i don't think bob iger will run, sheryl sandberg's name was put out there or mark zuckerberg, that's going to happen i think he will be one of the three or four dozen running for office next time. >> while we talk about the election, i wonder how tech companies that we cover are bracing for this notice the headline, new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, biggest threat to journalism are tech companies and concentration of ownership, calling out facebook we're in for bipartisan bashing, aren't we? >> tech isn't liked by either side i think the republicans are on them for being biased, the democrats are on them for the russians and concentration of power. i think tech doesn't have any friends now in washington, especially the facebook and googles. i think some other companies are like thanks for dragging us into the mess but there's going to be pressure on tech to do something, some sort of regulatory thing you recall, i did a piece on the internet bill of rights and i talked to the speaker of the house nancy pelosi about her interests in figuring out some regulatory framewor

bob iger spoke about expectations in disney's earnings call. >> clearly it's the biggest thing we've done since it opened in 1955in and we it will drive a huge increase in demand. i think we'll have some interesting challenges o our hands to manage that demand but that's a good problem to have. >> and they are confident consumers will be willing to pay more. lot oill anticipate a people showing up to this new attraction at star wars land and expect people will accept the price increase because they want to see that product. it's just another way of propagating the circl of popular content through various different channels. >> the risk is if consumer spenng slows, if the economy strug strugg or if star wars land fails to live up to expectations. we'll see how much it's worth to inns. i'm julia boorstios angeles. >>> here's a final look at the numbers on wall street today. the dow rose 98 points, the nasdaq added 84,&phe00 was up 17. is "nightly business report" for tonight. i'm sue herera, thanks for joining us. >> i'm bill griffeth. have a great evening. we'll see you tomorr >> this

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but disney's ceo, bob iger, he's trying to turn his company into a streaming video powerhouse i thinkff. last april, disney rolled out espn plus, that's their espn over the top offerings for $4.99 a month. this thing is on fire. it's picked up about 500,000 subscribers in the last week i think espn plus is a big quinner. thanks to disney's act sigz of the entertainment assets, the company is going to have perhaps the best library of content in the world. plus they have an interest in h h hurlu. in the end, when it comes to streaming platform, i believe the best content will win and disney has amazing content oh, and the stock sells cheap, 15 times earnings. i think it's a buy ahead of a compelling analyst meeting where bob will lay out all the things i just talked about and then some third is att it's a traditional tv business both its fiber optic network and by directv which it bought a few years ago and some people regard it as being a questionable asset. i don't know we'll hear more about it this week the real jewel in the time warner crown is hbo. hbo is a streaming subscription s

. >> that is bob iger's favorite team that was a mean thing. > i didn't know that. >> packer fan. >> really? >> yeah, packer fan. rodgers has had good numbers >> he's a good quarterback >> so is iger. >> yes, he is, too stock is down about 2% for these three trading days netflix has had a nice move, 5.6% speaking of f.a.n.g., other than 1 "a" to no longer include in there, facebook up >> you notice how facebook doesn't go through 130 did you notice zuckerberg stopped selling? can you imagine if you grown-up came in there? maybe we need the winkle -- >> the winkle buy. >> i like them they belong to a club i joined >> we all wonder what kind of club you got into. >> interest rates are up because there's a pulse. the numbers are good >> the jobs number was a strong number 312,000 payrolls in december going up that was -- >> how about oil >> -- well above the estimate, 184,000. >> oil on the peak on october 3rd went up. banker powell, oil has -- oil is done going down. i didn't like it in the 60s, i like it here >> yesterday oil was up early in the

you know i really think that the best thing apple could do, bob iger's on the board of apple and greathe disney apps for free if you buy an iphone for three months they need to jump start services more have more of an exclusivity to the services they provide. we are seeing issues like we chat in china. your can't provide services if you're not controlling even your own operating system so apple needs to own this content somewhere and they need to make some moves if it is gaming, buy activision. if it's streaming, get involved with disney. you have tesla but all of these companies would be wonderful to add to the apple ecosystem even as strategic partners an time to reach out to, you know, double down on the services business. >> ross, based on the report, you're a shareholder in apple. would you be a buyer >> i would apple did something very good this quarter, lowered the expectations they were very straightforward at the beginning of the year and we took our lumps but they delivered what they said with the quarter and happy about that not sitting here hearing an even worse quarter and

rates tick up and things roll over at higher rates, if reed hastings, i don't know, john malone, and bob igere of assets, i might feel more comfortable. but every single thing at&t owns -- >> is that a commentary on randall? >> i don't think anybody -- how could anybody take all of those elements in all those industries that are so disrupted right now plus pay off $180 billion in debt i mean, the pro argument is they've got enormous cash flow >> huge cash flow. >> all of us are helping them pay off that debt. whenever the market gives you 6.9% yield in this interest rate environment, you have to be worried. i would rather play a safer play than verizon or own a basket of them if i was going to go into telecom, i would go into it with a basket >> 6.3% today. i think it was up on friday. there were some upgrades, too, i think. >> craig moffett who's been a long time bear i don't like to argue with them, the $180 billion -- >> i should never come on and say i was wrong a year ago on something. you are not a self-serve guy that's unbelievable. >> that's a hallmark at barron's every year we publis