got to 5970 this morning with us, comcast chairman and ceo brian roberts. welcome down to the exchange great to have you here. >> great to be back in person. >> nice to have you on set the quarter, streaming always makes all the headlines. but the distribution part is really the thing to talk about, first, i think, right? high speed, the video subs coming in a little bit lighter on a loss than we thought. can you talk about that as a driver for the company right now? >> absolutely, first of all, we're about 70% a broadband company, so we are -- that's where we should start. it was an amazing quarter. they were the star the record net ads in the second quarter that we ever had in broadband, 350,000 customers, 11% revenue growth, 15% ebitda growth, the whole cable company. so we really have two broadband businesses one is serving residences, we obviously know during this pandemic how important that is we're seeing also business services taking our business broadband products, so that business is now $9 billion a year from zero, organic revenue growth using br

of comcast, she did say hello to brian roberts but that occurred on such a scale, from what i understandthat it's pretty clear that shari redstone is now or at least has it in her mind, she's not doing it yet, we're not saying these are official merger talks, far from it, but there could be a shop going on here for viacom either as a merger with another partner or to sell it to somebody. we should point out that's what this is all about, when we talk about sun valley. rarely do people sit down and have bankers and lawyers in front of them at sun valley. this is a place where ceo's meet one on one and say let's have dinner, let's have breakfast, your guys talk to my guys and let's get the ball rolling, and i think that's not, i think, i know that's what happened at sun valley this time, and she, sahar i, was in the middle and it be pretty amazing if they did sell anytime soon. she just merged cbs and viacom together in 2019. lauren: got it. charlie: very interesting stuff going on here. lauren: the music is playing charlie thank you very much record highs just minutes away, big week ahead

buffet and microsoft cofounder bill gates. mainstream media representatives include comcast, c o brian roberts, buy. com, cbs chairwoman, sherry redstone, cnn host, anderson cooper and van jones, cbs host gail king and public officials include former us secretary of transportation. elaine chao former white house drug control policy advisor, kevin submit, and former ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. now you can only attend this event if you are invited and know. pressed is been asked to cover it. reporting for news use, houston suite r t. speaking of summer camp, talk about the biggest summer camp one that people spend our entire life working for the 2020 olympics and they're about to finally start. however, as with every year the us team is embroiled and controversy after controversy. so join me now to from the archie, sports h q in steve chris stock as steven even follows, i want to start with let's try star shake, hurry, richardson, what exactly happened with their suspension? and the reason why we're doing the segment is there's a lot, a lot of just noise on social media in the

. >> without a doubt and carl, one of the keys, and i know you spoke to brian roberts about that there'srespondent saying no merit about the filing and is especially sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the covid-19 pandemic. they said they fully complied with the contract and in fact, they say that she's actually in a position to earn a lot more than the 20 million that she was paid carl, you've talked to -- i've talked to ari emmanuel about it who runs endeavor, we talked to mark wahlberg about it as well on one of the questions i have and i haven't fully answered at this point, this was a contract that was perhaps put together previously and had not been renegotiated many of the new deals are already taking account of the new reality in terms of how movies actually are now distributed, so to speak and the fact that there is not going to be nearly as much of a so-called big back end given box office at least at this point doesn't appear to play as important of a role overall in the revenues that are accrued by a film as much as i

shari redstone was making the rounds in sun valley last week reports about her chat ting up with brian robertsnew warner media discovery combination. i'm going to say this , those two deals seemed like probably a bridge too far. comcast because of the overlap, remember, comcast owns nbc, cbs is at viacom you'll have to get rid of one of them to meet anti-trust concerns. the other one zaslov is in the middle of a merger it's going to be very hard for him to buy them. that said there's a lot of other properties out there, does amazon buy them? does government allow amazon to buy them? i guess is one of the questions, and i think that's the big thing here, with viacom. the players that are out there, the big tech companies are under the microscope for with the biden administration regulators so amazon be a natural place to put viacom cbs because there's no real overlap but you know, the lina khan of the ftc hates amazon and its size so even though the media world is talking big, making big noise about merging here, it's not, it's going to be a tough one in the near term. long term comcast could b

