes to shove i have my samurai sword by my bedside of all that's all i got guys thanks for listening to the good the bad and the strange have a great night i will see you tomorrow. we speak your language as i think about the war not a day in. the news programs of documentaries and spanish what matters to you. but a little too much of angles to the stories. you hear. troy all teach spanish find out more visit. m

dot com by going to set another one about what i'm doing when i'm not on air follow me on twitter abby martin and took a break from my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear about the service of the mainstream media when it comes to tragic mass shootings and our coverage next. wealthy british soil. sometimes that's right sometimes. markets why not can they. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. mission free accreditation free in-store charge is free the maintenance free risk free. to types of free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media dog r.t. dot com. so i want to bring up something that's been bothering me all weekend following the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut the corporate media has a latched on to the story like the parasitic vultures they are now i don't mean to say that the shooting doesn't deserve attention but the fact of the matter is that the way the corporate press covers th

joining me now is abby huntsman, producer of huff post live and dr. university and contributor to the grio.com. what do you make of these republican makeovers? >> well, they are not makeovers. they are mass ska raiding as they pivot to where they need to in the future. as you listen closely to what they are saying, you can see the seeds of the sort of old/new republican party. mr. rubio wants to talk about the middle class and mr. ryan wants to talk about welfare reform but you can't do that without understanding the midst of poverty that we have right now is exacerbating by the welfare that we had no those days. if you look closely at their speeches you can see the inconsistencies but it seems more for show right now. >> abby, in fairness, there are >> right. that being said though thrk , t the republican party and it's going to take a long time and there's a lack of leadership and e everyone is trying to garner that leadership. you see potential candidates wanting to be everything to all people. we saw that didn't work for mitt romney. they really h

break in a second if you want about what i'm doing when i'm not on there and follow me on twitter abby martin took a break from my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear about that the service of the mainstream media when it comes to tragic mass shootings and our coverage next. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing operation to rule the day. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hartman welcome to the big picture. on the edge of human capabilities. struggling with pain and dream. layouts to become the first. forest fall in. do we speak your language or not at the end of. the music programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little tonnage of angles keaton's stories. for you here. in detroit altie spanish to find out more visit i to al a dud. so i want to bring up something

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here on our last check in with abby to see what's on today's agenda abbi what's going on. so you know america is full of people who are constantly obsessing over diets and the latest skinny trends you know one of the most obese countries on the planet so going to talk a little bit about artificial sweeteners what they really do a lot of people don't know that they actually increase weight gain so we're to go to that we're also going to the case of jeremy ham and he's the guy who released the stratfor e-mails you know in the face of this ever more pervasive surveillance state you know just the proportionality of this guy facing life in prison for basically tapping into something that taps into all of our material all the time and we're also be getting into syria kind of breaking through all the convoluted mess the propaganda how it fits into iran how it fits into jordan all these different things.

their kids andrew and abby.ig surprise. close your eyes. >> look at sheena before and bring out the new sheena deering. >> wow! >> they're already looking. what do you think, matt? >> it's amazing. >> turn around, sheena, and take a look. you're beautiful. >> oh, my god. i love it! >> i love that look. >> you can see the difference. look in that camera, honey. right there. yeah. all righty, louis. tons of difference. >> this goes to show what just a little bit of effort can do. of course, a great haircut. we cut her hair off. she was so ready to get rid of her long, curly hair. this is more wash and wear, curly or straight by the way, which is very important for most people. i made her deeper in the back and added highlights in the front. notice the importance of the lift. this is good fashion accessories of the season. >> dad, what do you think? >> just beautiful. >> jill, tell us about her sparkly beautiful outfit. >> new year's eve. it goes perfectly with a tissue and glass of champagne, because for her new y

martin accuse israel of war crimes for targeting journalists by juan cole which says quote abby was the was the victim of a smear attempt by the israel lobby which accused her of support for terrorism because she dared called illegal israeli actions illegal if more journalists stood up to such smear campaigns with her feistiness the world would be a better place watch her let her detractors have it thank you for that one that's awesome and yes if more journalists did call spade a spade and didn't let fear reign supreme over the truth the world might be a better place moving on the next articles of future from firedoglake and titled abby the spar a slayer by edward teller just.

