tom didn't run cablevision for a while, but the people run cablevision through the years. talk to rutledge, and he said to me back in november having run that business i don't know how he's going to do it, that means deliver the $900 million, but maybe he knows something i don't know. what do you know? >> well, maybe we do know something they don't know. i don't know. i think it's fair to say give us the space to operate here. i think there's something to be said about the fact that as you comp up different markets around the world, and even here in the u.s. there are certain operators that have run their businesses better than others, at least from a margin standpoint. jerry being best in class. >> jerry who ran sudden link before it was sold to you. >> and as you've seen we've looked to improve on the performance there with a hawk like focus on top line growth. and so first quarter results were good. we expect second quarter and third quarter to continue on those trends. so all i can say is we feel good about medium term targets. >> do you think you can get revenue growt

conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> c-span create bankamerica's cablevision companies. >> now on book tvs afterwards program historian pamela haag provides a history of guns in america. >> we are here today with pamela haag, author of a new book called the gutting of america, business and the making of america has gone culture. hello, pamela, how are you? guest: hello. i'm fine stephen pamela, why did you write this book and when did you decide we needed a book like this? guest: it's an interesting story. today most at people that talk about love got talk about guns love guns or hate guns and what i wrote the story i had never owned a gone or used one nor was i involved in gun control politics. instead i came to the story through a ghost story and when i was in graduate school in new haven a friend of mine told me this story about oliver winchester's dollars-- daughter-in-law. he was known as the rightful king in the manufacture of the rifle and according to legend, sarah, his daughter-in-law believed he was being hunted by the spirit of everyone killed by ri

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they asked the fcc and federal trade commission to bring action andnst at&t, comcast, cablevision. to how they .ollect and monetize users data they are saying that the companies have not gotten prior consent from customers to use that data and send targeted ads for them. of course, the cable companies responded and said, we do everything aggregated, so they are not in violation. alix: what is at stake than for the company's? multimilliony some dollar fines. the enforcement bureau has not been shy in bringing some record fines against they companies in the telecom sector. the enforcement bureau chief cable company practices are on his radar. alix: thank you very much. of bloomberg -- a bloomberg national news reporter. scarlet: we have breaking news on gawker. it has filed for bankruptcy in new york. renowneddia, which is in new york, hated by some, loved by others, filing for bankruptcy in new york. hogan verdict grabbing people's attention. it got a lot of people's attention raised greatly wonder the nailt was that in the coffin. alix: coming up, a package for puerto rico in a rar

. >> c-span cremate america's cablevision company. .. [applause] >> all night. all day. we're going to be fighting for freddie gray. all night, all day, we're going to be fighting for freddie gray. first of all, let me say that it's an honor and a pleasure to be back here at red emmas. i was here months ago to introduce other new books i had written, and i consider it to be quite an honor they've invited me back again. for those who may not be familiar, freddie gray was a young black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in the city of baltimore, and he is in a long list of such young black people who have had fatal encounters with the authorities. i'm speaking of tamara rice in cleveland, and eric garner new york, and michael brown in ferguson, and sandra bland in texas, and hopefully what i'm going to be talking about this evening, that is to say, these events that span the period from the onset of the haitian revolution in 1791, up until the death of paul robeson in 1976, will shed light, i would hope, on why in north america, we have had this spectacular rise

julie: i will start with .ompanies coming in and out fortune brands home insecurities will replace cablevisionfortune brands are not reacting very much this morning. earningscame out with coming in ahead of estimates at $.52. sales up 2.2% and the maker of industrial tools, the company's missing estimates down 2% though third-quarter results be the forecast on missed estimates. david: let's go now to abigail live.tle abigail: thanks. one stock moving here on the open. priceline is higher by nearly 2% to overweight from equal weight. near-term concerns have created a buying opportunity to he believes the disappointing second-quarter is timing related. one stock moving here on the open. priceline is higher by nearlyhey 15% to $1500 per share, adjusting the shares of room to run. not helping the nasdaq this morning, trading sharply down, adobe systems down by 5% after the company posted missed results and a disappointing third-quarter view, suggesting the momentum for cloud-based products could the slowing. they did say they are on track to meet all 2016 targets and it looks like it is mainly giv