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chairman and ceo brian roberts joining us at 11:00 a.m. eastern time the dow and s&p.ro-commission trades for online u.s. stocks and etfs. and a commitment to get you the best price on every trade, which saved investors over $1.5 billion last year. that's decision tech. only from fidelity. >>> customers love these companies. they want them to thrive and you're seeing them also get resources that allow them to hire really good management teams in some cases and then build for the future so i think it's very interesting. i don't know if people have understood the ramifications of what high retail participation in the markets means, but i think fundamentally it's a very good thing and we're excited to be a part of it. >> that was robinhood's ceo vlad tenev. for more on robinhood's ipo let's bring in e*trade compliance officer and president amy lynch. that was vlad speaking on the show wide ranging interview ahead of this debut here today. but i wonder what you think specifically about the risks around this company. especially since we got two more regulatory probes disclo

brian robert, ceo of comcast and jeff schell just arrived as their company announces commitment to growingr streaming players in the spotlight here in sun valley, viacom cbs shareholder sherri redstone and reid hastings arriving i caught up with david zaslav. while he awaits approval of the company's merge we are warnermedia he's looking forward to talking to comcast roberts and nbc universal's jeff schell. take a listen. >> we're just about great talent and great content. we want to get this deal done but over time i think there's a lot of assets out there that have good ip that will probably find homes >> reporter: in addition to looking forward to talking with roberts and shelby, he'll be speaking with warnermedia chief jason kylar whose role is not determined we'll have a great line-up of ceos in sun valley starting with hans vesper tomorrow morning on "squawk box. >> it was interesting he was interested to talking to the ceos of our parent company and parent unit. what could he have up his sleeve that would be a lot. >> it would be a lot roberts and schell don't think they need to buy

the minute you hear there's a meeting between brian roberts and shari redstone you're thinking -- i don'tt think it's necessary to pursue something like that. kavanaugh, cfo, saying we like the assets, the hand we have right now. i don't think we need to give anything back. if you take that at face value but you never know with these guys you never know and all of a sudden -- but you're saying -- >> the one thing you know -- >> you're saying the concerns -- >> you saw what happened to the stock last time. it was about a month and a half ago. immediately sells off. >> how clever you can get with carving up a bunch of assets of that kind of size. i think it would be challenging to do the full -- >> combo. >> full bite if you will b but, you know, crazier things have happened. >> i would love to meet spongebob one day. >> i had to interview him. >> the voice you mean? >> no, no, i met. >> the actual spongebob? >> big guy they told me to interview him for three minutes. he's not allowed to talk because he doesn't have the same voice that was an interesting interview. >> i want to meet them al

merger with warnermedia, he's planning on more big deals and talking to cnbc's parent company brian robertsthink the talk of the week is going to be the industry is probably going to start to consolidate. brian built a great company, jeff is doing a great job at universal so we're not done yet. you know, we're looking to get this deal done >> reporter: roberts and schell arrived today just as their company made some news a further commitme to peacock. they announced they will be putting universal films on peacock four months after they're in theaters, this replaces a deal putting films on hbo eight months after they hit theaters, all of course a sign of their investment in peacock there were other potential buyers who arrived today who will be in the spotlight this weekend, sun valley, including sherry redstone, via comcbs is considered ame acquisition target or buyer of smaller assets to bolster paramount and this year sun valley feels a little different i mentioned the smaller guest list, no children allowed and mandatory proof of vaccination and mandatory testing. we will have a great li

he wants to talk to jeff shell and brian roberts. you're thinking, he's still getting approval for his own merger this is pretty interesting he's still on the prowl. >> the scuttlebutt was that brian -- if it wasn't fo last w about to do something, stock immediately drops. they coveted discovery. >> oh, yeah. >> totally some people -- david is smart. if anyone can pull it off, he can. people are saying the dog chasing the bus, catches it, okay, i've got it. now what do i do with it reese witherspoon, i have been in her presence at a function. >> how did you feel in her presence >> honored no, she's very smart very smart, very nice, very talented as an actress and now how much does show own because it's valued at $1 billion. >> this is what we're talking about. her media company hello sunshine is exploring a sale. we'll see what reese witherspoon has to offer as a businesswoman. according to a wall street journal report hello sunshine's titles include apple's morning show and it owns a book club. >> she almost bought a town. is that he