thanks abbi for that update that's coming up in a half hour but before we go it is that time of the year again where we start to say goodbye to two thousand and twelve google is out with their two thousand and twelve year round report that looks at some of the big events across the world these year end reports flashback news stories that gained world wide attention and if you noticed at one point very very see if there are t. got a shout out so we just wanted to thing google for that plug. that is going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered you can check out our you tube channel that's youtube dot com slash r t america you can also check out our website that address is r t.

well breaking news that is coming up in thirty minutes here on r t i want to check in with abby martin now to see what's on the agenda today abby yesterday you had an awesome interview with all of her stone it was so good it was fun to watch everyone should watch it if they haven't yet what will you be bringing us today well one thing over so mentioned yesterday was kind of the propagandizing of american cinema now a lot of modern movies glorify war glorified torture so we're going to kind of smash through the zero dark thirty smash and bash the rail or accounting for you know the realistic kind of bin laden raid we're going to really tear through that cut through the propaganda one going off of all are stone we said a lot more coming up next check it out right thanks abbi and that is going to do it for us for now but for more on the stories we covered go to our web site youtube dot com slash r t america or check out our web site r t dot com slash usa and you should of course if you're not already.

system. >> it was harder on my parents. >> reporter: then 10, abby started chemotherapy and was doing well but then one of her drugs became unavailable due to a shortage. she was switched to another drug which was considered a safe and effective alternative. >>> we let them finish up her treatment with that but then at 12 weeks when we went back for the radiation she relapsed. >> reporter: now as reported in the new england journal of medical a closer look at the drug substitutionna . national clinical trial led by saint jude children's hospital the two-year cancer-free survival fell from 88% to 75% after the substitute drug was administered. >> this is the first studyclearly show that when we substitute one drug for another they are not all of us as good. >> reporter: because of the relapse she had to have a bone marrow transplant, radiation and more chemotherapy. now at 13 she is cancer-free. >> obviously it could have been worse. what if i relapsed another time. >> reporter: the primary drug is now available again. no patients in the study have died. but those who relapsed may have

the abby needs a new roof so limited amounts are being sold abroad. craig walton owns city beer store. >> none of the retailers or distributors or even the import remember getting any money off this either. >> reporter: hundreds of folks waited in line and some skipped work. >> please don't fire me when i get back to work. >> reporter: with limited amounts, only those with tickets was getting beer. one person hopes the cute factor works. >> i'm hoping i have the sympathy card that the kid will get the ticket. >> reporter: by 2:00 this afternoon, the beer was running short. through the magic of television, you only thought that i was drinking on the job. by the time you see this report, it will be gone. in san francisco, don ford, cbs 5. >>> when a texas man was pulled over the last thing he expected was a gift from the officer. 25-year-old hayden carlo was shocked to find cash along with a ticket for an expired registration sticker. >> opened it up and there's a hundred dollars bill. i broke down in my car. >> the officer didn't want to be identified

come on guys i'm abby martin i can do a very special edition of breaking the set the show's a crusade against the mainstream media because i think it's important to rethink the establishment narrative unfortunately i'm not the only one oscar winning director all over stone has been on the very same mission for quite some time check out the function of media and everyone talks about that saying the news of the day and all the subconscious really important stuff that's going on these being neglect for you to distract us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news. so without further ado here to talk about their new showtime series and book i'll be joined by oliver stone and later his co-author peter cousin ik so let's break that said. another lucky to do their job or seem anything like the trouble. this week marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the movie wall street a film that explores the greed and corruption that drives the gears of america's free market check it out if you're not. notic

