finally, breslin communications you bought it at cablevision.for sale. >> it is. >> you liked it then. do you still like it? would you charter consider buying it? >> how could i say otherwise? i already wanted to buy them once and did. i think they're in nice shape as a result of the things we did to them. but charter's opportunity isn't to make an acquisition the size of breslin. the opportunity is to grow itself internally, organically. there's 12 million passings. we have 4 million video customers and 5 million customer relationships. so that's 7 million non-customer relationships is massive relative to the size. they are a nice operation they were good for cablevision and it may fit with charter but it isn't necessarily for charter to be successful. >> we'll leave it there, mr. rutledge. glad you to join us. tom rutledge, ceo of charter communications. >>> whether you love it or hate it, it is hard to imagine a world without -- text messaging. hbd, lol, omg and the list of acronyms goes on and on and on. 20 years ago today the first text mes

some names that are movers, continuing to watch cablevision. stock is not moving much.it in new york and long island, about defamatory claims, the speed and quality of its internet service, this is against one of the unions in new york so keep an eye on cablevision and how this turns out. zynga as we talk about possible gaming in the u.k. jumping 3%, nike agree representation of retail which is under pressure across the board, apple down $8 and bank of america of the no. one performer on the dow jones industrials up 2%. dennis: thank you. growing pessimism with less than a week until the fiscal cliff deadline. 50% of americans say we would get a deal, 48% saying it is a no go according to a new gallup poll and that is a big change from a poll conducted last week. we are joined by washington bureau chief jerry side. john bbehner and republicans were unable to do it. now the focus and pressure shifts to the senate and the democrats. >> in the senate is democrats and republicans because last year when we were in this fix couldn't get out of the debt ceiling crisis it was h

it was named after a cablevision former executive who died of pancreatic cancer back in 1999. has raised millions and millions of dollars for cancer research. well, the ceo of cablevision, his name is james dolan, he and his rock band actually played at this event. well, the communication workers of america, which is in contract negotiations with cablevision, thought that the cancer fundraiser would be a good place to hold a protest, and so they showed up to call the ceo names like scrooge, greedy, pretending to be afully an throe pis, accusing him of trying to look good for the community. well, it turns out the fundraiser you see there, and you can see the protests, it was attended by many, many cancer survivors, and many of them thought the union actions were despicable with one saying, and i'm quoting here: the survival rate -- speaking of pancreatic cancer -- is so low, it is one of the least-funded cancers. it's hard to understand why people would protest an event like this. the union, of course, beliefs hardball tactics are sometimes necessary to get what they want. we c

they're bundling packages with cablevision -- i'm sorry. they are bundling packages with cable tv and internet service. much quicker than the cable internet service. >> is it going to be huge or huge? >> both. >> okay. >> depends on where you're from. >> boys. all right. pop for jcpenney. a huge move, anthony. >> listen, this is the classic short squeeze. one of the worst performing stocks year to date. i expect this thing to get a little higher. >> drop for copper, down 1%. tim? >> not a huge move. >> huge or huge? >> semi-huge move. people are blaming the fiscal cliff. i would just call it lme inventorie inventories, which are very high and major resistant to copper at a time when we don't know if there's real sustained demand. >> pop for sam, boston beer, up 15%. mike? >> this is an example of a good company, but not a good stock. yesterday, after the close, they raised their full year eps forecast to between $4.30 and $4.60 a share. here's the thing, though. 10% top line growth and consistent, about 11% margins doesn't mean the stock is