the people, from what i understand that they did speak, brian roberts and sherry, at this conference.groundwork for future talks in the future. again, not official merger talks. but that's how the dance goes. it's like, you know, ashley, it's like a square dance. you dance with this one, you dance with that one, and then maybe you might go home with that person, you see what i'm saying? and that's kind of what we're talking about here. it's very interesting, what went down. again, not saying official talks, ashley. but they're dancing. [laughter] back to you. ashley: your call. but they're all jerks, bottom line. [laughter] >> well, i wouldn't go that far. there's some nice people. the security acted like -- i've just never seen it. a bunch of nerdy reporters. you have to really protect your ceo from nerds inside from nerds. ashley: i know. you're not a nerdy one, charlie. you could -- >> yeah, but i'm an outlier. okay, i know -- ashley: that's true. >> look, if i don't shave the night before, if i don't shave, i look a little nasty. but i get that. that's not me. a. ashley: all right

let's bring in robert pattillo and brian claypool. we are going to start off with exhibit a.nst my believes to refuse service to someone in need, referring to the good samaritan parable in the bible. arguing that cdc is infringing on my religious practice rights that's forcing me to deny service to someone in need. robert. >> that's one of the dumbest arguments i think you're going to hear in court because just buy a passive mask -- this is a complete slap in the face to people who actually argue religious termination. this is someone who wants to run to court, be litigious, now going to find a lawyer to represent him in the case on a completely frivolous accusation, which does nothing but drive up litigation costs and impede upon the court 'us ability to move actual cases. this will be dismissed out of hand. >> shannon: all right, so that takes us to exhibit b, the cdc order that this guy is challenging. it says all passengers on public -- ships, trains, buses, subs, taxis and rideshare's traveling into or within or out of the united states regardless of vaccination status a

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robert morris has pleaded not guilty. next week a judge will consider whether he should remain in jail pending his trial. brianashington. >>> former u.s. president donald trump has taken his fight with big tech to the courts as he filed a class action lawsuit targeting facebook, twitter, and youtube. . >> i'm filing as the lead class representative, a major class action lawsuit against the big tech giants, including facebook, google, and twitter, as well as their ceos mark zuckerberg, su sundae and jack dorsey. our case will prove this censorship is unlawful, it's unconstitutional and it's completely un-american. >> this announcement comes a of the companies removed trump's access to their platforms in the wake of the january 6 capitol riot. tech companies are legally permitted to run their platforms as they see fit. and in the past, courts have dismissed similar lawsuits. the companies have declined to comment. >>> a high profile former personal attorney for mr. trump is running out of places to practice law. rudy giuliani temporarily lost his law license in washington wednesday, pending a similar case in new

robert f. kennedy who are anti-vaxers out there who are promoting this information. but i think trying to blame facebook was a mistake. >> brian's a dirty mistake dirty dozen give us the rankings as if we are all sheep and don't make our own decisions like if seniors don't know they are seniors or people who are compromised don't know they are compromised. i digress the texas legislators who came here and looked at themselves as heroes and chuck schumer looked out to them teary eyed find themselves overwhelmed by the reality that they irresponsibly left boston with no battle plan and find themselves the subject of being covid-19 positive not warriors for a cause. what's your reaction to how they stepped on their message? >> brit: well this whole trip has turned into a complete fiasco because leaving the legislature down there and depriving it are a quorum is scm interfering with the democratic process in the state of texas. what are they here to protest alleged interference democratic process because of the law on voting how it's to be conducted that has been passed by the texas house and is headed texas senate and headed for

like if i go to your and say brian kilmeade i'm going to rob a bank will you help me you are an idiot and i come back second third or fourth time you are anowing me i will robertyou unlikely to engage in crime without my repeated attempts at coercion? that's kind of a rough gauge if it's entrapment the demarcation point is kind of. it's buzzfeed we have to take everything with a grain of salt from buzzfeed. if their report something accurate, buzzfeed, that the fbi informant involved in this wasn't just informing on the plot, but incentivized people to create the kidnapping plot themselves, they are going to have a problem and it begs a whole lot of question, like why the active interest in this specific ground yet what appears to be very little interest in cracking up antifa or the blm folks that bushed down american cities. we would love to know that. >> brian: dan refresh your recollection saying that if a certain organization or certain political party continues to run on things like white supremacists and if they want to back that up with proof, they might go out and try to see where the white supremacists are and what they're up to. and possibly goose th