but coming up in just a few moments abby martin is breaking the sit stay with us. all. the. motions would be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from funniest impressions. for instance on t.v. dot com. divine power in action. i am and she says we need these we are under the control of those governing us service space mafia i found. the magnetic field. to create disappear. after the second coming it will be a beautiful place it will receive its glory it will be a renewed world and it will be a beautiful place. ammunition . is good business for us it's kind of like being a doctor you know there's a disaster businesses. better unfortunately. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the last. i mean i have my hands at thirty pounds i believe that i'm still really messed up. in the old story so i'm sure the people of the. worst cheaper to live through the white house are the. radio guys and for a minute. i want what we're about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. look up guys and abby martin l

what's going on everyone i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set pay lens you know that crazy t.v. family with a mom who is actually this close to being vice president night and day yeah i've got some news about the car dash in the north so it seems as though the state of alaska is paid up north of three hundred thousand dollars in subsidies the bristol palin's recent venture into reality television wait no you heard me right taxpayers a laska affectively subsidized two episodes of bristol palin's lifetime show life's a trip the move by alaska was to attract more jobs and business of the state but the salaries paid to the on air talent accounted for a majority of the total alaska expenses for the t.v. show amounting to somewhere around half a million dollars maybe the money would have gone further if the ratings were better the show hadn't tanked after just two episodes it's almost as fast as mama kalends political career so this is a swing and miss for alaska but i'm sure the penguins will soon find another network that will grant them thirty minutes a week to fill garbage nothin

to our facebook page at facebook dot com slash breaking the set or you can follow me on twitter at abby martin and i took a break from my preaching for now but say to me here syria is the beginning of another international military engagement in the middle east next. mission. couldn't take three years for charges three arrangement three. three stooges free. download free brought us closer video for your media projects a free media dog r.t.e. dot com. culture is that so much different you should be sitting on the mark with. would seem like fantasy only two years ago could become a reality very soon with a strong sense of identity and spread across the middle east because. the gold fever. turnstyles events into slaves. my father but also among other involved in the mines and since i started working at the mine i stated i look at it. this multinationals. has a cash cow to be milked dry and is but i think that in this country gold medal logie has an environmental cost which is unacceptable local business was labeled illegal and controlled by criminals you know in order to protect our lives

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one guys i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set now i want to talk about the national defense authorization act you know the bill that obama signed on new year's eve of last year that allows the indefinite detention of american citizens without due process while a draft of the n.d.a. two thousand and thirteen just came out and an amendment added by lawmakers seems to require interior our right to a fair trial so no more indefinite detention rights are actually not so much the white house has already alluded to a plan to veto management citing reasons completely unrelated to indefinite detention confused alone let me break it down a little bit last thursday the senate approved a measure sponsored by senator dianne feinstein that's sort of boyd's part of the current n.d.a. law the part about indefinite detention the operative words here are sort of you see you wrote an authorization to use military force a declaration of war or any similar story sean not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident the united states apprehended in the us unless an

israel's aggression is abby martin a t.v. anchor for russia's r.t.s. station it's a performance worth watching for its fearlessness and confronting israel directly which american journalists and the american government lack the courage to do that is so dope to be quite the most vocal challenger of israel's aggression but at the same time it makes me kind of sad that no one else with a platform such as this is calling out such glaringly obvious truths i mean i just call it like i see fit i try to speak the truth no matter how unpopular it may be because i feel like it's the right thing to do i've never known any other way what this really shows me as more than anything else how controlled the media really is their hands are tied by the corporations that fund them furthermore it shows me how scared journalists are to address israel and any sort of confrontational fashion because often times when you simply speak out against the policies of the israeli government you're bullied and you get the famed as being anti-semitic but overall this tension to this s

coming up in a few minutes it's abby martin is breaking the scent. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the suckling island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the boarders own and was completely restricted to visit is no the speech rest place is open to tourists plants and animals are its top attraction. treaty has been exploring the deaths of the world sees for several decades but it's here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for those that are supposed to be the most the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the island of bali but mine are on top of my list while some go to the cycling region to enjoy the sights others convert the islands nature's richest into a healthy dollar it is home

