on both time warner cable and cablevision systems in long island. need to bulk up to even further gain clout against the content makers like espn and cbs but there is a plausible scenario that would be ugly for time warner cable, maybe charter, comcast and cox team up together, they buyout time warner cable, they chop up the cable systems and among them as if time warner cable had never even existed. back to you. liz: obviously he now runs charter so we say cablevision c0 oh, that was a previous job but don't count him out, right? >> he is a killer. i want to see if he will go for time warner cable that that'll l turn it into a cable provider and try to tie within. but then there's a cablevision why don't we join together because i used to run you guys in a number to capacity. a lot of these decisions are made on a personality and agendas of the individual people running the company. david: my money is on john malone. thank you very much. have a great thanksgiving, thank you very much. liz: a florida fishermen hoax a rare catch off of the coast of m

so cablevision is probably the odd man out here and i suspect that people would leave cablevision out long time until its valuation came to something like a level that was atractive. everybody else is probably on the table and the question is in what sequence. there's an awful lot of dominos that would have to fall and potentially many years before the consolidation happens. >> interesting that this is breaking on a week where comcast, as you know, craig, turned 50 years old. we are a long way from tupelo. >> we sure are. >> craig moffett, thanks again. >> we want to keep an eye on the retail space. today shares of gap, which are down about 3% this morning after beating the street by a penny on earnings and approving a $1 billion share buyback program. just a week to go until black friday, the question is whether you want to buy on this dip. let's bring in analysts who cover covered. guy, good morning. >> good morning. >> roxanne, first to you, down 3%. what do you think investors didn't like here? >> it was probably the gross margin run. gap i thought did a good job of managing throu

he is an alumnus of time warner and cablevision systems in on island.lk up for it to gain clout against the ruthless money grubbing contentmakers like espn and cbs. why is the target rather than the transition? glenn britt retiring at year end how, his successor rob marcus and tested in the top post. isn't interested in selling. in the southeast, a smooth partner in time warner, a connecticut-based charter might be in that regard, water's best partner might be james dolan of cablevision. long island right next door to tumwater systems in new york city, synergy. ashley: what of movement in the cable companies. tracy: it amazes me the regular station still exist why would you watch anything on regular tv when you can get that much more on cable? ashley: the vast majority of viewing is on the top-10, 80% of the viewing. at the thanksgiving. ashley: the iconic symbol of thanksgiving the turkey. dennis needs to pick his. 85% of the forty-six million turkeys eaten every thanksgiving are frozen. the average price in the u.s. for frozen turkey is $1.36 per poun

that was the most important one for me, careerwise, was going to what was then going to rainbow cablevisionand the dolan family. companythey ran that with the invitation to be adventurous and entrepreneurial, take risks and do new things, and their interest in what was new and next and risky , relatively, was probably it. >> what would you like to do before you quit? >> probably do more of the same but bigger, better, more varied, a little riskier, on the globe and on the internet. around the globe and on the internet. >> what is your favorite program that you have done? that you like the most your self? >> it is a hard thing to say. >> take a chance. >> it is hard for me to get over "breaking bad" and "madmen." we have a new show called "rectify" that is quite exquisite. >> josh sapan, thank you very much. the book is called "the big picture: america in panorama." how much is this, by the way? >> check with your local retailer. [laughter] >> thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> for free tran

david: cablevision's stock took a hit after it lost more forecasters than it -- lost more customers than it forecasted. liz: iag, profit more than doubled in third quarter. third quarter plan for its troubled spanish unit iberia appears to be paying off. david: the owner of madame tussaud's made the stock market debut in london. merlin entertainment shares jumped giving the wax works and amusement park operator a valuation of 5.$6 billion. liz: weird. david: "after the bell" starts right now. liz: angelina may be but the brad pitt didn't look like it. break down this week's market action. paul deet strict, fairfax global market ceo and chief investment officer focused on two undervalued investments. mark sebastion in the pits of cme. let's take it to you. you see a moon schott for the markets. what is follow through nor monday. >> monday is bank holiday. bond market closed. volume will be light. i would be shocked if we don't have a little carry-through on monday. real interesting day. today throws out the belief that good news is bad news for the market. what i think it proves, good new

this could spread beyond charter and time warner to enveloped comcast and cablevision. perhaps cox.n higher cable rates. we continue consolidation. >> reporter: your point being that there will be a raising of prices. we can't get any other competition. it will lead to lower prices because they can band together and negotiate from lower prices. ashley: i like the way you think. i don't know if i agree. >> reporter: plus u.s. satellite and the internet. they're not that big and scary. ashley: stay with television. the away military taking a different kind of fellow. global warming. the scandinavian country is announcing his soldiers will put on the vegetarian diet once a week. the united nations says that livestock farming is this possible for 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in the army is taking that to heart. this is a step to protect our climate. the idea is to serve food that is respectful of the environment . some needless mondays. ashley: and army munching on carrots. tracy: all those cows out there. a lot of energy. be. coming album on countdown to the closing be