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the set if you're wondering about what i'm doing when i'm gone there you can follow me on twitter at abby martin so stay tuned to hear about the top five creepiest big brother toys that are surveilling you that. wealthy british style it's time to. go. markets why not count to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cons a report on our. morning news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images for world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are all today. well going into the future this month high tech means good help whether it be the latest laser cutters or lifesaving heart valves russian innovators are working hard to keep you healthy for some companies it's been a winding road from car simulators to cutting edge training systems for others it's been a lifetime of work along the mysteries of the skull check it all out on technology update we've got the future covered. something. lies beneath. thousands of meters of ice and rock. that

martin to see what is on today's agenda abby liz i just left it at that romney story just so so you know iraq i mean the war is over all the troops are gone right. i think that's a trick question it is indeed i mean turns out the country is way to worship now than it was before we invaded the infrastructures completely deleted the health effects of the depleted uranium is going to the radiation does not go away for millions of years literally we're talking to dolly awasthi activists the rocky american about all of that and more what's really going on the country that we've left we're also talking to trevor tim about the new initiative that encrypts the donations to wiki leaks to kind of bypass that whole war on the truth one was wars and the war on anyone who wants to donate to this truth telling organization will be breaking down also we're talking about drones stream the guy who's now tweeting out every single drone strike since the first one happened in yemen in two thousand and two highlighting him josh vaguely so stay tuned for all that and more breaking the. thanks for that if

dot com bust ready to set your one about what i'm doing when i'm not on or follow me on twitter at abby martin so stay tuned to hear about the top news stories i think the mainstream media missed this past year. the been issued free cretaceous free in-store charges free arrangement free risk free. types free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media dog our teeth on tom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. so if you hear me talk about the corporate media on this show every single day i criticize the mainstream press because what they do is a service for focus of what should be important to average human beings as substituted by station isn't censorship and lies twenty four hours a day seven days a week and now that we're literally days away from two thousand and thirteen it's important look back to some of the most unde

>> lines as far as the eye can see there, abbie. thanks to you in los angeles. >>> and in washington tonight, president obama is cutting his christmas vacation short to try to cut a deal as that fiscal cliff nears. now just six days until higher taxes for all americans. and tonight, a white house official is placing the burden of not getting a deal on leaders of congress. one official saying the hits from our economy are not coming from outside factors, they're coming from congressional stupidity. some members of congress do return tomorrow. these comments come just as barbara walters prepares for her "nightline" special tonight. her sitdown at the white house with the president and the first lady. and tonight here, some rare personal questions answered about their own relationship and their girls. one of whom just got her first cell phone. >> reporter: i want to talk a bit about the girls. we have been watching them grow up from little girls to young ladies. now, malia recently got her first cell phone. do you monitor it? and see w

to our facebook page at facebook dot com slash breaking the set or you can follow me on twitter at abby martin and i take a break from my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear if syria is the beginning of another international military engagement in the middle east next. ily ily. ily ily ily ily. ily too much. going to tell her she's going to be like. all right folks i want to talk to you now about the unfolding crisis in syria it's been twenty months since the conflict began according to you when over four hundred thousand syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries with turkey hosting over a quarter of the refugees and since the violent civil war broke out the death toll from both sides of the fighting has reached somewhere around forty thousand people with no clear end to violence in sight and the question of syria is one that has polarized the international community and unfortunately it's the syrian people who are paying the price. just today the secretary general of nato anders rasmussen announced that nato has approved the deployment of anti missile batteries along turk

it's up guys and abby martin luther king today i want to talk to you about one of my biggest pet peeves speed cameras and it's not just because these cameras are becoming so frequent that they're almost no where you can go without being watched tracked our data mine is because of instances of drivers getting duped into pin money that they don't know take for example one maryland driver just received a photo ticket for speeding one problem here the driver was stopped at a red light he was even driving at the time this picture was taken about this a virginia woman who was fighting nine tickets from the same speed camera and for each one she received a notice the ticket fine had doubled without ever receiving the original ticket so far ups these are mistakes we have to wonder specially when you know that in washington d.c. traffic cameras generated eighty four point nine million dollars in fines for the past year in fact a single camera was responsible for six point two million dollars of that total so are these cameras really about ensuring safety or isn't just about making money i'll let

of the surveillance state joining me now is my own break in the set producer matt hall rob lowe hi abby hi hey you know great so let's go over the list really quickly. number five buses with surveillance cameras that's kind of the military and it was going on number four i phone app tracker will go over what that means number three are chips number two that crazy handcuffs that administer drugs and also contains you and number one magic can that have facial recognition technology wow so let's start with the buses have a surveillance camera this is something that isn't as surprising i think that just the implications of having surveillance cameras in every bus really just as administer that chilling effect where people are going to of course act different they react differently when they know that there's a camera there absolutely and this isn't something that's going on all over the country but it's one of those things that kind of starts with school systems and i don't think that there's a school system in the. county in the country that isn't at least you know thinking about putting t

martin to see what's on today's agenda abbi what's going on but it is so and i have it so the fiscal cliff the fiscal cliff the fiscal cliff it's just a little i'm hearing it out on the street is that we're going to talk to colonel doug of the grader who's been just published this new op ed in time magazine about you know what what what is cutting through all the rhetoric how can we cut defense while still maintaining our national security so we'll talk about that we're also to talk about opinion yet though the protests in mexico there's already been one failed tell the massive rests detention and all the aggression coming from the mexican riot police and also why what is it all about and how this total of these of the national media play into those role there aside from the talk about drones drones drones are to his favorite subject in all the new killer toys for obama's wish list coming up this christmas and all the new updates on the man a man right out of you thanks for that update that's coming up all in a half hour but that is going to do it for the news but check out our you t

twenty twelve brought us an exciting addition to our programming lineup breaking the set with host abby martin kicked off with the major headlines and a trending hash tag thanks so much for tuning in to the brand new show that i've been working here for hard all month to bring you i'm your host of the martin and this is breaking the set. you know when we started to come back to the point. we have a big computers be published that everybody's here for up to right you know i'm very pleased to be joined by producer director oliver stone so if there's one thing i can say to some of the last six months of nonstop election build up this for media candidate corporatocracy i can't wait for this. to be over but now that i got out of the way to go over to the biggest issues that barely gotten covered in the corporate. drone obama is officially the drone we think live. or die die die isn't dead already i don't know kill him anyway i didn't have the physically drunk a killing people with unmanned drones the smart way to fight terror brave he's ramped up the use of these unmanned killer robots drum

abby, no cliff notes. you have to watch sunday. >> i'm not going to tell you.sunday, our documentary "who is black in america" will air. i'm going to be live, tweeting the show as well, along with russell simmons, who will be tweeting. feel free to join us on twitter as you sit on your couch and watch our doc. >>> still ahead a family that lost everything in superstorm sandy except they didn't lose each other. story of a teenager who bravely jumped into the waters to swim for help, saved his family. we're at walmart with the simmons family. how much is your current phone bill? four sixteen seventy six a month! okay, come with me -- we're gonna save you money. with straight talk at walmart, you get unlimited talk, text and data for only $45 a month per phone. would we get the same coverage? same coverage on america's best networks. you saved $146.76 by switching to straight talk. awesome! now you can afford to share your allowance with me. get the season's hottest smartphones like the samsung galaxy s2 and get straight talk with unlimited data for just $45 a mon